Extensive Margin, Theil index in Panama
Panama: Extensive Margin, Theil index was 0.3171 in 2014. ▼ Falling
Extensive Margin, Theil index in Panama, 1962–2014
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
In 2014, extensive margin, theil index in Panama stood at 0.3171. That is the lowest value across all 53 years on record.
The figure is down 33.5% on the previous year and down 53.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, extensive margin, theil index in Panama peaked at 0.9953 in 1962 and was at its lowest, 0.3171, in 2014.
Panama ranks 56th of 189 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 53 years of available data.
Extensive Margin, Theil index in Panama, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 0.9953 | — |
| 1963 | 0.9344 | -6.1% |
| 1964 | 0.9036 | -3.3% |
| 1965 | 0.9297 | +2.9% |
| 1966 | 0.9243 | -0.6% |
| 1967 | 0.8742 | -5.4% |
| 1968 | 0.8379 | -4.2% |
| 1969 | 0.8407 | +0.3% |
| 1970 | 0.8285 | -1.4% |
| 1971 | 0.8715 | +5.2% |
| 1972 | 0.792 | -9.1% |
| 1973 | 0.7857 | -0.8% |
| 1974 | 0.7742 | -1.5% |
| 1975 | 0.6835 | -11.7% |
| 1976 | 0.7913 | +15.8% |
| 1977 | 0.7126 | -9.9% |
| 1978 | 0.73 | +2.4% |
| 1979 | 0.769 | +5.3% |
| 1980 | 0.5623 | -26.9% |
| 1981 | 0.7464 | +32.7% |
| 1982 | 0.7642 | +2.4% |
| 1983 | 0.7397 | -3.2% |
| 1984 | 0.7281 | -1.6% |
| 1985 | 0.7595 | +4.3% |
| 1986 | 0.7741 | +1.9% |
| 1987 | 0.7585 | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 0.7595 | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 0.679 | -10.6% |
| 1990 | 0.7425 | +9.4% |
| 1991 | 0.7227 | -2.7% |
| 1992 | 0.7637 | +5.7% |
| 1993 | 0.6974 | -8.7% |
| 1994 | 0.7545 | +8.2% |
| 1995 | 0.7595 | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 0.6806 | -10.4% |
| 1997 | 0.7385 | +8.5% |
| 1998 | 0.7195 | -2.6% |
| 1999 | 0.7432 | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 0.7103 | -4.4% |
| 2001 | 0.707 | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 0.7181 | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 0.7175 | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 0.6872 | -4.2% |
| 2005 | 0.687 | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.6909 | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.6528 | -5.5% |
| 2008 | 0.6496 | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.5473 | -15.8% |
| 2010 | 0.5181 | -5.3% |
| 2011 | 0.3675 | -29.1% |
| 2012 | 0.5329 | +45.0% |
| 2013 | 0.477 | -10.5% |
| 2014 | 0.3171 | -33.5% |
Panama compared with similar countries
- Panama's 0.3171 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.093, 3.4× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Panama's 0.3171 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.2702, 1.2× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Extensive Margin, Theil index in Panama changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +45.0% | 0.3675 | 0.5329 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.905 | 0.8379 | 0.9953 | 8 |
| 1970s | 0.7738 | 0.6835 | 0.8715 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7271 | 0.5623 | 0.7741 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7322 | 0.6806 | 0.7637 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6768 | 0.5473 | 0.7181 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4425 | 0.3171 | 0.5329 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Panama
More trade data for Panama
- Commodity Net Export Price Index, Individual Commodities Weighted by 128.71 (2025)
- Commodity Net Export Price Index, Individual Commodities Weighted by 102.42 (2025)
- Commodity Export Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 100.22 (2025)
- Commodity Export Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 107.35 (2025)
- Commodity Import Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 97.85 (2025)
- Commodity Import Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 68.73 (2025)
- Imports of low carbon technology products, Percent of GDP 0.5102 (2024)
- Imports of low carbon technology products, US dollar (World), per 97.76 units per person (2024)
- Imports of low carbon technology products, US dollar (World), per 0.0051 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Exports of low carbon technology products, US dollar (World), gaps 4.63 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is extensive margin, theil index in Panama?
- Extensive margin, theil index in Panama was 0.3171 in 2014, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest extensive margin, theil index recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9953 in 1962.
- What is the lowest extensive margin, theil index recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3171 in 2014.
- How does Panama rank for extensive margin, theil index?
- Panama ranks 56th out of 189 countries with data for 2014.
- Is extensive margin, theil index rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is down 53.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Panama data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Extensive Margin, Theil index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Covers 200 countries with data from 1962 to 2014. It has three main indicators: the Export Diversification Index, which can be disaggregated into sub-indices covering the Extensive Margin and the Intensive Margin. As these are Theil indices, higher values for all three correspond to lower export diversification.