Panama

In brief

Mobile subscriptions per 100 people: 157 (2023). World rank 26 of 210; in Americas, 5 of 44. Electricity from renewables: 69% (2021). World rank 40 of 206 (1 = best); in Americas, 11 of 44. Researchers per million people: 250 (2024). World rank 84 of 106 (1 = best); in Americas, 10 of 17. From 2014 to 2024: using the internet 44.9% → 72.8%, access to electricity 90.8% → 96%, and electricity use 2,074 → 2,242 (kWh per person). Worse than all its neighbours (Colombia and Costa Rica): using the internet, access to electricity, renewable share of energy use, electricity from renewables, and research spending.