Last updated: 12/11/2021 Panama Region: Latin America & CaribbeanCapital: Panama CityCurrency: PAB Social Protection and Economic Data Income Category: Upper middle income Data from World Bank (2021) Population growth (%): 1.60% Data from World Bank (2020) Human Development Index (HDI): 0.82 Data from Human Development Report (2019) Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP): 1.20% Data from World Bank (2020) Age dependency ratio (%): 53.93% Data from World Bank (2021) Population: 4 314 768 Data from World Bank (2020) Gross Domestic Product (GDP): 52.94 bi Data from World Bank (2020) Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita: 12 269.00 Data from World Bank (2020) Resources on socialprotection.org Legal and Policy Frameworks Legal instrument 0 Policy document 1 Programmes Social assistance 5 Social insurance 0 Labour market 4 Other Content publications 32 databases 44 webinars 2 blog posts 5 multimedia 4 news 11 Social Protection Programmes Programa Padrino Empresario (Godfather Entrepreneur Programme) Panama - Ministerio de Trabajo y Desarrollo Laboral, MITRADEL (Ministry of Employment and Labour Development), Panama - Ministerio de Desarrollo Social, MIDES (Ministry of Social Development) Programa de Apoyo a la Inserción Laboral, PAIL (Labour Inclusion Support Programme) Panama - Ministerio de Trabajo y Desarrollo Laboral, MITRADEL (Ministry of Employment and Labour Development) Aprender Haciendo (Learning By Doing) Panama - Ministerio de Trabajo y Desarrollo Laboral, MITRADEL (Ministry of Employment and Labour Development) 120 a los 65: Programa Especial de Transferencia Económica a los Adultos Mayores (120 to 65: Special programme of economic assistance for the elderly) Panama - Ministerio de Desarrollo Social, MIDES (Ministry of Social Development) Programa de Mejoramiento a la Empleabilidad de las Personas con Discapacidad (Programme for the Improvement of the Employability of People with Disabilities) Panama - Ministerio de Trabajo y Desarrollo Laboral, MITRADEL (Ministry of Employment and Labour Development) Guardian Angel Programme Panama - Ministerio de Desarrollo Social, MIDES (Ministry of Social Development) Legal and Policy Frameworks Política de Discapacidad de la República de Panamá 2009 America, Panama
