Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer … SMTAs, number in Panama
Panama: Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer … SMTAs, number was 104 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer Agreements in Panama, 2012–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
The most recent figure for total reported number of standard material transfer agreements in Panama is 104, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 42.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total reported number of standard material transfer agreements in Panama peaked at 104 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 50, in 2012.
Panama ranks 109th of 266 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer … SMTAs, number in Panama, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 50 | — |
| 2013 | 55 | +10.0% |
| 2014 | 69 | +25.5% |
| 2015 | 73 | +5.8% |
| 2016 | 78 | +6.8% |
| 2017 | 81 | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 83 | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 87 | +4.8% |
| 2020 | 90 | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 92 | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 96 | +4.3% |
| 2023 | 102 | +6.2% |
| 2024 | 104 | +2.0% |
| 2025 | 104 | +0.0% |
Panama compared with similar countries
- Panama's 104 is above the median for high income countries, which is 48, 2.2× the median. (82 countries reporting)
- Panama's 104 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 45, 2.3× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer … SMTAs, number in Panama changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +25.5% | 55 | 69 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 72 | 50 | 87 | 8 |
| 2020s | 98 | 90 | 104 | 6 |
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 total reported number of standard material transfer agreements in Panama?
- Total reported number of standard material transfer agreements in Panama was 104 in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest total reported number of standard material transfer agreements recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 104 in 2024.
- What is the lowest total reported number of standard material transfer agreements recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 50 in 2012.
- How does Panama rank for total reported number of standard material transfer agreements?
- Panama ranks 109th out of 266 countries with data for 2025.
- Is total reported number of standard material transfer agreements rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.5%. 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 Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer Agreements (SMTAs) transferring plant genetic resources for food and agriculture to the country (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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