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2024
global knowledge index
Panama
KEY INDICATORS
- GDP (US$ billions):159.867
- Population:4,458,759
- HDI:0.82
77/141
Gki
Score
46.1
World
Average
47.8
Country Performance Summary
Panama is a moderate performer in terms of its knowledge infrastructure. It ranks 77th out of 141 countries in the Global Knowledge Index 2024 and 59th out of the 59 countries with very high human development.
Areas of Strength
- Teachers in tertiary education, gender parity
- Industry and services value added (% GDP)
- GERD financed from abroad (%)
- Average documents per researcher
- GERD per researcher
Areas of Improvement
- GERD performed by business enterprises (%)
- MSME financing gap (% GDP)
- Industrial design applications (per 100 billion GDP)
- High-technology trade (% total trade)
- Quality of vocational training
SECTORAL INDICES
Rank
Value
Pre-University
Education
97
55.54
Technical and Vocational
Education and Training
88
48.19
Higher
Education
73
45.23
Research, Development
and Innovation
106
24.25
Information and
Communications Technology
70
49.16
Economy
50
55.75
Enabling
Environment
57
59.62
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GKI Pillars
