Share of consumer expenditure spent on food in Panama

Panama: Share of consumer expenditure spent on food was 15.44 in 2023. β–¬ Flat

Latest (2023)
15.44
Change on year
down 1.0%
World rank
78th
of 104 countries
All-time high
16.7
in 2020
All-time low
15.44
in 2023
Years of data
7
2017–2023

Share of consumer expenditure spent on food in Panama, 2017–2023

0510152017202020232017: 15.72018: 15.72019: 15.82020: 16.72021: 15.72022: 15.62023: 15.4

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

Panama recorded 15.44 for share of consumer expenditure spent on food in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 7 years on record.

That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and down 1.9% over ten years.

Panama ranks 78th of 104 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 15.76 15.71 15.83 3
2020s 15.85 15.44 16.7 4

Countries ranked near Panama

  1. 75 Israel 15.76 compare
  2. 76 Japan 15.75 compare
  3. 77 Czechia 15.66 compare
  4. 79 Italy 14.7 compare
  5. 80 Qatar 14.57 compare
  6. 81 Slovenia 13.94 compare

See the full ranking of 104 places β†’

More reference data data for Panama

All data for Panama β†’

Frequently asked questions

What is share of consumer expenditure spent on food in Panama?
Share of consumer expenditure spent on food in Panama was 15.44 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest share of consumer expenditure spent on food recorded in Panama?
The highest recorded value was 16.7 in 2020.
What is the lowest share of consumer expenditure spent on food recorded in Panama?
The lowest recorded value was 15.44 in 2023.
How does Panama rank for share of consumer expenditure spent on food?
Panama ranks 78th out of 104 countries with data for 2023.
Is share of consumer expenditure spent on food rising or falling in Panama?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Panama data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Share of consumer expenditure spent on food. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV Β· JSON β€” 7 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Share of consumer expenditure spent on food in Panama. Statizoid, drawing on Our World in Data. Retrieved 20 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/share-of-consumer-expenditure-spent-on-food/panama/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/share-of-consumer-expenditure-spent-on-food/panama/">Share of consumer expenditure spent on food in Panama</a> β€” Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Share of consumer expenditure spent on food
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
104 places, 727 data points, 2017–2023
Last refreshed