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Economic Indicators for Panama

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Indicator	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Armed forces personnel, total	28,000	28,000	28,000	12,000
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)	127.5	127.5	127.5	105.88
Current Account	93.7	-509.3	522.5	-509.3	B
Current account balance (% of GDP)	-4.48	-4.48	0.68	-13.38	B
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)	46.47	46.47	77.75	36.27	B
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)	2.3	2.3	2.64	2.3	%
GDP (current US$)	83,382,400,000	83,382,400,000	83,382,400,000	34,686,224,300	B
GDP growth (annual %)	7.32	7.32	15.84	-17.67	B
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)	1.92	1.92	2.15	1.92
Human Capital Index (HCI) (scale 0-1)	0.5	0.5	0.53	0.5
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)	43.06	43.06	80.46	32.43	B
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)	1.49	1.49	5.88	-1.55	%
Labor force, total	2,107,002	2,107,002	2,107,002	1,614,089
Lending interest rate (%)	6.91	6.91	7.72	6.5	%
New businesses registered (number)	13,048	13,048	30,203	10,136
Physicians (per 1,000 people)	1.63	1.63	1.64	1.5
Population, total	4,468,087	4,468,087	4,468,087	3,688,674
Primary government expenditures as a proportion of original approved budget (%)	87.87	87.87	106.18	84
Real interest rate (%)	4.35	4.35	7.6	1.46	%
Time required to build a warehouse (days)	105	105	118	105
Time required to start a business (days)	6	6	8	6
Unemployment with advanced education (% of total labor force with advanced education)	5.42	5.42	13.23	2.2	%
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (national estimate)	6.68	6.68	18.55	3.71	%