International rankings of Panama explained

The following are international rankings of

Economy

See main article: Economy of Panama.

• The Wall Street Journal and The Heritage Foundation: Index of Economic Freedom 2006, ranked 49 out of 157 countries
• International Monetary Fund

GDP (nominal) per capita (2000), ranked 71 out of 182 countries

• International Monetary Fund

GDP (nominal) (2006), ranked 92 out of 181 countries

• United Nations: Human Development Index 2006, ranked 58 out of 177 countries

Education

See main article: Education in Panama.

• Literacy rate 94 percent

Environment

• Yale University

Environmental Sustainability Index 2005, ranked 28 out of 146 countries

Globalization

See main article: Globalization.

• A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Magazine: Globalization Index 2006, ranked 21 out of 62 countries

Politics

See main article: Politics of Panama.

• Transparency International: Corruption Perceptions Index 2006 ranked 84 out of 163 countries
• Reporters Without Borders

Worldwide press freedom index 2006, ranked 39 out of 168 countries

Historical data

Index (Year)	Author / Editor / Source	Year of publication	Countries sampled	World Ranking ^(1)	Ranking L.A.^(2)
	Yale University^[1]		149	32nd
Democracy (2010)	The Economist^[2]		167	46th
	The Economist^[3]		140	48th
	The Wall Street Journal^[4]		157	46th
	The Economist^[5]		111	47th
	World Economic Forum^[6]		130	50th
	Reporters Without Borders^[7]		169	54th
	World Economic Forum^[8]		131	59th
Human Development (2005)	United Nations (UNDP)^[9]		177	62nd
Corruption Perception (2010)	Transparency International^[10]		178	73rd
Income inequality (1989–2007)^(3)	United Nations (UNDP)^[11]		126	115th

⁽¹⁾ Worldwide ranking among countries evaluated.

⁽²⁾ Ranking among the 20 Latin American countries (Puerto Rico is not included).

⁽³⁾ Because the Gini coefficient used for the ranking corresponds to different years depending on the country, and the underlying household surveys differ in method and in the type of data collected, the distribution data are not strictly comparable across countries. The ranking therefore is only a proxy for reference purposes, and though the source is the same, the sample is smaller than for the HDI

Organization	Survey	Ranking
Latin Business Chronicle http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com	Latin Business Index^[12]	1 out of 19
	Newsweek^[13]	41 out of 100
Institute for Economics and Peace http://www.economicsandpeace.org	Global Peace Index^[14]	59 out of 144
United Nations Development Programme	Human Development Index	60 out of 182
Transparency International	Corruption Perceptions Index	73 out of 178
World Economic Forum	Global Competitiveness Report	59 out of 133
Latin Business Chronicle http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com	Latin Globalization Index^[15]	1 out of 19

Notes and References

1. Web site: Environmental Performance Index 2008, Metrics for Costa Rica. 2008-03-16. Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy / Center for International Earth Science Information Network at Columbia University. https://web.archive.org/web/20080412021443/http://epi.yale.edu/Panama. 2008-04-12. dead.
2. Web site: Democracy Index 2010. 2011-01-07. The Economist Intelligence Unit.
3. Web site: Global Peace Index Rankings. http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20091002084735/http://www.visionofhumanity.org/gpi/results/rankings/. dead. 2009-10-02. 2008-05-28. The Economist Intelligence Unit et al. (Vision of Humanity website).
4. Web site: Index of Economic Freedom 2008. The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal. 2008-03-14. 2008-02-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20080213211732/http://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/countries.cfm. dead.
5. News: Pocket World in Figures 2008. 2008-03-13. The Economist Intelligence Unit. .
6. Web site: Jennifer Blanke. Thea Chiesa. 2008 . The Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2008. World Economic Forum. 2008-03-09.
7. Web site: Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2007. 2008-03-13. Reporters Without Borders. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080224063311/http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=19387. 2008-02-24.
8. Web site: The Global Competitiveness Report 2007-2008. World Economic Forum. 2008-03-09.
9. Web site: Table 1: Human development index . 2008-03-11 . UNPD Human Development Report 2007/2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080226204118/http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/hdr_20072008_en_indicator_tables.pdf . 2008-02-26 . dead .
10. Web site: 2010 Corruption Perception Index Ranking Table . 2011-11-28 . Transparency International . 2012-04-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120425163935/http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi/2010/results . dead .
11. Web site: Inequality in income or expenditure . 2008-03-14. UNPD Human Development Report 2007/2008.
12. Web site: Latin Business Index 2010 . Latin Business Chronicle . 2010-05-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100521130208/http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=4180 . 2010-05-21 . dead .
13. News: The World's Best Countries. 2010-08-21. Newsweek. Newsweek. 2016-05-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20160527063541/http://www.newsweek.com/2010/08/15/interactive-infographic-of-the-worlds-best-countries.html. dead.
14. Web site: Vision of Humanity . Vision of Humanity . 2010-02-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100118095449/http://www.visionofhumanity.org/gpi/home.php . 2010-01-18 .
15. Web site: Latin Globalization Index 2009 . Latin Business Chronicle . 2009-12-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100514034352/http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=3861 . 2010-05-14 . dead .