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.)