Industry, share of GDP
26.3%−1.6 pp vs 2023
Business & Industry Statistics in Panama
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Manufacturing, share of GDP
4.9%−0.1 pp vs 2023
Investment (gross capital formation), % of GDP
37.7%+1.8 pp vs 2022
Logistics performance (1–5)
3.1−5.5% vs 2018
Licences required for alcohol production
10.0% vs 2019
Licences required for alcohol retail sales
10.0% vs 2019
All Business & Industry datasets for Panama (28)
| Dataset | Source | |
|---|---|---|
| Licence required for production WHO | WHO | 0% |
| Licence required for retail sales WHO | WHO | 0% |
| Firms competing against unregistered firms (% of firms) World Development Indicators | World Development Indicators | +28.3% |
| Time required to obtain an operating license (days) World Development Indicators | World Development Indicators | +60.9% |
| Firms exporting directly at least 10% of sales (% of firms) World Development Indicators | World Development Indicators | −74.1% |
| Firms with female top manager (% of firms) World Development Indicators | World Development Indicators | – |
| Firms with female participation in ownership (% of firms) World Development Indicators | World Development Indicators | −33.5% |
| Firms formally registered when operations started (% of firms) World Development Indicators | World Development Indicators | +1.8% |
| Firms that introduced a new product/service and process, and spent on R&D World Development Indicators | World Development Indicators | −88.3% |
| Value lost due to electrical outages (% of sales for affected firms) World Development Indicators | World Development Indicators | 0 |
| Firms offering formal training (% of firms) World Development Indicators | World Development Indicators | −75% |
| Time spent dealing with the requirements of government regulations (% of senior management time) World Development Indicators | World Development Indicators | +222.1% |
| Firms expected to give gifts in meetings with tax officials (% of firms) World Development Indicators | World Development Indicators | −16% |
| Number of visits or required meetings with tax officials (average for affected firms) World Development Indicators | World Development Indicators | −24.3% |
| Industry (including construction), value added per worker (constant 2015 US$) World Development Indicators | World Development Indicators | +8.1% |
| Manufacturing, value added (current US$) World Development Indicators | World Development Indicators | +1.1% |
| Manufacturing, value added (constant 2015 US$) World Development Indicators | World Development Indicators | −0.7% |
| Manufacturing, value added (annual % growth) World Development Indicators | World Development Indicators | −3.4 |
| Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP) World Development Indicators | World Development Indicators | −2.3% |
| Industry (including construction), value added (current US$) World Development Indicators | World Development Indicators | −2.3% |
| Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) World Development Indicators | World Development Indicators | −2.6% |
| Industry (including construction), value added (annual % growth) World Development Indicators | World Development Indicators | −15.4 |
| Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP) World Development Indicators | World Development Indicators | −5.6% |
| Services, value added per worker (constant 2015 US$) World Development Indicators | World Development Indicators | +3.9% |
| Services, value added (current US$) World Development Indicators | World Development Indicators | +5.9% |
| Services, value added (constant 2015 US$) World Development Indicators | World Development Indicators | +4.9% |
| Services, value added (annual % growth) World Development Indicators | World Development Indicators | −17.4% |
| Services, value added (% of GDP) World Development Indicators | World Development Indicators | +2.2% |
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