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Central AmericaPanama
Capital Panama City · Median age 30
4 mobility routesPath to citizenshipZero-presence routeTropical
The practical read for Americans weighing life in Panama: what the catalog knows about daily-life signals, costs, residency routes, and source freshness — with honest gaps where we have not sourced it yet.
Practical snapshot
Cost of living55
Healthcare64
Safety68
Climate resilience92
4 mobility routes
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Panama in eight lenses
Every lens is a live, normalized signal (0–100, higher is better). Absent indicators show as Unknown — never guessed.
Cost & taxes
72 · StrongCost of living55
Tax burden88
Healthcare
64 · MixedHealthcare64
Safety & crime
67 · StrongSafety68
Low crime66
Climate
92 · StrongClimate resilience92
Language & integration
74 · StrongEnglish proficiency75
Migrant acceptance72
Freedom & rights
55 · MixedRule of law58
Political stability53
Low corruption39
Personal freedom88
Freedom of speech83
Property rights56
LGBTQ+ acceptance37
Reproductive rights25
Economy & work
47 · MixedEconomic freedom89
CompetitivenessUnknown—
Innovation37
Startup ecosystem0
Job market4
Prosperity76
Ease of doing business77
Quality of life
68 · StrongLiveabilityUnknown—
Happiness83
Life satisfaction83
Work–life balanceUnknown—
Internet speed47
Education63
Low traffic64
Fit summary
Where this country is strong, and where to look closer
Strengths
- Climate resilience92
- Economic freedom89
- Tax burden88
- Personal freedom88
Look closer
- Startup ecosystem0
- Job market4
- Reproductive rights25
- LGBTQ+ acceptance37
Country facts
The structured record
Facts imported for this country. Blank fields render as Unknown.
- Avg Precipitation
- 2928 mm
- Avg Temperature
- 25.60°C (78.08°F)
- Best Time To Travel
- December-April
- Borders
- Colombia, Costa Rica
- Citizenship By Birth
- No
- Citizenship By Descent
- Yes
- Citizenship By Marriage
- No
- Climate
- Tropical maritime; hot, humid, cloudy; prolonged rainy season (May to January), short dry season (January to May)
- Climate Category
- Hot & Humid
- Consulate Locations In The Us
- Houston,Miami,New Orleans,New York,Philadelphia,San Francisco,Tampa
- Country Code
- +507
- Country Intro Blurb
- Known for its pristine marine life Palau is a diver's paradise where the ocean is your playground
- Country Motto
- Pro mundi beneficio ("For the benefit of the world")
- Crypto Currency Status
- Legal to use/Undefined
- Currency
- Panamanian Balboa (PAB), USD
- Date Format
- DMY
- Distance From New York City
- 3540 km
- Driving Side
- Right-hand traffic
- Dual Citizenship
- No
- Economy
- Services, logistics, banking
- Famous Dance
- Delal a Kar
- Famous Festival
- Olechotel Belau Fair
- Famous Music
- Aikat
- Fertility Rate
- 2.119
- Funny Fact
- First country to ban sunscreen to protect coral reefs
- Gambling Legislation
- Illegal
- Haiku
- Jellyfish Lake floats / Rock Islands rise from blue depths / Dugongs graze seagrass
- Handgun Legislation
- Prohibited
- Humidity
- 81
- Hype Video
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8kkC93ibCw
- Independence Day
- 1903-11-03
- Interesting Fact
- Known for its pristine marine life Palau is a diver's paradise where the ocean is your playground
- Interesting Tradition
- Holds Mechesil Belau a women's conference to discuss important national issues
- Language
- Spanish
- Life Expectancy
- 79,6
- Mandatory Military Service
- No
- Medical Cannabis Legislation
- Illegal
- Migration Rate
- 1.629 per_1000_population
- National Anthem
- Himno Istmeño
- National Anthem Audio
- https://nationalanthems.info/pa.mp3
- National Dish
- Bat soup
- National Pastime Or Sport
- Baseball
- Number Of Americans Living In Country
- 16867
- Number Of Migrants
- 7.262 thousands
- Obesity Rate
- 0.271
- Passport Validity
- 10 years
- Population
- 4381579
- Quintessential Souvenir
- Storyboard carving
- Quirky Tradition
- Celebrates "Etpison Cup" a traditional canoe race
- Rainless Days Per Year
- 224
- Representative Novel
- The Palau Bali by Pauline Loh (Children's book about Palauan culture)
- Reproduction Rate
- 1.007
- Residency For Naturalization
- 5
- Same Sex Marriage Legislation
- No Recognition
- Strangest Law Still On The Books
- Illegal to import hamsters
- Time Zone
- GMT-5
- Tobacco Use Female
- 0.05
- Tobacco Use Male
- 0.08
- Total World Heritage Sites
- 5
- Us Emigrants 1990
- 3318
- Us Emigrants 1995
- 4134
- Us Emigrants 2000
- 5212
- Us Emigrants 2005
- 7807
- Us Emigrants 2010
- 11993
- Us Emigrants 2015
- 14040
- Us Emigrants 2020
- 16867
- Visitors Per Year
- 1.8 millions
- Voting Status
- Universal
- Weirdest Local Superstition
- Don't point at rainbows
Daily life & the American lens
What Tuesday actually feels like
Lived-experience narrative, English-comfort layers, and community voices.
Not yet sourced
Daily-life rhythm, the American-lens friction points, and community voices for Panama come from verified field research and practitioner communities. That editorial layer is not committed to the Product Engine catalog yet, so we are not inventing it here.
Sources & freshness
Where this page comes from
Real provenance for the live figures above: named sources, verification status, and recent regulatory changes.
Verified data points
0Stale
0Unverified
100| Source | Confidence | Status | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| CATO Institute | — | unverified | — |
| Center for Reproductive Rights | — | unverified | — |
| CitizensOS Destination Facts — Country DB (Primary workbook) | — | unverified | — |
| EF Set | — | unverified | — |
| Equaldex | — | unverified | — |
| Freedom House | — | unverified | — |
| Gallup | — | unverified | — |
| Germanwatch | — | unverified | — |
| Heritage Foundation | — | unverified | — |
| Legatum | — | unverified | — |
| Numbeo | — | unverified | — |
| Ookla | — | unverified | — |
| Our World in Data | — | unverified | — |
| StartUp Blink | — | unverified | — |
| The Lancet | — | unverified | — |
| Transparency International | — | unverified | — |
| US News | — | unverified | — |
| World Bank | — | unverified | — |
| World Happiness Report | — | unverified | — |
| World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) | — | unverified | — |
| World Justice Report | — | unverified | — |
| World Population Review | — | unverified | — |
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