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Go to the current versionPanama records in 2025 its highest public debt since 1990 at 65.6%
The central government indicator as a share of GDP rose by 3.5 pp from 62.1% in 2024. Across the 36 years of the series harmonised by ECLAC, no figure exceeds this level.
Historical published finding
Panama recorded in 2025 its highest public debt since its series began in 1990: 65.6%.
Evidence
Panama: public debt 1990–2025
The finding preserves the reviewed data even when the source publishes an update.
Snapshot technical details
Query fingerprint: sigev_ab6d290071348 · The text, result, and records remain fixed to this review.
How we calculated it
We query series public_debt_pct_gdp of dataset cepal-economia-anual (CEPALSTAT) for Panama from 1990 to 2025 in VerDat's normalised layer and check that no year in the series matches or exceeds the 2025 value. We require at least 15 years of series and a gap of at least 10 years. The chart reproduces the query; the values are re-verified automatically every day.
36 rows match the query; 36 results remain in the summary.
What it means and what it does not
The series reflects the harmonised basis for central government as a percentage of GDP from ECLAC rather than the country's own methodology, so it may differ from official national figures. This record high reflects Panama's standing relative to its historical data, but does not identify the underlying causes. Furthermore, future revisions to previous years' data could change the date of the record.
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Verification
Records within the query
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| Period | Value | Country | Year | Indicator | Indicator group | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65.6 | panama | 2025 | Deuda pública del gobierno central, % del PIB | deuda | Not applicable (annual) |
| 2025 | 64.45 | colombia | 2025 | Deuda pública del gobierno central, % del PIB | deuda | Not applicable (annual) |
| 2025 | 60.72 | ecuador | 2025 | Deuda pública del gobierno central, % del PIB | deuda | Not applicable (annual) |
| 2025 | 60.54 | uruguay | 2025 | Deuda pública del gobierno central, % del PIB | deuda | Not applicable (annual) |
| 2025 | 60.4 | costa-rica | 2025 | Deuda pública del gobierno central, % del PIB | deuda | Not applicable (annual) |
| 2025 | 55.43 | el_salvador | 2025 | Deuda pública del gobierno central, % del PIB | deuda | Not applicable (annual) |
| 2025 | 49.2 | mexico | 2025 | Deuda pública del gobierno central, % del PIB | deuda | Not applicable (annual) |
| 2025 | 48.04 | dominican_republic | 2025 | Deuda pública del gobierno central, % del PIB | deuda | Not applicable (annual) |
| 2025 | 45.27 | honduras | 2025 | Deuda pública del gobierno central, % del PIB | deuda | Not applicable (annual) |
| 2025 | 36.07 | paraguay | 2025 | Deuda pública del gobierno central, % del PIB | deuda | Not applicable (annual) |
| 2025 | 32.56 | nicaragua | 2025 | Deuda pública del gobierno central, % del PIB | deuda | Not applicable (annual) |
| 2025 | 27.25 | guatemala | 2025 | Deuda pública del gobierno central, % del PIB | deuda | Not applicable (annual) |