Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Panama
Panama: Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets was -1.53 billion in 2025. ▼ Falling
Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Panama, 2021–2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Panama recorded -1.53 billion for predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 67.4% over five years.
Panama ranks 64th of 84 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Panama, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | -914.62 million | — |
| 2022 | -1.12 billion | +22.4% |
| 2023 | -1.33 billion | +19.0% |
| 2024 | -1.52 billion | +13.8% |
| 2025 | -1.53 billion | +0.9% |
Panama compared with similar countries
- Panama's -1.53 billion is below the median for high income countries, which is -31.73 million, 48.3× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Panama's -1.53 billion is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is -1.38 billion, 1.1× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Panama
More financial sector data for Panama
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per capita 16.3 units per person (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per capita 11.9 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per capita 16.3 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Panama?
- Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Panama was -1.53 billion in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was -914.62 million in 2021.
- What is the lowest predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.53 billion in 2025.
- How does Panama rank for predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets?
- Panama ranks 64th out of 84 countries with data for 2025.
- Where does this Panama data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal value), Foreign currency loans, securities and deposits, interest, More than 3 months and up to 1 year, Outflows (reserves template) (International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity: Guidelines for a Data Template 2013 (IR. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity (IRFCL, or the “Reserves Data Template”) dataset includes data on the amount and composition of countries’ official reserve assets, other foreign currency assets held by monetary authorities and central governments, and short-term foreign currency obligations and related activities of monetary authorities and central governments that can lead to drains on official reserves and other foreign currency assets. This website re-disseminates IMF member countries' data on international reserves and foreign currency liquidity in a common template and in a common currency (the U.S. dollar). Historical data by country are also available. Please note that the re-dissemination of the template data by the Fund does not constitute endorsement of the quality of the data by the Fund.