The following are international rankings of 
Panama
Economy[edit]
- The Wall Street Journal and The Heritage Foundation: Index of Economic Freedom 2006 Archived 2008-02-01 at the Wayback Machine, ranked 49 out of 157 countries
- International Monetary Fund: GDP (nominal) per capita (2000), ranked 71 out of 182 countries
- International Monetary Fund: GDP (nominal) (2006), ranked 92 out of 181 countries
- United Nations: Human Development Index 2006, ranked 58 out of 177 countries
Education[edit]
- Literacy rate 94 percent
Environment[edit]
- Yale University: Environmental Sustainability Index 2005, ranked 28 out of 146 countries
Globalization[edit]
- A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Magazine: Globalization Index 2006, ranked 21 out of 62 countries
Politics[edit]
- Transparency International: Corruption Perceptions Index 2006 ranked 84 out of 163 countries
- Reporters Without Borders: Worldwide press freedom index 2006, ranked 39 out of 168 countries
Historical data[edit]
| Index (Year) | Author / Editor / Source | Year of publication |
Countries sampled |
World Ranking (1) |
Ranking L.A.(2) |
| Environmental Performance (2008) | Yale University[1] | 2008 |
149 | 32nd | 5th
|
| Democracy (2010) | The Economist[2] | 2010 |
167 | 46th | 4th
|
| Global Peace (2008) | The Economist[3] | 2008 |
140 | 48th | 4th
|
| Economic Freedom (2008) | The Wall Street Journal[4] | 2008 |
157 | 46th | 3rd
|
| Quality-of-life (2005) | The Economist[5] | 2007 |
111 | 47th | 7th
|
| Travel and Tourism Competitiveness (2008) | World Economic Forum[6] | 2008 |
130 | 50th | 3rd
|
| Press Freedom (2007) | Reporters Without Borders[7] | 2007 |
169 | 54th | 5th
|
| Global Competitiviness (2007) | World Economic Forum[8] | 2007–08 |
131 | 59th | 3rd
|
| Human Development (2005) | United Nations (UNDP)[9] | 2007–08 |
177 | 62nd | 7th
|
| Corruption Perception (2010) | Transparency International[10] | 2010 |
178 | 73rd | 6th
|
| Income inequality (1989–2007)(3) | United Nations (UNDP)[11] | 2007–2008 |
126 | 115th | 14th
|
- (1) Worldwide ranking among countries evaluated.
- (2) Ranking among the 20 Latin American countries (Puerto Rico is not included).
- (3) Because the Gini coefficient used for the ranking corresponds to different years depending on the country, and the underlying household surveys differ in method and in the type of data collected, the distribution data are not strictly comparable across countries. The ranking therefore is only a proxy for reference purposes, and though the source is the same, the sample is smaller than for the HDI
| Organization | Survey | Ranking |
|---|---|---|
| Latin Business Chronicle [1] | Latin Business Index[12] | 1 out of 19 |
| World's Best Countries (2008/09) | Newsweek[13] | 41 out of 100 |
| Institute for Economics and Peace [2] | Global Peace Index[14] | 59 out of 144 |
| United Nations Development Programme | Human Development Index | 60 out of 182 |
| Transparency International | Corruption Perceptions Index | 73 out of 178 |
| World Economic Forum | Global Competitiveness Report | 59 out of 133 |
| Latin Business Chronicle [3] | Latin Globalization Index[15] | 1 out of 19 |
References[edit]
- ^ Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy / Center for International Earth Science Information Network at Columbia University. "Environmental Performance Index 2008, Metrics for Costa Rica". Archived from the original on 2008-04-12. Retrieved 2008-03-16.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ The Economist Intelligence Unit. "Democracy Index 2010" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-01-07.
- ^ The Economist Intelligence Unit et al. (Vision of Humanity website). "Global Peace Index Rankings". Archived from the original on 2009-10-02. Retrieved 2008-05-28.
- ^ The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal. "Index of Economic Freedom 2008". Archived from the original on 2008-02-13. Retrieved 2008-03-14.
- ^ The Economist Intelligence Unit. "Pocket World in Figures 2008" (PDF). The Economist. Retrieved 2008-03-13.
- ^ World Economic Forum (2008). Jennifer Blanke; Thea Chiesa (eds.). "The Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2008" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-03-09.
- ^ Reporters Without Borders. "Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2007". Archived from the original on 2008-02-24. Retrieved 2008-03-13.
- ^ World Economic Forum. "The Global Competitiveness Report 2007-2008". Retrieved 2008-03-09.
- ^ UNPD Human Development Report 2007/2008. "Table 1: Human development index" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-02-26. Retrieved 2008-03-11.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Transparency International. "2010 Corruption Perception Index Ranking Table". Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-11-28.
- ^ UNPD Human Development Report 2007/2008. "Inequality in income or expenditure". Retrieved 2008-03-14.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Latin Business Index 2010". Latin Business Chronicle. Archived from the original on 2010-05-21. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
- ^ Newsweek. "The World's Best Countries". Archived from the original on 2016-05-27. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
- ^ "Vision of Humanity". Vision of Humanity. Archived from the original on 2010-01-18. Retrieved 2010-02-04.
- ^ "Latin Globalization Index 2009". Latin Business Chronicle. Archived from the original on 2010-05-14. Retrieved 2009-12-10.