Panama's market capitalization of listed domestic companies (% of GDP) was 30.05% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 6.43 percentage points from 23.62% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 30.05% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 24.43% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 23.62% | 2015 |
| Highest | 38.33% | 2006 |
| Lowest | 4.96% | 1993 |
| Average since 2016 | 23.73% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 4.96% | 1993 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Panama's market capitalization of listed domestic companies (% of GDP) rose 8.91 percentage points on 2024 (from 21.14% to 30.05%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.43 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 4.32 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 13.02 percentage points in 1998 and the biggest yearly fall was 6.51 percentage points in 2000. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 8% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Panama had the 43rd highest value of the 61 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Panama | 30.05% | 2025 |
| World | 148.54% | 2025 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 40.83% | 2025 |
| High income | 187.75% | 2025 |
Closest to Panama in the 2025 ranking
What this measures
Market capitalization (also known as market value) is the share price times the number of shares outstanding (including their several classes) for listed domestic companies. Investment funds, unit trusts, and companies whose only business goal is to hold shares of other listed companies are excluded. Data are end of year values.
Limitations: Data cover measures of size (market capitalization, number of listed domestic companies) and liquidity (value of shares traded as a percentage of gross domestic product, value of shares traded as a percentage of market capitalization). The comparability of such data across countries may be limited by conceptual and statistical weaknesses, such as inaccurate reporting and differences in accounting standards.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 33 values
| Year | Market capitalization of listed domestic companies (% of GDP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 30.05 |
| 2024 | 21.14 |
| 2023 | 24.29 |
| 2022 | 20.43 |
| 2021 | 22.94 |
| 2020 | 24.43 |
| 2019 | 24.76 |
| 2018 | 23.25 |
| 2017 | 23.35 |
| 2016 | 22.7 |
| 2015 |
Market capitalization of listed domestic companies (% of GDP) in nearby economies
- Argentina — 8.35% (2022)
- Barbados — 51.46% (2020)
- Brazil — 38.22% (2025)
- Cayman Islands — 11.39% (2020)
- Chile — 136.2% (2025)
- Colombia — 28.97% (2025)
- Costa Rica — 3.14% (2022)
- Jamaica — 51.04% (2025)
- Mexico — 30.58% (2025)
More financial sector data for Panama
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) — 66.84% (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU) — 66.25 billion (2025)
- Net foreign assets (current LCU) — 8.29 billion (2025)
- Monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 73.56% (2025)
- Consumer price index (2010 = 100) — 128.14 (2025)
- Inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth) — -0.19% (2025)
- Claims on central government, etc. (% of GDP) — -1.17% (2025)
- GDP deflator (base year varies by country) — 106.74 (2025)
- DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$) — US$1 (2025)
- Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)
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Questions people ask
- What is Panama's market capitalization of listed domestic companies (% of GDP)?
- 30.05% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1993?
- It is up 25.08 percentage points from 4.96% in 1993. The highest value was 38.33% in 2006 and the lowest 4.96% in 1993.
- How does Panama rank?
- 43rd highest of 61 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in market capitalization of listed domestic companies (% of GDP) unusual for Panama?
- In 2025, Panama's market capitalization of listed domestic companies (% of GDP) rose 8.91 percentage points on 2024 (from 21.14% to 30.05%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.43 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 4.32 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator CM.MKT.LCAP.GD.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Federation of Exchanges database, World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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