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 3 Policy document 1 Programmes Social assistance 6 Social insurance 0 Labour market 5 Other Content publications 40 databases 44 webinars 2 blog posts 5 multimedia 4 news 13 Social Protection Programmes Programa de Asistencia Social Educativa – Universal, PASE-U (Universal Educational Social Assistance Programme) Panama - Government Profile Programa de Subvenciones para la Empleabilidad de Personas con Discapacidad (Grants Program for the Employability of Persons with Disabilities) Panama - Government Profile Programa Padrino Empresario (Godfather Entrepreneur Programme) Panama - Government Profile Programa de Apoyo a la Inserción Laboral, PAIL (Labour Inclusion Support Programme) Panama - Government Profile Programa Ángel Guardian (Guardian Angel Programme) Panama - Government Profile Bonos Familiares para la Compra de Alimentos (Programme of grants for families to buy food) Panama - Government Profile Legal and Policy Frameworks Panama: Decreto Ejecutivo Nº 10, de 7 de septiembre de 2023 2023 Panama, America Panama: Ley Nº 54 - Crea el Registro Nacional de Beneficiarios. 2016 America, Panama Panama: Resolución Nº 573 - Crea la función de Promotor Social Único para los Programas Sociales del Ministerio de Desarrollo Social. 2018 America, Panama Política de Discapacidad de la República de Panamá 2009 America, Panama
