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GDP Growth Rate, Inflation Rate and Unemployment Rate
  2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Real GDP Growth (%)
2.2
4.2
7.5
6.9
8.1
Nominal GDP Growth (%)
3.9
5.4
9.6
9.2
10.4
Inflation Rate (%)
1.0
1.4
0.5
3.3
2.3
Real per capita GDP (US $)
3,821
3,909
4,129
4,338
4,611
Unemployment rate (%)
14.1
13.0
11.8
9.8
8.7
 
Government (As % of GDP)
(% of GDP)
2002
2003
2004
2005 2006
Revenue and Grants
24.1
22.2
21.1
22.4
25.0
Expenditures
22.5
23.4
22.5
24.9
24.5
Current expenditures
19.3
19.2
19.0
17.5
17.1
Capital expenditures
3.3
4.1
3.5
3.0
3.1
Fiscal defict
-2.0
-4.8
-4.9
-3.2
0.5
Public external debt
51.7
50.3
50.8
49.1
45.6
(P) = Preliminar Figures

Available Structures (2000)

Social Security

Population protected by social security

1,850,04,41

New registration of 'insured people

43,814

Amount and number of professional risk subsidies

 
     Amount                                                                            U$ 6MM
     Number 16,756

Health

Health infrastructures in the Republic of Panama in 2000

816

Hospitals

60

Health Institutions and Clinics

220

Centers and health outposts

536

Health staff practicing in the Republic of Panama
( Including physicians, odontologists, nurses, assistant nurses, X-Ray technicians, laboratory technicians.)

9,940

Educational Structure

Budget assigned to education

US$ 509MM
  97.3%

Illiteracy

2.7%

Credits to higher education

1,418

At national level     

1,116

At international level

302

Scholarships granted

18,649

At national level

18,450

At international level

99
Technical formation registered in 2000 19,134

Enrollment at national level

Elementary

383,891

High School

231,852

University

109,424

Graduated at national level

Elementary 50,523

High School

52,466

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