Bank branches per 100,000 adults in Panama
Panama: Bank branches per 100,000 adults was 19.46 in 2021. ▼ Falling
Bank branches per 100,000 adults in Panama, 2007–2021
Source: Financial Access Survey (FAS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Analysis
Panama recorded 19.46 for bank branches per 100,000 adults in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.9% on the previous year and down 14.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank branches per 100,000 adults in Panama peaked at 23.96 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 19.46, in 2021.
That places Panama 54th out of 184 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 22.09 | 21.43 | 22.48 | 3 |
| 2010s | 22.62 | 20.2 | 23.96 | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.65 | 19.46 | 19.83 | 2 |
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More financial sector data for Panama
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 4.12 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 4.56 billion SDR (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate -4.93 % change on previous year (2020)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.8872 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 11,791 current LCU per person (2020)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 4.56 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 4.56 billion SDR (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 66.8% (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports 1.74 (2025)
- Net domestic credit 50.62 billion current LCU (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank branches per 100,000 adults in Panama?
- Bank branches per 100,000 adults in Panama was 19.46 in 2021, according to Financial Access Survey (FAS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest bank branches per 100,000 adults recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 23.96 in 2014.
- What is the lowest bank branches per 100,000 adults recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.46 in 2021.
- How does Panama rank for bank branches per 100,000 adults?
- Panama ranks 54th out of 184 countries with data for 2021.
- Is bank branches per 100,000 adults rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Panama data come from?
- The figures come from Financial Access Survey (FAS), International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Bank branches per 100,000 adults. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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For each country calculated as: 100,000*reported number of depositors/adult population in the reporting country.