Civil Rights Score in Panama
Panama: Civil Rights Score was 6 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Civil Rights Score in Panama, 2005–2025
Source: Bertelsmann Transformation Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Panama recorded 6 for civil rights score in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of down 14.3% on the previous year and down 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, civil rights score in Panama peaked at 8 in 2007 and was at its lowest, 6, in 2025.
That places Panama 31st out of 128 regions with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.67 | 7 | 8 | 3 |
| 2010s | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 |
| 2020s | 6.67 | 6 | 7 | 3 |
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More social development data for Panama
- Political Rights Rating 2 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 2,694 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 375 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Liberal democracy 2 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.575 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 2 (2025)
- Human Rights Index 0.874 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.441 (2025)
- Key features of human rights 0.874 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is civil rights score in Panama?
- Civil rights score in Panama was 6 in 2025, according to Bertelsmann Transformation Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest civil rights score recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 8 in 2007.
- What is the lowest civil rights score recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 6 in 2025.
- How does Panama rank for civil rights score?
- Panama ranks 31st out of 128 regions with data for 2025.
- Is civil rights score rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Panama data come from?
- The figures come from Bertelsmann Transformation Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Civil Rights Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Indicates the extent to which civil rights are codified in law, and the state prosecutes any violations and works to prevent discrimination.