{"id":125557,"date":"2023-06-28T21:07:28","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T02:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/selasite.azurewebsites.net\/?page_id=125557"},"modified":"2024-01-30T09:51:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T14:51:00","slug":"panama","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/en\/member-states\/panama\/","title":{"rendered":"Panama"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

fficial name:<\/strong> REPUBLIC OF PANAMA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date of membership:<\/strong> 4 December 1975<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Short name:<\/strong> Panama<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Capital:<\/strong> Panama City<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Geography<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Location:<\/strong> Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Colombia and Costa Rica<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Area: <\/strong>78,200 sq km<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Land boundaries:<\/strong> 555 km<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Border countries:<\/strong> Colombia 225 km, Costa Rica 330 km<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coastline:<\/strong> 2,490 km<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Natural resources:<\/strong> Copper, mahogany forests, shrimp, hydropower<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Environment – international agreements: <\/strong>Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: Marine Life Conservation. 
Note: Strategic location on eastern end of isthmus forming land bridge connecting North and South America; controls Panama Canal that links North Atlantic Ocean via Caribbean Sea with North Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economic indicators<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Total at current prices <\/td>52938<\/td>Millions USD<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Per capita at current prices<\/td>12269<\/td>USD<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Growth rate per capita at constant prices<\/td>-17.9<\/td>%<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Imports of goods and services (Share in national GDP)<\/td>36.5<\/td>% <\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Exports of goods and services (Share in national GDP)<\/td>39.2<\/td>%<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Source: Panama: Economic National Profile<\/a>. CEPALSTAT. Databases and Statistical Publications. ECLAC. Inquiry: Febrary 24, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Socio-demographic indicators<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Total population  <\/td>4 314.8<\/td>(000)<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Life expectancy<\/td>79<\/td>A\u00f1os<\/td>2020_2025<\/td><\/tr>
Women<\/td>82<\/td>A\u00f1os<\/td>2020_2025<\/td><\/tr>
Men<\/td>76<\/td>A\u00f1os<\/td>2020_2025<\/td><\/tr>
Public health expenditure as a percentage of GDP<\/td>7.3<\/td>%<\/td>2018<\/td><\/tr>
Literacy rate for persons between the ages of 15 to 24<\/td>98.9<\/td>%<\/td>2019<\/td><\/tr>
Net rate of enrolment in primary education<\/td>88.7<\/td>%<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Net rate of enrolment in secondary education<\/td>68.6<\/td>%<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Public expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP<\/td>3.1<\/td>%<\/td>2019<\/td><\/tr>
Gini Coefficient<\/td>0.51<\/td>%<\/td>2019<\/td><\/tr>
 Unemployment<\/td>18.5<\/td>%<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Migration<\/td>1.7<\/td>%<\/td>2020_2025<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Source: Panama: National Socio-Demographic Profile<\/a>. CEPALSTAT. Data Bases and Statistical Publications. ECLAC. Inquiry: Febrary 24, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Languages:<\/strong> Spanish (official)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Government<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Administrative divisions:<\/strong> 9 provinces (provincias, singular – provincia): Bocas del Toro, Chiriqui, Cocle, Colon, Darien, Herrera, Los Santos, Panama and Veraguas. 5 comarcas: Nobe Bugle, Kuna Yala, Wagand\u00ed, Madugand\u00ed y Enbera Wonan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Independence:<\/strong> 3 November 1903 (from Colombia; became independent from Spain 28 November 1821).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Constitution:<\/strong> 11 October 1972; major reforms adopted 1978, 1983, 1994, and 2004.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suffrage:<\/strong> 18 years of age; universal and compulsory<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Executive branch:<\/strong> Chief of state: President:  Laurentino Cortizo.
Note: The president is both the chief of state and head of government head of government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Legislative branch:<\/strong> Unicameral National Assembly (formerly called Legislative Assembly) or Asamblea Nacional (78 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms; note – in 2009, the number of seats will change to 71).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Judicial branch:<\/strong> Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (nine judges appointed for 10-year terms); five superior courts; three courts of appeal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Internet country code:<\/strong> .pa<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Official Web Portal:<\/strong> http:\/\/www.presidencia.gob.pa\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

fficial name: REPUBLIC OF PANAMA Date of membership: 4 December 1975 Short name: Panama Capital: Panama City Geography Location: Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Colombia and Costa Rica Area: 78,200 sq km Land boundaries: 555 km Border countries: Colombia 225 km, Costa Rica 330 km Coastline: 2,490 km Natural resources: Copper, mahogany forests, shrimp, hydropower Environment – […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":125521,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-125557","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125557\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}