Análisis de Indicadores Económicos y Sociodemográficos de Panamá en el siglo XXI

This article explores the changes experienced in the Panamanian economy and social structure. The study demonstrates that the advances and rapid growth in these two areas have not been accompanied by plans and programs aimed at eliminating inequality and lack of educational opportunities, lack of employment and social mobility in the country. This article analyzes different economic indicators in Panama taking into account the nation's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the level of unemployment, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), and social indicators such as the Gini index, the level of Extreme poverty and life  expectancy. Finally, the article stresses that although the increase in GDP between 2000 and 2019 is evident, the economic growth has been concentrated specifically in the capital region, Colon and Chiriqui, the same in the case of social indicators such as the hope of life, the level of employability and extreme poverty in which there is also an abysmal difference between the provinces and the indigenous reservations.