Central America
Panama
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is Panama's #4 import source (world lens). Panama is the EU's #118 goods supplier.
Panama on the world stage
Total imports
$14.0bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$1.2bn
107 partners
#1 import source
Free Zones
23.3%
#1 export dest.
USA
20.2%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Panama and the EU
EU imports from
€779m
0.0% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€3.9bn
0.1% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #118 supplier
EU trade balance
balanced or surplus
coverage 5.01
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember
Industrial
139
EUR/MWh
Consumer
169
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
259
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
73%
of generation
Wholesale 159 EUR/MWh · market market
Power market
● Take-or-pay / single-buyer lock-inMarket model
Competitive wholesale market
Direct PPA
Allowed
grid access: open
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Independent
ASEP (Autoridad Nacional de los Servicios Publicos)
Hydro variability (El Nino droughts) and gas import dependence (Colon LNG terminal) create price spikes. Despite a competitive wholesale market, long-term PPAs and the single LNG import point concentrate risk.
Tracked infrastructure
1 gas plants
381 MW · 2 building
6 wind farms
337 MW · 2 building
5 solar farms
223 MW · 2 building
4 hydro plants
901 MW
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
5
1 production-backed
Acid-drainage prone
1
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Gold, Other mine, Copper
Mine-water verifiability
Blind spot
MiAMBIENTE regulates; limited open-data index
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Monitored ports (1)
Source: IMF PortWatch. Port count reflects monitoring coverage, not economic significance.
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
29.9
→ 38.2 by 2050
Fertility
2.11
above replacement
Working-age
65.8%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
14.2
→ 29.4 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 4.52M · peaks 2080
By 2050: +25% (5.63M)