Panama's life expectancy rose from 72.0 yrs in 1995 to 79.8 yrs in 2024.
Panama · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 21 with data
Panama's healthy life expectancy at birth rose from 66.2 yrs in 2000 to 66.7 yrs in 2021.
Panama's infant mortality fell from 22.3 ‰ in 1995 to 12.0 ‰ in 2024.
Panama's under-5 mortality rate fell from 28.0 ‰ in 1995 to 15.3 ‰ in 2024.
Panama's maternal mortality ratio fell from 78.0 /100k in 1994 to 37.0 /100k in 2023.
Panama's ncd mortality fell from 12.7 % in 2000 to 10.9 % in 2021.
Panama's suicide mortality rate fell from 4.7 /100k in 2000 to 3.3 /100k in 2021.
Panama's mortality caused by road traffic injury fell from 15.4 /100k in 2000 to 13.9 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingdown −0.7 pts56th of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)down −1.0 %50th of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)down −0.4 pts137th of 192
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- Physiciansdown −6.4 %71st of 129*
- Nurses and midwivesdown −11.0 %71st of 129
- Hospital bedsdown −5.8 %49th of 75
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)up +5.0 pts74th of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)up +1.0 pts164th of 192
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- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)unchanged +0.0 pts113th of 148
- Incidence of tuberculosisup +3.3 %128th of 208
›No data available (2)
These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Panama.
- Safe drinking waterNo data
- Safe sanitationNo data