Panama GDP Annual Growth Rate 2010-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar

Panama’s economy grew 4.2 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2018, following a 4.9 percent expansion in the fourth quarter. Slower growth was mainly explained by agriculture (3.8 percent vs 6.1 percent in Q4), mining (4.9 percent vs 6.0 percent), manufacturing (0.9 percent vs 3.4 percent), utilities (3.1 percent vs 5.0 percent), construction (4.9 percent vs 6.0 percent), financial services (4.1 percent vs 6.4 percent), transport and communications (5.2 percent vs 7.0 percent), and education (0.6 percent vs 7.7 percent). Also, activity for hotel and restaurant services contracted 3.1 following a 0.4 percent increase. In contrast, faster growth was observed for commerce (3.8 percent vs 3.4 percent), while fishing rebounded a sharp 30.2 percent after a 1.8 percent contraction. GDP Annual Growth Rate in Panama averaged 7.36 percent from 2010 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 12.20 percent in the second quarter of 2011 and a record low of 4.20 percent in the first quarter of 2018.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	TEForecast
2017-12-18	09:00 PM	GDP Growth Rate YoY	5.4%	5.4%	4.3%
2018-03-02	10:00 PM	GDP Growth Rate YoY	4.9%	5.4%	5.60%
2018-06-18	10:30 PM	GDP Growth Rate YoY	4.2%	4.9%	3.5%
2018-09-17	11:20 PM	GDP Growth Rate YoY		4.2%	4.5%
2018-12-15	06:00 PM	GDP Growth Rate YoY			4.8%

Panama GDP	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
GDP Annual Growth Rate	4.20	4.90	12.20	4.20	percent	[+]
GDP	61.84	57.82	61.84	0.54	USD Billion	[+]
GDP per capita	11513.28	11102.56	11513.28	2139.55	USD	[+]
GDP per capita PPP	22267.00	21472.70	22267.00	7855.00	USD	[+]
Gdp Constant Prices	10309.54	10463.85	10463.85	7760.06	PAB Million	[+]
Gdp From Agriculture	178.46	190.92	230.86	171.95	PAB Million	[+]
Gdp From Construction	1653.82	1596.23	1653.82	1022.52	PAB Million	[+]
Gdp From Manufacturing	529.26	518.96	543.84	463.22	PAB Million	[+]
Gdp From Mining	192.43	185.27	192.43	123.56	PAB Million	[+]
Gdp From Transport	1382.06	1382.36	1382.36	1142.33	PAB Million	[+]
Gdp From Utilities	406.65	401.65	406.65	260.45	PAB Million	[+]

Panama GDP Annual Growth Rate

Panama is one of the fastest growing countries in the Americas. Its economy is greatly influenced by the famous canal connecting Atlantic and Pacific Ocean and business-friendly regulations. As a result service sector with insurance, finance, legal industries and flagship registry accounts for 80 percent of GDP. However, in order to keep the current pace of growth the government needs to address the shortage of skilled workers, corruption and lack of judicial independence. This page provides the latest reported value for - Panama GDP Annual Growth Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Panama GDP Annual Growth Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on July of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	4.20	4.90	12.20	4.20	2010 - 2018	percent	Quarterly

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Country	Last		Previous	Highest	Lowest
India	7.70	Mar/18	7	11.4	-5.2	%	Quarterly
Turkey	7.40	Mar/18	7.3	11.7	-14.4	%	Quarterly
China	6.70	Jun/18	6.8	15.4	3.8	%	Quarterly
Indonesia	5.06	Mar/18	5.19	7.16	1.56	%	Quarterly
Australia	3.10	Mar/18	2.4	9	-3.4	%	Quarterly
Spain	3.00	Mar/18	3.1	5.6	-4.3	%	Quarterly
Netherlands	2.80	Mar/18	2.7	6.1	-4.9	%	Quarterly
South Korea	2.80	Mar/18	2.8	19.6	-7.4	%	Quarterly
United States	2.80	Mar/18	2.6	13.4	-4.1	%	Quarterly
Euro Area	2.50	Mar/18	2.8	5	-5.5	%	Quarterly
Canada	2.30	Mar/18	3	9.3	-4.1	%	Quarterly
Germany	2.30	Mar/18	2.9	7.2	-6.8	%	Quarterly
France	2.20	Mar/18	2.8	12.5	-3.8	%	Quarterly
Switzerland	2.20	Mar/18	1.9	5.8	-3.4	%	Quarterly
Italy	1.40	Mar/18	1.6	10.3	-7.2	%	Quarterly
Mexico	1.30	Mar/18	1.5	9	-9.1	%	Quarterly
Russia	1.30	Mar/18	0.9	12.1	-11.2	%	Quarterly
Brazil	1.20	Mar/18	2.1	10.1	-5.6	%	Quarterly
United Kingdom	1.20	Mar/18	1.3	9.7	-6.1	%	Quarterly
Japan	1.10	Mar/18	1.9	9.4	-8.8	%	Quarterly