International rankings of Panama

The following are international rankings of  Panama

Economy

• The Wall Street Journal and the Heritage Foundation: Index of Economic Freedom 2006, ranked 49 out of 157 countries
• International Monetary Fund: GDP (nominal) per capita (2000), ranked 71 out of 182 countries
• International Monetary Fund: GDP (nominal) (2006), ranked 92 out of 181 countries
• United Nations: Human Development Index 2006, ranked 58 out of 177 countries

Environment

• Yale University: Environmental Sustainability Index 2005, ranked 28 out of 146 countries

Globalization

• A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Magazine: Globalization Index 2006, ranked 21 out of 62 countries

Politics

• Transparency International: Corruption Perceptions Index 2006 ranked 84 out of 163 countries
• Reporters Without Borders: Worldwide press freedom index 2006, ranked 39 out of 168 countries

Historical data

Index (Year)	Author / Editor / Source	Year of publication	Countries sampled	World Ranking ^(1)	Ranking L.A.^(2)
Environmental Performance (2008)	Yale University[1]	2008	149	32nd	5th
Democracy (2010)	The Economist[2]	2010	167	46th	4th
Global Peace (2008)	The Economist[3]	2008	140	48th	4th
Economic Freedom (2008)	The Wall Street Journal[4]	2008	157	46th	3rd
Quality-of-life (2005)	The Economist[5]	2007	111	47th	7th
Travel and Tourism Competitiveness (2008)	World Economic Forum[6]	2008	130	50th	3rd
Press Freedom (2007)	Reporters Without Borders[7]	2007	169	54th	5th
Global Competitiviness (2007)	World Economic Forum[8]	2007–08	131	59th	3rd
Human Development (2005)	United Nations (UNDP)[9]	2007–08	177	62nd	7th
Corruption Perception (2010)	Transparency International[10]	2010	178	73rd	6th
Income inequality (1989–2007)^(3)	United Nations (UNDP)[11]	2007–2008	126	115th	14th

⁽¹⁾ Worldwide ranking among countries evaluated.

⁽²⁾ Ranking among the 20 Latin American countries (Puerto Rico is not included).

⁽³⁾ Because the Gini coefficient used for the ranking corresponds to different years depending of the country, and the underlying household surveys differ in method and in the type of data collected, the distribution data are not strictly comparable across countries. The ranking therefore is only a proxy for reference purposes, and though the source is the same, the sample is smaller than for the HDI

Organization	Survey	Ranking
Latin Business Chronicle	Latin Business Index[12]	1 out of 19
World's Best Countries (2008/09)	Newsweek[13]	41 out of 100
Institute for Economics and Peace	Global Peace Index[14]	59 out of 144
United Nations Development Programme	Human Development Index	60 out of 182
Transparency International	Corruption Perceptions Index	73 out of 178
World Economic Forum	Global Competitiveness Report	59 out of 133
Latin Business Chronicle	Latin Globalization Index[15]	1 out of 19

References

1. Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy / Center for International Earth Science Information Network at Columbia University. "Environmental Performance Index 2008, Metrics for Costa Rica". Retrieved 2008-03-16.
2. The Economist Intelligence Unit. "Democracy Index 2010" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-01-07.
3. The Economist Intelligence Unit et al. (Vision of Humanity website). "Global Peace Index Rankings". Retrieved 2008-05-28.
4. The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal. "Index of Economic Freedom 2008". Retrieved 2008-03-14.
5. The Economist Intelligence Unit. "Pocket World in Figures 2008" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-03-13.
6. World Economic Forum (2008). Jennifer Blanke; Thea Chiesa, eds. "The Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2008" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-03-09.
7. Reporters Without Borders. "Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2007". Retrieved 2008-03-13.
8. World Economic Forum. "The Global Competitiveness Report 2007-2008". Retrieved 2008-03-09.
9. UNPD Human Development Report 2007/2008. "Table 1: Human development index" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-02-26. Retrieved 2008-03-11.
10. Transparency International. "2010 Corruption Perception Index Ranking Table". Retrieved 2011-11-28.
11. UNPD Human Development Report 2007/2008. "Inequality in income or expenditure". Retrieved 2008-03-14.
12. "Latin Business Index 2010". Latin Business Chronicle. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
13. Newsweek. "The World's Best Countries". Retrieved 2010-08-21.
14. "Vision of Humanity". Vision of Humanity. Retrieved 2010-02-04.
15. "Latin Globalization Index 2009". Latin Business Chronicle. Retrieved 2009-12-10.