Proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added … total in Panama
Panama: Proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added … total was 4.8% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added in total in Panama, 2000–2023
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added in total in Panama is 4.8%, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 31.1% on the previous year and down 39.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added in total in Panama peaked at 8.1% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 4.8%, in 2023.
Panama ranks 111th of 126 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added … total in Panama, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6.7% | — |
| 2001 | 6.1% | -8.9% |
| 2002 | 4.8% | -21.2% |
| 2003 | 5.9% | +21.7% |
| 2004 | 4.8% | -18.2% |
| 2005 | 5.2% | +8.7% |
| 2006 | 6.4% | +22.6% |
| 2007 | 6.4% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 6.4% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 6.8% | +5.5% |
| 2010 | 6.8% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 6.7% | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 7.9% | +18.4% |
| 2013 | 7.9% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 7.3% | -8.3% |
| 2015 | 6.8% | -6.7% |
| 2016 | 7.2% | +6.8% |
| 2017 | 7.1% | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 7.5% | +5.9% |
| 2019 | 8.1% | +7.5% |
| 2020 | 8.1% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 7.2% | -11.0% |
| 2022 | 6.9% | -3.3% |
| 2023 | 4.8% | -31.1% |
Panama compared with similar countries
- Panama's 4.8% is below the median for high income countries, which is 38.8%, 12% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Panama's 4.8% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 20.9%, 23% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.0% | 4.8% | 6.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.3% | 6.7% | 8.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.7% | 4.8% | 8.1% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Panama
More infrastructure data for Panama
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 6.98 million (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 156.59 per 100 people (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 774,060 (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 17.36 per 100 people (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.1736 units per person (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -8.18 % change on previous year (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 774,060 (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.57 units per person (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added in total in Panama?
- Proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added in total in Panama was 4.8% in 2023, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added in total recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 8.1% in 2019.
- What is the lowest proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added in total recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.8% in 2023.
- How does Panama rank for proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added in total?
- Panama ranks 111th out of 126 countries with data for 2023.
- Is proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added in total rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Panama data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added in total value added (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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