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Panama Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) Statistics

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Country or Region: Panama › Change country
Economic Indicator: Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) › See all Panama indicators, › See Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) data for all countries
Detailed Analysis for Year: 2010 › Change year
Full Dataset: from 1980 to 2016
Dataset updated: 1st August 2011
Data Source: International Monetary Fund (IMF)
National or Regional Currency: Balboa
Currency Symbol: PAB

Source: National Statistical Office Latest actual data: 2009 Employment type: National definition Primary domestic currency: U.S. dollars Data last updated: 03/2011

Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) Statistics for Panama , Year 2010 - In Detail

Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) for Panama in year 2010 is 6.5 %

This makes Panama No. 71 in world rankings according to Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) in year 2010. The world's average Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) value is 4.82 %; Panama is 1.68 more than the average.

In the previous year, 2009, Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) for Panama was 6.93 % Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) for Panama in 2010 was or will be 6.23% less than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) for Panama was or will be 6.00 %, which is 7.69% less than the 2010 figure.

* Source: IMF
Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) for Panama, in other Years
Year %
  2016 5
  2015 5
  2014 5
  2013 5.2
  2012 5.5
  2011 6
2010 6.5
  2009 6.932
  2008 5.849
  2007 6.783
  2006 9.111
  2005 10.327
  2004 12.35
  2003 13.652
  2002 14.107
  2001 14.706
  2000 13.523
  1999 11.753
  1998 13.576
  1997 13.37
  1996 14.317
  1995 14.019
  1994 14.008
  1993 13.262
  1992 14.674
  1991 15.971
  1990 16.719
  1989 18.939
  1988 18.78
  1987 14.102
  1986 12.504
  1985 14.418
  1984 12.216
  1983 11.573
  1982 10.981
  1981 9.184
  1980 8.375