Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of in Panama
Panama: Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of was 0.9% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of in Panama, 2010–2023
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
Panama recorded 0.9% for level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of in 2023.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of in Panama peaked at 0.9% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 2010.
Panama ranks 178th of 196 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of in Panama, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.8% | — |
| 2011 | 0.8% | +6.5% |
| 2012 | 0.9% | +4.9% |
| 2013 | 0.9% | +4.7% |
| 2014 | 0.9% | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 0.9% | +4.5% |
| 2016 | 0.9% | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 0.9% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.9% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.9% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.9% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.9% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.9% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.9% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 4 |
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- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 5.66 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 7.64 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.274 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.86 °C (2025)
- Sawnwood — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood — Production, per capita 0.0058 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood — Import quantity, annual growth rate 28.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of in Panama?
- Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of in Panama was 0.9% in 2023, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9% in 2015.
- What is the lowest level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 2010.
- How does Panama rank for level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of?
- Panama ranks 178th out of 196 countries with data for 2023.
- Is level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Panama data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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