Panama vs Vietnam: Economic Indicators Comparison

Vietnam with a GDP of $245.2B ranked the 47th largest economy in the world, while Panama ranked 75th with $65.1B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Vietnam and Panama ranked 17th vs 33rd and 138th vs 61st, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Panama	Vietnam
GDP	$65.1B	$245.2B
GDP growth, 1 year	3.9%	7.1%
GDP growth, 5-years average	5%	6.6%
Population	4.1M	94.7M
GDP per capita	$16k	$2.6k
GDP per capita growth	1.94%	6.02%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	0.61	7788.91
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.61	0.34
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$26k	$7.5k
GNI, Atlas method	$60B	$225.9B
GNI per capita	$14k	$2.4k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$98.4B	$661.8B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$24k	$6.9k

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Panama	Vietnam
Income Tax Rate	25%	35%
Corporate Tax Rate	25%	22%
Inflation, consumer prices	0.8%	3.5%
Inflation, GDP deflator	0.7%	3.4%
Unemployment	3.9%	1.9%
Economic Freedom Index	67.2	58.8
Personal Freedom Index	7.73	6.65
Human Freedom Index	7.53	6.31
Property Rights Index	58.8	52.6
Judical Effectiveness Index	30	40.1
Business Freedom Index	70.8	65.6
Fiscal Health Index	91.2	58
Labor Freedom Index	43.3	62.5
Investment Freedom Index	75	40
Financial Freedom Index	70	50
Trade Freedom Index	79.2	79.6
Monetary Freedom Index	79.4	68.2
Government Spending Index	85.7	75.9
Tax Burden Index	85.3	79.5
Government Integrity Index	37.2	33.8
Corruption Perceptions Index	37	33
Life expectancy at birth, years	78.1	75.2
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	4.3	7.3
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	14.3	26.4
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	9.7	1.5
International tourism, number of arrivals	1.8M	15.5M

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Panama	Vietnam
Central government debt, % of GDP	39.4%	57.5%
External debt stocks, % of GNI	N/A	46.7%
External debt stocks	N/A	$108.1B
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	N/A	35.3%
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	N/A	7.1%
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	25.3%	13.4%
Gross savings, % of GDP	29.1%	22.6%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	41.7%	26.5%
Total reserves including gold	$2.1B	$55.5B
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$5.9B	$15.5B

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Panama	Vietnam
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	42.3%	105.8%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	45.3%	102.5%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$6.8B	$5.9B
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	N/A	N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$22.3M	$411.2M
Personal remittances received	$537.9M	$15.9B
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	29.2%	34.2%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	2.2%	14.7%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$39.4M	N/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$21.7M	N/A
Expense, % of GDP	N/A	N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	21.8%	28.3%