Unemployment rate: Panama
8.36% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 8.36 |
| 2024 | 8.451 |
| 2023 | 6.544 |
| 2022 | 8.086 |
| 2021 | 10.177 |
| 2020 | 14.663 |
| 2019 | 6.256 |
| 2018 | 5.161 |
| 2017 | 5.338 |
| 2016 | 4.717 |
| 2015 | 4.335 |
| 2014 | 4.391 |
| 2013 | 3.674 |
| 2012 | 3.691 |
| 2011 | 4.03 |
| 2010 | 5.845 |
| 2009 | 5.857 |
| 2008 | 5.639 |
| 2007 | 5.665 |
| 2006 | 5.792 |
| 2005 | 5.967 |
| 2004 | 6.097 |
| 2003 | 6.303 |
| 2002 | 6.302 |
| 2001 | 6.293 |
| 2000 | 6.188 |
| 1999 | 6.168 |
| 1998 | 6.397 |
| 1997 | 6.588 |
| 1996 | 6.728 |
| 1995 | 6.512 |
| 1994 | 6.428 |
| 1993 | 6.374 |
| 1992 | 6.317 |
| 1991 | 6.443 |