Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Panama
Panama: Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita was 97.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Panama, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Panama is 97.1%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Panama peaked at 97.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 89.6%, in 2000.
Panama ranks 147th of 231 regions on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 91.2% | 89.6% | 92.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 94.5% | 93.1% | 96.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 96.7% | 96.3% | 97.1% | 5 |
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More environment data for Panama
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 19.22 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 4.26 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 3.04 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0585 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0039 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0046 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 4.82 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0048 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0274 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 1.68 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Panama?
- Using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Panama was 97.1% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 97.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 89.6% in 2000.
- How does Panama rank for using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita?
- Panama ranks 147th out of 231 regions with data for 2024.
- Is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Panama data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Proportion of people who use an improved drinking water source, regardless of collection time. An improved drinking water source is a safely designed drinking water source and includes e.g. piped water, boreholes or tubewells and packaged or delivered water.