🇵🇦 Panama Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇵🇦 Panama PA / PAN #116

Nomad Score 59.0

Cities 14

Region Central American Integration System, Latin America, Hispanophone, Remote Work Friendly Countries, Nomad Visa Countries, North America, Americas, Central America, Emerging Markets, Developing Countries

Currency PAB

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary presidential republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 33/100

Press Freedom (2025) 66.8/100 #53

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.728

HDI 0.839

Regional Blocs CAIS

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2023) 11.7/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 13.9/100k

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary presidential republic

Title	Name
President of Panama	José Raúl Mulino
Vice President of Panama	Vacant

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 33 / 100

Interpretation Significant corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 66.8 / 100

Global Rank #53 / 180

Rank Change +30 vs previous year

RSF Zone Amériques

Political #62 54.1

Economic #42 55.1

Legal #82 63.2

Social #53 71.4

Safety #41 90.0

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.728

Liberal 0.575

Participatory 0.441

Deliberative 0.560

Egalitarian 0.453

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	66.8	53	54.1	55.1	63.2	71.4	90.0
2024	58.6	83	41.2	49.8	55.1	64.7	81.9
2023	63.7	69	57.5	51.6	64.5	64.8	80.0
2022	62.8	74	54.2	47.5	64.0	74.0	74.2
2021	70.1	77	-	-	-	-	100.0
2020	70.2	76	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	70.2	79	-	-	-	-	42.8
2018	69.4	91	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	67.9	96	-	-	-	-	100.0
2016	69.4	91	-	-	-	-	76.0
2015	71.0	83	-	-	-	-	100.0
2014	69.8	87	-	-	-	-	-
2013	67.1	111	-	-	-	-	-
2012	45.7	113	-	-	-	-	-
2010	21.8	81	-	-	-	-	-
2009	14.5	55	-	-	-	-	-
2008	11.8	57	-	-	-	-	-
2007	17.9	54	-	-	-	-	-
2006	9.5	39	-	-	-	-	-
2005	15.0	66	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index