THE WORLD, CONNECTED
AMERICAS · PAN

Panama geopolitical profile

National context alongside 69 of 194 possible reviewed directions from Panama. Relationship scores remain directional: the reverse country view may differ.

1Cooperative68Mixed
LATEST AVAILABLE · SOURCE YEAR SHOWN

Country snapshot

Comparable national indicators provide context only. They do not enter the geopolitical relationship score.

Economy

People & place

Global context

2026 OUTLOOK · ESTIMATES

Current-year economic outlook

IMF projections are shown separately from observed World Bank data and may be revised.

GDP$95BESTIMATE 2026 · latest actual 2025
GDP per capita$20.6KESTIMATE 2026 · latest actual 2025
Real GDP growth3.8%ESTIMATE 2026 · latest actual 2025
Inflation1.4%ESTIMATE 2026 · latest actual 2025
Unemployment10.4%ESTIMATE 2026 · latest actual 2025

IMF World Economic Outlook · April 2026 database · published 2026-04-14 · downloaded 2026-09-25

World Bank Indicators API · downloaded 2026-09-17 · each card uses its latest available year · CC BY 4.0

ATLAS-DERIVED · ENGINE 1.0

Geopolitical position

A relational fingerprint calculated only from reviewed directions. Coverage is stated beside every aggregate.

Average toward reviewed countries+369 directions reviewed
Average from reviewed countries+369 directions reviewed
Cooperative or stronger1Scores of +10 or above
Competitive or worse0Scores of −10 or below
CURRENT REVIEWED LAYER

Relationships from Panama

Sorted from highest to lowest for navigation, not as a league table. Differences below 5 points are treated as practical ties. Select a row for the evidence-backed directional page and its reciprocal comparison.

CountryScoreBandConfidenceEvidence
ChinaPAN → CHN+16Cooperative76%Documented bilateral evidenceMexicoPAN → MEX+9Mixed60%Broad sourced evidenceChilePAN → CHL+6Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceColombiaPAN → COL+6Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceDominican RepublicPAN → DOM+6Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceEcuadorPAN → ECU+6Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceGuatemalaPAN → GTM+6Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidencePeruPAN → PER+6Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceUnited StatesPAN → USA+6Mixed76%Documented bilateral evidenceAngolaPAN → AGO+5Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyBangladeshPAN → BGD+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyBrazilPAN → BRA+5Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyGhanaPAN → GHA+5Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyKazakhstanPAN → KAZ+5Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyKenyaPAN → KEN+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyMoroccoPAN → MAR+5Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyPhilippinesPAN → PHL+5Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlySingaporePAN → SGP+5Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyThailandPAN → THA+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyCanadaPAN → CAN+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceIndiaPAN → IND+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceJapanPAN → JPN+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceSpainPAN → ESP+4Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceAlgeriaPAN → DZA+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyAustraliaPAN → AUS+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyAustriaPAN → AUT+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyBelgiumPAN → BEL+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyBulgariaPAN → BGR+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyCroatiaPAN → HRV+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyCzechiaPAN → CZE+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyDenmarkPAN → DNK+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyEgyptPAN → EGY+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyEthiopiaPAN → ETH+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyFinlandPAN → FIN+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyFrancePAN → FRA+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyGermanyPAN → DEU+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyGreecePAN → GRC+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyHungaryPAN → HUN+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyIndonesiaPAN → IDN+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyIranPAN → IRN+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyIraqPAN → IRQ+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyIrelandPAN → IRL+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyItalyPAN → ITA+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyKuwaitPAN → KWT+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyMalaysiaPAN → MYS+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyNetherlandsPAN → NLD+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyNew ZealandPAN → NZL+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyNigeriaPAN → NGA+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyNorwayPAN → NOR+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyPakistanPAN → PAK+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyPolandPAN → POL+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyPortugalPAN → PRT+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyQatarPAN → QAT+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyRomaniaPAN → ROU+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyRussiaPAN → RUS+2Mixed65%Documented bilateral evidenceSaudi ArabiaPAN → SAU+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlySlovakiaPAN → SVK+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlySouth AfricaPAN → ZAF+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlySouth KoreaPAN → KOR+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlySwedenPAN → SWE+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlySwitzerlandPAN → CHE+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyTürkiyePAN → TUR+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyUkrainePAN → UKR+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyUnited Arab EmiratesPAN → ARE+2Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyUnited KingdomPAN → GBR+2Mixed57%Documented bilateral evidenceUzbekistanPAN → UZB+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyVietnamPAN → VNM+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyArgentinaPAN → ARG0Mixed54%Quantitative indicators onlyIsraelPAN → ISR-5Mixed54%Quantitative indicators only
Methodology v1.1.1 frozen

Every component begins at zero. Only documented rules and measured thresholds alter the score; unavailable evidence is not converted into a neutral assumption. Gaps below 5 points should not be interpreted as a meaningful ranking.