Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Pennsylvania instead of Panama, you would:
Economy
be 55.7% less likely to be unemployed
In Panama, 8.4% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Pennsylvania, that number is 3.7% as of 2025.
be 47.9% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Panama, 21.7% live below the poverty line as of 2023. In Pennsylvania, however, that number is 11.3% as of 2023.
make 3.1 times more money
Panama has a GDP per capita of $19,790 as of 2025, while in Pennsylvania, the GDP per capita is $61,506 as of 2024.
Basic Needs
be 22.0% more likely to have internet access
In Panama, approximately 72.8% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Pennsylvania, about 88.8% do as of 2023.
Sources: World Bank (2023–2025), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this
