Panama – Network Readiness Index

Performance Overview

GDP (PPP) per capita

IS03

PAN

Country

Panama

Score

46.96

Rank

74

Technology

46.38

People

35.5

Governance

57.81

Impact

48.16

1. Mobile tariffs	57.36	76
2. Cost of cheapest internet-enable device (% of monthly GDP per capita)	64.54	28
3. Households with internet acccess	58.09	73
4. 4G mobile network coverage (% of population)	33	109
5. Fixed-broadband subscriptions, 10Mbit/s or above (% of totaal subscriptions)	41.75	77
6. International internet bandwidth, kb/s per Internet user	71.19	41
7. Proportion of primary schools with access to Internet for pedagogical purpose	n/a	n/a

1. Digital participation	n/a	n/a
2. Mobile apps development	64.16	56
3. Receipts for the use of intellectual property	0.22	68

1. Availability of latest technologies	68.87	36
2. Company investment in emerging technology	35.34	63
3. Government procurement of advanced technology products	46.05	45
4. ICT PCT patent applications per million population	12.71	44
5. Total computer software spending (% of GDP)	18.18	59
6. Robot density	n/a	n/a

1. Medium and high-tech industry	7.65	108
2. High-tech exports	17.41	49
3. PCT patent applications	3.55	36
4. Labour productivity per employee	n/a	n/a

1. Happiness	67.16	35
2. Freedom to make life choices	77.08	47
3. Income inequality	34.47	99
4. Healthy life expectancy at birth	75.09	31

1. Access to basic services	86.61	83
2. Pollution	93.85	19
3. Road safety	63.75	61
4. Reading proficiency in schools	51.02	56
5. Maths proficiency in schools	39.36	49
5. Use of clean fuels and technology	94.44	72

1. Internet users	53.49	82
2. Active mobile-broadband subscriptions	26.37	72
3. Use of virtual social networks	51.14	68
5. Tertiary enrolment	34.6	63
5. Adult literacy rate	92.93	45
6. ICT skills	n/a	n/a

1. Firms with website	28.43	82
2. Internet shopping	7.81	80
3. Professionals	27.03	63
4. Technicians and associate professionals	33.22	63
5. Extent of staff training	33.97	75
6. R&D expenditure by businesses	0.02	91

1. Government online services	62.31	77
2. Publication and use of open data	17.9	75
3.ICT use and government efficiency	50	47
4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education	1.98	103

1. Rule of law	51.98	63
2. Software piracy rate	24.32	72
3. Secure Internet servers	65.43	51
4. Cybersecurity	38.38	95
5. Online trust and safety	94.82	2

1. Regulatory quality	60.26	52
2. Ease of doing business	64.26	79
3. Legal framework's adaptability to digital business models	45.7	53
4. E-commerce legislation	75	66
5. Social safety net protection	46.48	54
6. ICT regulatory environment	86.88	50

1. E-Participation	68.15	63
2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments	41.27	99
3. Availability of local online content	54.16	61
4. Gender gap in internet use	75.79	3
5. Rural gap in use of digital payments	37.42	108