Earliest recorded position in this interval.
Rank— → #118National score— → —
World Wealthiest Country · Abundance history
Panama 🇵🇦 · Country History
Movement in the World Wealthiest Country Abundance Scorecard, measured through access to life rather than GDP or money. Every archived point adjustment and source remains available; unchanged observations are condensed by date, not deleted.
World Wealthiest Country · Recorded rank history
62 meaningful rank/score point(s)Dated changes with readable spacing · diagonal lines show rank movement · horizontal lines show held positions · scroll left for earlier dates.
National score over the same dates
The rank can hold while points move. This chart shows only actually recorded score readings; its vertical scale follows the visible minimum and maximum.
Dots mark initial readings and rank or score changes; unchanged readings extend a dated interval. Select a dot for the score and related archived events.
Selected rank observation
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #116 to #118 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#116 → #118National score— → —
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#118 → #119National score— → —
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #118 to #119 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#118 → #119National score— → —
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
National score changed while rank held.
Rank#119 → #119National score— → -61.39
Held through 10 Oct 2026 · 15:02 GMT-0500; 5 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
No additional field-by-field change record was found at this date; older missing details are not reconstructed.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#119 → #120National score-61.39 → -61.39
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 10 Oct 2026 · 15:02 GMT-0500; 1 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #119 to #120 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#119 → #120National score-61.39 → -61.39
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that moved ahead of this country (1)
- Brazil #147 → #112; points -64.46 → -64.46
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#120 → #119National score-61.39 → -61.39
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 11 Oct 2026 · 02:50 GMT-0500; 3 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #120 to #119 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#120 → #119National score-61.39 → -61.39
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- China #93 → #129; points -59.17 → -62.31
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#119 → #120National score-61.39 → -61.39
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 11 Oct 2026 · 02:50 GMT-0500; 10 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #119 to #120 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#119 → #120National score-61.39 → -61.39
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that moved ahead of this country (1)
- India #122 → #104; points -61.80 → -59.89
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#120 → #119National score-61.39 → -61.39
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 11 Oct 2026 · 02:50 GMT-0500; 6 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #120 to #119 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#120 → #119National score-61.39 → -61.39
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Taiwan #94 → #126; points -59.23 → -59.23
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#119 → #118National score-61.39 → -61.39
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
No additional field-by-field change record was found at this date; older missing details are not reconstructed.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#118 → #119National score-61.39 → -61.39
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 11 Oct 2026 · 12:02 GMT-0500; 10 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #118 to #119 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#118 → #119National score-61.39 → -61.39
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that moved ahead of this country (1)
- Philippines #138 → #117; points -63.27 → -63.27
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#119 → #118National score-61.39 → -61.39
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #119 to #118 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#119 → #118National score-61.39 → -61.39
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Kazakhstan #92 → #133; points -58.99 → -58.99
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#118 → #117National score-61.39 → -61.39
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 11 Oct 2026 · 12:02 GMT-0500; 1 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #118 to #117 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#118 → #117National score-61.39 → -61.39
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Finland #117 → #141; points -61.29 → -64.05
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#117 → #116National score-61.39 → -61.39
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 11 Oct 2026 · 12:02 GMT-0500; 29 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #117 to #116 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#117 → #116National score-61.39 → -61.39
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Algeria #111 → #136; points -60.96 → -63.33
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#116 → #115National score-61.39 → -62.15
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 11 Oct 2026 · 12:03 GMT-0500; 1 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #116 to #115 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#116 → #115National score-61.39 → -62.15
Countries that fell below this country (3)
- Anguilla #99 → #117; points -59.73 → -62.28
- Turks and Caicos Islands #105 → #123; points -60.39 → -62.93
- British Virgin Islands #112 → #128; points -61.03 → -63.64
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
Family Formation, Continuity & Child Stability supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Family Formation, Continuity & Child Stability
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 31.00 | 31.00 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
Live-reviewed Panama standalone score under Category Method 0.0.1. Overall Gate 0.6.0 is applied after domestic evidence aggregation.
Sources archived before (2)
UN demographic reporting places Panama’s fertility near or below replacement in 2025, showing that strong economic growth does not automatically remove family-formation pressures.
Panama: no generally available nationwide domestic same-sex civil marriage is recorded in the cited legal-status review as of 2026-10-09. The Supreme Court in February 2023 upheld the marriage provisions distinguishing a man and a woman and excluding same-sex civil marriages. This is a legal-classification reading only; it does not prove demographic causation.
Sources archived after the change (2)
UN demographic reporting places Panama’s fertility near or below replacement in 2025, showing that strong economic growth does not automatically remove family-formation pressures.
Panama: no generally available nationwide domestic same-sex civil marriage is recorded in the cited legal-status review as of 2026-10-09. The Supreme Court in February 2023 upheld the marriage provisions distinguishing a man and a woman and excluding same-sex civil marriages. This is a legal-classification reading only; it does not prove demographic causation.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #113 to #115 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#113 → #115National score-61.39 → -62.15
Countries that moved ahead of this country (3)
- Belize #114 → #107; points -60.77 → -61.49
- Peru #117 → #112; points -61.92 → -61.92
- Bolivia #120 → #114; points -61.43 → -62.13
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
Rank#115 → #114National score-61.39 → -62.15
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#115 → #114National score-62.15 → -62.15
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #114 to #113 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#114 → #113National score-62.15 → -62.15
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #115 to #114 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#115 → #114National score-62.15 → -62.15
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#114 → #113National score-62.15 → -62.15
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #115 to #114 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#115 → #114National score-62.15 → -62.15
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #113 to #114 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#113 → #114National score-62.15 → -62.15
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #113 to #115 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#113 → #115National score-62.15 → -62.15
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#113 → #114National score-62.15 → -62.15
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 12 Oct 2026 · 05:13 GMT-0500; 5 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
No additional field-by-field change record was found at this date; older missing details are not reconstructed.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#114 → #115National score-62.15 → -62.15
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 12 Oct 2026 · 05:13 GMT-0500; 7 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
No additional field-by-field change record was found at this date; older missing details are not reconstructed.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#115 → #114National score-62.15 → -62.15
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 12 Oct 2026 · 05:13 GMT-0500; 3 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
No additional field-by-field change record was found at this date; older missing details are not reconstructed.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#114 → #115National score-62.15 → -62.15
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 12 Oct 2026 · 06:17 GMT-0500; 1292 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
No additional field-by-field change record was found at this date; older missing details are not reconstructed.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#115 → #142National score-62.15 → -64.97
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
International Accessibility, Migration & Human Welcome changed from pending to 17.25. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
International Accessibility, Migration & Human Welcome
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | — | 17.25 |
| Base category score | — | 17.25 |
| Research coverage (%) | — | 100.00 |
| Category weight (%) | — | 6.00 |
| Entry Accessibility (25%) | — | 20.00 |
| Migrant Practical Life (30%) | — | 30.00 |
| Refugee / Neighbour Welcome (25%) | — | 10.00 |
| Flexibility / Continuity (20%) | — | -5.00 |
Updated reasoning
Four assessed rails: lawful entry; protection/residency; family continuity; cross-border accessibility. TBF authored assessments. A country immigration authority or UNHCR country document is authoritative for particular mechanisms, not all visa nationalities and fees.
Sources archived after the change (1)
UNHCR documents a formal refugee-status process and significant mixed migration through Panama, with legal protection routes alongside substantial administrative and humanitarian pressure.
External Footprint & Non-Extractive Global Conduct changed from pending to 0.25. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
External Footprint & Non-Extractive Global Conduct
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | — | 0.25 |
| Base category score | — | 0.25 |
| Research coverage (%) | — | 100.00 |
| Category weight (%) | — | 6.00 |
| Positive Contribution (25%) | — | 10.00 |
| Mutuality / Local Benefit (25%) | — | 5.00 |
| Documented Harm / Extraction (35%) | — | -10.00 |
| Accountability / Repair (15%) | — | -5.00 |
Updated reasoning
International Footprint v3.1: 25% contribution+25% local mutuality+20% other harm/repair+15% exporter+15% importer. Plastic scrap HS3915 2024 export=4563060 kg, import=64881 kg. No reported volume is NOT treated as proof of zero trade; unknown role has neutral 0 provisional. The fourth visible rail shows (exporter+importer)/2. No second waste deduction.
Sources archived after the change (1)
Panama’s canal and logistics economy supports world trade, while shipping, construction and land-use pressures generate environmental impacts that must be weighed against its strong conservation role.
Water & Sanitation Abundance supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Water & Sanitation Abundance
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 41.00 | 41.00 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
The evidence explanation changed; the category score stayed the same.
Updated reasoning
Completed category-level audit. Original score and four rails retained; original summary: Panama has extensive urban water and sanitation infrastructure, but rural and indigenous territories continue to face weaker dependable access, making geography a major reach constraint. Category-relevant indicator: Basic drinking water service access. The source is not evidence of universal free services; score is a TBF ordinal judgement. Evidence-year and subnational gaps are detailed in the attached audit.
Earlier reasoning
Live-reviewed Panama standalone score under Category Method 0.0.1. Overall Gate 0.6.0 is applied after domestic evidence aggregation.
Sources archived before (1)
Panama has extensive urban water and sanitation infrastructure, but rural and indigenous territories continue to face weaker dependable access, making geography a major reach constraint.
Sources archived after the change (1)
Panama has extensive urban water and sanitation infrastructure, but rural and indigenous territories continue to face weaker dependable access, making geography a major reach constraint.
Peace of Mind, Happiness, Beauty & Delight supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Peace of Mind, Happiness, Beauty & Delight
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 42.50 | 42.50 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
The evidence explanation changed; the category score stayed the same.
Updated reasoning
Completed category-level audit. Original score and four rails retained; original summary: Panama maintains 18 national parks and a large protected-area network, giving people substantial access to tropical forests, coasts and biodiversity outside commercial entertainment. Category-relevant indicator: Homicides per 100,000 — safety proxy, not public delight. The source is not evidence of universal free services; score is a TBF ordinal judgement. Evidence-year and subnational gaps are detailed in the attached audit.
Earlier reasoning
Live-reviewed Panama standalone score under Category Method 0.0.1. Overall Gate 0.6.0 is applied after domestic evidence aggregation.
Sources archived before (1)
Panama maintains 18 national parks and a large protected-area network, giving people substantial access to tropical forests, coasts and biodiversity outside commercial entertainment.
Sources archived after the change (1)
Panama maintains 18 national parks and a large protected-area network, giving people substantial access to tropical forests, coasts and biodiversity outside commercial entertainment.
Mobility & Reachability supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Mobility & Reachability
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 30.00 | 30.00 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
The evidence explanation changed; the category score stayed the same.
Updated reasoning
Completed category-level audit. Original score and four rails retained; original summary: Panama City’s metro and bus systems create high-capacity public mobility, while fares, long commutes and weak rural connectivity keep travel behind recurring payment and geography. Category-relevant indicator: Paved road network share — partial mobility proxy. The source is not evidence of universal free services; score is a TBF ordinal judgement. Evidence-year and subnational gaps are detailed in the attached audit.
Earlier reasoning
Live-reviewed Panama standalone score under Category Method 0.0.1. Overall Gate 0.6.0 is applied after domestic evidence aggregation.
Sources archived before (1)
Panama City’s metro and bus systems create high-capacity public mobility, while fares, long commutes and weak rural connectivity keep travel behind recurring payment and geography.
Sources archived after the change (1)
Panama City’s metro and bus systems create high-capacity public mobility, while fares, long commutes and weak rural connectivity keep travel behind recurring payment and geography.
Living Ground, Biodiversity & Resilience supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Living Ground, Biodiversity & Resilience
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 54.50 | 54.50 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
The evidence explanation changed; the category score stayed the same.
Updated reasoning
Completed category-level audit. Original score and four rails retained; original summary: MiAmbiente expanded conservation partnerships, protected areas, biological corridors and ranger capacity through 2025–26, while forest, marine and climate pressures remain. Category-relevant indicator: Forest area — one ecological resilience proxy. The source is not evidence of universal free services; score is a TBF ordinal judgement. Evidence-year and subnational gaps are detailed in the attached audit.
Earlier reasoning
Live-reviewed Panama standalone score under Category Method 0.0.1. Overall Gate 0.6.0 is applied after domestic evidence aggregation.
Sources archived before (1)
MiAmbiente expanded conservation partnerships, protected areas, biological corridors and ranger capacity through 2025–26, while forest, marine and climate pressures remain.
Sources archived after the change (1)
MiAmbiente expanded conservation partnerships, protected areas, biological corridors and ranger capacity through 2025–26, while forest, marine and climate pressures remain.
Land Access & Spatial Freedom supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Land Access & Spatial Freedom
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 24.00 | 24.00 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
The evidence explanation changed; the category score stayed the same.
Updated reasoning
Completed category-level audit. Original score and four rails retained; original summary: Panama has large physical land and low national density, but valuable urban and canal-zone land is market allocated while indigenous and rural communities face service and tenure inequalities. Category-relevant indicator: Agricultural land share — not proof of no-fee land access. The source is not evidence of universal free services; score is a TBF ordinal judgement. Evidence-year and subnational gaps are detailed in the attached audit.
Earlier reasoning
Live-reviewed Panama standalone score under Category Method 0.0.1. Overall Gate 0.6.0 is applied after domestic evidence aggregation.
Sources archived before (1)
Panama has large physical land and low national density, but valuable urban and canal-zone land is market allocated while indigenous and rural communities face service and tenure inequalities.
Sources archived after the change (1)
Panama has large physical land and low national density, but valuable urban and canal-zone land is market allocated while indigenous and rural communities face service and tenure inequalities.
Justice, Safety & Institutional Friction supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Justice, Safety & Institutional Friction
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 25.00 | 25.00 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
The evidence explanation changed; the category score stayed the same.
Updated reasoning
Completed category-level audit. Original score and four rails retained; original summary: Panama ranked 73rd of 143 countries in the 2025 WJP Rule of Law Index, showing functioning institutions alongside persistent corruption, enforcement and justice-access friction. Category-relevant indicator: Intentional homicide rate — narrow safety proxy. The source is not evidence of universal free services; score is a TBF ordinal judgement. Evidence-year and subnational gaps are detailed in the attached audit.
Earlier reasoning
Live-reviewed Panama standalone score under Category Method 0.0.1. Overall Gate 0.6.0 is applied after domestic evidence aggregation.
Sources archived before (1)
Panama ranked 73rd of 143 countries in the 2025 WJP Rule of Law Index, showing functioning institutions alongside persistent corruption, enforcement and justice-access friction.
Sources archived after the change (1)
Panama ranked 73rd of 143 countries in the 2025 WJP Rule of Law Index, showing functioning institutions alongside persistent corruption, enforcement and justice-access friction.
Human Time & Burden Return supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Human Time & Burden Return
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 21.00 | 21.00 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
The evidence explanation changed; the category score stayed the same.
Updated reasoning
Method 3.1 full 4-rail pass. 25% capacity + 35% reach + 25% paid work friction + 15% usable family time. Baseline capacity/reach preserved. Dated country-specific time evidence only where available; otherwise prior authored judgement retained.
Earlier reasoning
Live-reviewed Panama standalone score under Category Method 0.0.1. Overall Gate 0.6.0 is applied after domestic evidence aggregation.
Sources archived before (1)
Panama’s high-income logistics and service economy provides substantial productive capacity, but housing, food, transport and care remain heavily cash-mediated and inequality leaves many households exposed to recurring payment pressure.
Sources archived after the change (1)
Panama’s high-income logistics and service economy provides substantial productive capacity, but housing, food, transport and care remain heavily cash-mediated and inequality leaves many households exposed to recurring payment pressure.
Housing, Shelter & Housing Reach supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Housing, Shelter & Housing Reach
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 26.75 | 26.75 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
The evidence explanation changed; the category score stayed the same.
Updated reasoning
Completed category-level audit. Original score and four rails retained; original summary: Panama’s multidimensional-poverty reporting shows progress between 2022 and 2025 while continuing to identify housing and service deprivation in poorer and indigenous areas. Category-relevant indicator: Population living in slums — urban housing constraint. The source is not evidence of universal free services; score is a TBF ordinal judgement. Evidence-year and subnational gaps are detailed in the attached audit.
Earlier reasoning
Live-reviewed Panama standalone score under Category Method 0.0.1. Overall Gate 0.6.0 is applied after domestic evidence aggregation.
Sources archived before (1)
Panama’s multidimensional-poverty reporting shows progress between 2022 and 2025 while continuing to identify housing and service deprivation in poorer and indigenous areas.
Sources archived after the change (1)
Panama’s multidimensional-poverty reporting shows progress between 2022 and 2025 while continuing to identify housing and service deprivation in poorer and indigenous areas.
Health & Care Reach supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Health & Care Reach
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 36.25 | 36.25 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
The evidence explanation changed; the category score stayed the same.
Updated reasoning
Completed category-level audit. Original score and four rails retained; original summary: MINSA and the Social Security Fund advanced integration in 2025 under a universal-coverage objective. Remote indigenous areas still require long travel, prompting new medicine-delivery and community-health technologies. Category-relevant indicator: Universal health coverage service index. The source is not evidence of universal free services; score is a TBF ordinal judgement. Evidence-year and subnational gaps are detailed in the attached audit.
Earlier reasoning
Live-reviewed Panama standalone score under Category Method 0.0.1. Overall Gate 0.6.0 is applied after domestic evidence aggregation.
Sources archived before (1)
MINSA and the Social Security Fund advanced integration in 2025 under a universal-coverage objective. Remote indigenous areas still require long travel, prompting new medicine-delivery and community-health technologies.
Sources archived after the change (1)
MINSA and the Social Security Fund advanced integration in 2025 under a universal-coverage objective. Remote indigenous areas still require long travel, prompting new medicine-delivery and community-health technologies.
Food, Nourishment & Free Food Abundance supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Food, Nourishment & Free Food Abundance
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 28.00 | 28.00 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
The evidence explanation changed; the category score stayed the same.
Updated reasoning
Completed category-level audit. Original score and four rails retained; original summary: MEDUCA reported more than 104,723 students benefiting from the 2025 School Lunch Programme across all 16 education regions. This is meaningful zero-money food reach, but household meals remain principally purchased. Category-relevant indicator: Prevalence of undernourishment — food access. The source is not evidence of universal free services; score is a TBF ordinal judgement. Evidence-year and subnational gaps are detailed in the attached audit.
Earlier reasoning
Live-reviewed Panama standalone score under Category Method 0.0.1. Overall Gate 0.6.0 is applied after domestic evidence aggregation.
Sources archived before (1)
MEDUCA reported more than 104,723 students benefiting from the 2025 School Lunch Programme across all 16 education regions. This is meaningful zero-money food reach, but household meals remain principally purchased.
Sources archived after the change (1)
MEDUCA reported more than 104,723 students benefiting from the 2025 School Lunch Programme across all 16 education regions. This is meaningful zero-money food reach, but household meals remain principally purchased.
Family Formation, Continuity & Child Stability supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Family Formation, Continuity & Child Stability
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 31.00 | 31.00 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
The evidence explanation changed; the category score stayed the same.
Updated reasoning
Completed category-level audit. Original score and four rails retained; original summary: UN demographic reporting places Panama’s fertility near or below replacement in 2025, showing that strong economic growth does not automatically remove family-formation pressures. Category-relevant indicator: Total fertility rate. The source is not evidence of universal free services; score is a TBF ordinal judgement. Evidence-year and subnational gaps are detailed in the attached audit.
Earlier reasoning
Live-reviewed Panama standalone score under Category Method 0.0.1. Overall Gate 0.6.0 is applied after domestic evidence aggregation.
Sources archived before (2)
UN demographic reporting places Panama’s fertility near or below replacement in 2025, showing that strong economic growth does not automatically remove family-formation pressures.
Panama: no generally available nationwide domestic same-sex civil marriage is recorded in the cited legal-status review as of 2026-10-09. The Supreme Court in February 2023 upheld the marriage provisions distinguishing a man and a woman and excluding same-sex civil marriages. This is a legal-classification reading only; it does not prove demographic causation.
Sources archived after the change (2)
UN demographic reporting places Panama’s fertility near or below replacement in 2025, showing that strong economic growth does not automatically remove family-formation pressures.
Panama: no generally available nationwide domestic same-sex civil marriage is recorded in the cited legal-status review as of 2026-10-09. The Supreme Court in February 2023 upheld the marriage provisions distinguishing a man and a woman and excluding same-sex civil marriages. This is a legal-classification reading only; it does not prove demographic causation.
Energy & Household Capability supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Energy & Household Capability
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 48.50 | 48.50 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
The evidence explanation changed; the category score stayed the same.
Updated reasoning
Completed category-level audit. Original score and four rails retained; original summary: Panama has near-universal electricity access in urban areas and a diversified power system, while remote communities remain harder to serve and household capability still depends on paid utility service. Category-relevant indicator: Access to electricity. The source is not evidence of universal free services; score is a TBF ordinal judgement. Evidence-year and subnational gaps are detailed in the attached audit.
Earlier reasoning
Live-reviewed Panama standalone score under Category Method 0.0.1. Overall Gate 0.6.0 is applied after domestic evidence aggregation.
Sources archived before (1)
Panama has near-universal electricity access in urban areas and a diversified power system, while remote communities remain harder to serve and household capability still depends on paid utility service.
Sources archived after the change (1)
Panama has near-universal electricity access in urban areas and a diversified power system, while remote communities remain harder to serve and household capability still depends on paid utility service.
Education & Human Capability supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Education & Human Capability
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 44.75 | 44.75 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
The evidence explanation changed; the category score stayed the same.
Updated reasoning
Completed category-level audit. Original score and four rails retained; original summary: Panama maintains nationwide public education and in 2025 expanded school infrastructure and food support; quality and territorial gaps remain important in rural and indigenous areas. Category-relevant indicator: Primary education completion. The source is not evidence of universal free services; score is a TBF ordinal judgement. Evidence-year and subnational gaps are detailed in the attached audit.
Earlier reasoning
Live-reviewed Panama standalone score under Category Method 0.0.1. Overall Gate 0.6.0 is applied after domestic evidence aggregation.
Sources archived before (1)
Panama maintains nationwide public education and in 2025 expanded school infrastructure and food support; quality and territorial gaps remain important in rural and indigenous areas.
Sources archived after the change (1)
Panama maintains nationwide public education and in 2025 expanded school infrastructure and food support; quality and territorial gaps remain important in rural and indigenous areas.
Durability, Repair & Material Return supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Durability, Repair & Material Return
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 17.25 | 17.25 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
The evidence explanation changed; the category score stayed the same.
Updated reasoning
Completed category-level audit. Original score and four rails retained; original summary: Panama’s waste authority promotes source separation and recycling campaigns, but national material recovery remains fragmented and disposal continues to dominate many waste streams. Category-relevant indicator: Ambient PM2.5 exposure — not a measure of material durability. The source is not evidence of universal free services; score is a TBF ordinal judgement. Evidence-year and subnational gaps are detailed in the attached audit.
Earlier reasoning
Live-reviewed Panama standalone score under Category Method 0.0.1. Overall Gate 0.6.0 is applied after domestic evidence aggregation.
Sources archived before (1)
Panama’s waste authority promotes source separation and recycling campaigns, but national material recovery remains fragmented and disposal continues to dominate many waste streams.
Sources archived after the change (1)
Panama’s waste authority promotes source separation and recycling campaigns, but national material recovery remains fragmented and disposal continues to dominate many waste streams.
Money Gate (separate 20-point gate) changed from 2.72 to 1.5. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Money Gate (separate 20-point gate)
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 2.72 | 1.50 |
| Food / 4 | — | 0.50 |
| Housing / Land / 4 | — | 0.00 |
| Healthcare / 4 | — | 1.00 |
| Transportation / 4 | — | 0.00 |
| Water / Energy / 4 | — | 0.00 |
Category point adjustment: -1.22 category points
Updated reasoning
- Food
- School food entitlement check: School meals in about 2,001 public schools in 2026; does not replace household food. Public clinics offer services but no-pay family-wide continuity is not established. Family-wide, all-day, everyday no-payment food was not established in this review.
- Housing / Land
- No general national grant of suitable family housing or freely usable land without recurring payment was established by the reviewed source set. A zero means no evidenced national baseline, not no housing programmes exist.
- Healthcare
- Healthcare entitlement check: School meals in about 2,001 public schools in 2026; does not replace household food. Public clinics offer services but no-pay family-wide continuity is not established. A partial assessment cannot establish every treatment, medicine or every resident is covered without money.
- Transport
- No universal urban, rural and interregional fare-free family mobility provision established in the reviewed national source record. Ordinary passenger access therefore remains subject to payment.
- Water / Energy
- No guaranteed family-wide no-bill minimum for both safe water and usable energy established by the review. Service connections and bill subsidies do not themselves remove the Money Gate.
Earlier reasoning
Transitional proxy or benchmark; no invented five-part direct audit.
Sources archived after the change (1)
The headline TBF Abundance Score changed after the underlying published country dataset changed.
TBF points-62.15 → -64.97
Earlier score events did not preserve an exact category-by-category diff. Review detailed category change events recorded after the new history audit was activated.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #115 to #142 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#115 → #142National score-62.15 → -64.97
Countries that moved ahead of this country (27)
- Mexico #116 → #115; points -62.21 → -62.21
- Anguilla #117 → #116; points -62.28 → -62.28
- Paraguay #118 → #117; points -62.57 → -62.57
- Poland #119 → #118; points -62.64 → -62.64
- Tunisia #120 → #119; points -62.67 → -62.67
- Cabo Verde #121 → #120; points -62.84 → -62.84
- Turks and Caicos Islands #122 → #121; points -62.93 → -62.93
- Botswana #123 → #122; points -62.99 → -62.99
- Belarus #124 → #123; points -63.08 → -63.08
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines #125 → #124; points -63.27 → -63.27
- British Virgin Islands #126 → #125; points -63.64 → -63.64
- Rwanda #127 → #126; points -63.72 → -63.72
- China #128 → #127; points -63.75 → -63.75
- South Africa #129 → #128; points -63.77 → -63.77
- Sint Maarten #130 → #129; points -63.99 → -63.99
- Taiwan #131 → #130; points -64.04 → -64.04
- Finland #132 → #131; points -64.05 → -64.05
- Malaysia #133 → #132; points -64.10 → -64.10
- Czech Republic #134 → #133; points -64.16 → -64.16
- Mayotte #135 → #134; points -64.29 → -64.29
- Qatar #136 → #135; points -64.60 → -64.60
- Jordan #137 → #136; points -64.61 → -64.61
- Mongolia #138 → #137; points -64.72 → -64.72
- Namibia #139 → #138; points -64.74 → -64.74
- Cambodia #140 → #139; points -64.77 → -64.77
- Ecuador #141 → #140; points -64.78 → -64.78
- Kyrgyzstan #142 → #141; points -64.80 → -64.80
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#142 → #141National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #142 to #141 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#142 → #141National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Azerbaijan #91 → #142; points -60.06 → -60.06
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#141 → #140National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #141 to #140 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#141 → #140National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Jordan #135 → #150; points -64.61 → -64.61
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#140 → #139National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #140 to #139 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#140 → #139National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Tunisia #118 → #141; points -62.67 → -62.67
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#139 → #138National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #139 to #138 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#139 → #138National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Cambodia #136 → #154; points -64.77 → -64.77
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#138 → #137National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #138 to #137 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#138 → #137National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Sri Lanka #119 → #170; points -63.30 → -68.27
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#137 → #136National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #137 to #136 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#137 → #136National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- China #122 → #172; points -63.75 → -68.85
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#136 → #135National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #136 to #135 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#136 → #135National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Russia #77 → #149; points -59.04 → -66.52
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#135 → #134National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 18 Oct 2026 · 19:30 GMT-0500; 2 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #135 to #134 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#135 → #134National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Japan #105 → #240
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#134 → #133National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 18 Oct 2026 · 19:30 GMT-0500; 2 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #134 to #133 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#134 → #133National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- South Korea #116 → #240
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#133 → #132National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #133 to #132 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#133 → #132National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Mongolia #129 → #238; points -64.72 → -64.72
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#132 → #131National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #132 to #131 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#132 → #131National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Kyrgyzstan #131 → #236
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#131 → #130National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 18 Oct 2026 · 19:30 GMT-0500; 2 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #131 to #130 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#131 → #130National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Botswana #113 → #231; points -62.99 → -62.99
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#130 → #129National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 18 Oct 2026 · 19:30 GMT-0500; 2 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #130 to #129 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#130 → #129National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Moldova #103 → #236; points -61.81 → -61.81
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#129 → #128National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #129 to #128 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#129 → #128National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- North Macedonia #86 → #238; points -59.97 → -59.97
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#128 → #127National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #128 to #127 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#128 → #127National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Italy #34 → #230
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#127 → #126National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 19 Oct 2026 · 11:19 GMT-0500; 2 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #127 to #126 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#127 → #126National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Rwanda #113 → #238; points -63.72 → -63.72
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#126 → #125National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #126 to #125 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#126 → #125National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Namibia #124 → #234
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (2)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#125 → #124National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #125 to #124 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#125 → #124National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Mauritius #74 → #231
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (1)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#124 → #123National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #124 to #123 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#124 → #123National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Brunei #15 → #220; points -50.29 → -50.29
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (1)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#123 → #122National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #123 to #122 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#123 → #122National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Tokelau #2 → #241
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (1)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#122 → #121National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #122 to #121 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#122 → #121National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- San Marino #3 → #236
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (1)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #123 to #121 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#123 → #121National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (2)
- San Marino #4 → #236; points -47.91 → -47.91
- Tokelau #2 → #241
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (1)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#121 → #120National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #121 to #120 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#121 → #120National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Falkland Islands #3 → #217
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (1)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#120 → #119National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #120 to #119 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#120 → #119National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Liechtenstein #3 → #223; points -48.73 → -48.73
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#119 → #118National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #119 to #118 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#119 → #118National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon #6 → #235
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#118 → #117National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 20 Oct 2026 · 08:33 GMT-0500; 2 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #118 to #117 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#118 → #117National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Montenegro #48 → #227; points -57.74 → -57.74
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#117 → #116National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #117 to #116 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#117 → #116National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Barbados #62 → #206
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#116 → #115National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 20 Oct 2026 · 08:33 GMT-0500; 2 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #116 to #115 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#116 → #115National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Maldives #44 → #221
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#115 → #114National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #115 to #114 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#115 → #114National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Fiji #85 → #209
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#114 → #113National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 20 Oct 2026 · 08:33 GMT-0500; 2 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #114 to #113 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#114 → #113National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Suriname #89 → #236
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#113 → #112National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #113 to #112 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#113 → #112National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Andorra #9 → #196; points -49.97 → -49.97
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#112 → #111National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #112 to #111 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#112 → #111National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Bhutan #70 → #197; points -59.75 → -59.75
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#111 → #110National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 20 Oct 2026 · 08:33 GMT-0500; 2 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #111 to #110 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#111 → #110National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Belize #84 → #194
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#110 → #109National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
Held through 20 Oct 2026 · 08:33 GMT-0500; 2 identical observations condensed for display, all source records retained.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #110 to #109 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#110 → #109National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Serbia #52 → #231
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#109 → #108National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #108 to #107 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#108 → #107National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Slovenia #64 → #232
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #109 to #108 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#109 → #108National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Latvia #52 → #212
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#108 → #106National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #109 to #106 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#109 → #106National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (3)
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #107 to #106 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#107 → #106National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Georgia #95 → #203
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#106 → #105National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #106 to #105 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#106 → #105National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Armenia #79 → #186
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#105 → #104National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #104 to #103 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#104 → #103National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Lithuania #49 → #213
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #105 to #104 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#105 → #104National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Guyana #72 → #204
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#104 → #114National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #103 to #114 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#103 → #114National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Positions first recorded above (not confirmed rank jumps) (11)
- Mauritius First recorded here at #63; earlier position unavailable
- Bhutan First recorded here at #67; earlier position unavailable
- Guyana First recorded here at #71; earlier position unavailable
- Japan First recorded here at #77; earlier position unavailable
- Fiji First recorded here at #79; earlier position unavailable
- Belize First recorded here at #83; earlier position unavailable
- Suriname First recorded here at #85; earlier position unavailable
- Moldova First recorded here at #90; earlier position unavailable
- Rwanda First recorded here at #97; earlier position unavailable
- Georgia First recorded here at #105; earlier position unavailable
- Botswana First recorded here at #106; earlier position unavailable
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#114 → #123National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #114 to #123 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#114 → #123National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Positions first recorded above (not confirmed rank jumps) (9)
- Lithuania First recorded here at #46; earlier position unavailable
- Montenegro First recorded here at #47; earlier position unavailable
- South Korea First recorded here at #48; earlier position unavailable
- Latvia First recorded here at #54; earlier position unavailable
- Barbados First recorded here at #57; earlier position unavailable
- Slovenia First recorded here at #68; earlier position unavailable
- Serbia First recorded here at #73; earlier position unavailable
- Armenia First recorded here at #86; earlier position unavailable
- North Macedonia First recorded here at #90; earlier position unavailable
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#123 → #126National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #123 to #133 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#123 → #133National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Positions first recorded above (not confirmed rank jumps) (10)
- Tokelau First recorded here at #2; earlier position unavailable
- San Marino First recorded here at #4; earlier position unavailable
- Falkland Islands First recorded here at #5; earlier position unavailable
- Liechtenstein First recorded here at #6; earlier position unavailable
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon First recorded here at #10; earlier position unavailable
- Andorra First recorded here at #14; earlier position unavailable
- Brunei First recorded here at #15; earlier position unavailable
- Italy First recorded here at #36; earlier position unavailable
- Maldives First recorded here at #51; earlier position unavailable
- Russia First recorded here at #75; earlier position unavailable
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (1)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #123 to #126 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#123 → #126National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Positions first recorded above (not confirmed rank jumps) (3)
- San Marino First recorded here at #3; earlier position unavailable
- Liechtenstein First recorded here at #4; earlier position unavailable
- Brunei First recorded here at #11; earlier position unavailable
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (1)
- Kazakhstan Previously #120; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#126 → #134National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #133 to #134 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#133 → #134National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries previously above that are no longer ranked (1)
- Algeria Previously #125; no longer ranked in this snapshot
Recorded rank movement.
Rank#134 → #135National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #134 to #135 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#134 → #135National score-64.97 → -64.97
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer crossing can be confirmed from the two archived ranking snapshots.
Every recorded change
Each archived event is preserved. Category details and sources begin from the first detailed country snapshot; older records remain visible without invented comparisons.
Water & Sanitation Abundance supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Water & Sanitation Abundance
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 41.00 | 41.00 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
The evidence explanation changed; the category score stayed the same.
Updated reasoning
Completed category-level audit. Original score and four rails retained; original summary: Panama has extensive urban water and sanitation infrastructure, but rural and indigenous territories continue to face weaker dependable access, making geography a major reach constraint. Category-relevant indicator: Basic drinking water service access. The source is not evidence of universal free services; score is a TBF ordinal judgement. Evidence-year and subnational gaps are detailed in the attached audit.
Earlier reasoning
Live-reviewed Panama standalone score under Category Method 0.0.1. Overall Gate 0.6.0 is applied after domestic evidence aggregation.
Sources archived before (1)
Panama has extensive urban water and sanitation infrastructure, but rural and indigenous territories continue to face weaker dependable access, making geography a major reach constraint.
Sources archived after the change (1)
Panama has extensive urban water and sanitation infrastructure, but rural and indigenous territories continue to face weaker dependable access, making geography a major reach constraint.
Peace of Mind, Happiness, Beauty & Delight supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Peace of Mind, Happiness, Beauty & Delight
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 42.50 | 42.50 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
The evidence explanation changed; the category score stayed the same.
Updated reasoning
Completed category-level audit. Original score and four rails retained; original summary: Panama maintains 18 national parks and a large protected-area network, giving people substantial access to tropical forests, coasts and biodiversity outside commercial entertainment. Category-relevant indicator: Homicides per 100,000 — safety proxy, not public delight. The source is not evidence of universal free services; score is a TBF ordinal judgement. Evidence-year and subnational gaps are detailed in the attached audit.
Earlier reasoning
Live-reviewed Panama standalone score under Category Method 0.0.1. Overall Gate 0.6.0 is applied after domestic evidence aggregation.
Sources archived before (1)
Panama maintains 18 national parks and a large protected-area network, giving people substantial access to tropical forests, coasts and biodiversity outside commercial entertainment.
Sources archived after the change (1)
Panama maintains 18 national parks and a large protected-area network, giving people substantial access to tropical forests, coasts and biodiversity outside commercial entertainment.
Mobility & Reachability supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Mobility & Reachability
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 30.00 | 30.00 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
The evidence explanation changed; the category score stayed the same.
Updated reasoning
Completed category-level audit. Original score and four rails retained; original summary: Panama City’s metro and bus systems create high-capacity public mobility, while fares, long commutes and weak rural connectivity keep travel behind recurring payment and geography. Category-relevant indicator: Paved road network share — partial mobility proxy. The source is not evidence of universal free services; score is a TBF ordinal judgement. Evidence-year and subnational gaps are detailed in the attached audit.
Earlier reasoning
Live-reviewed Panama standalone score under Category Method 0.0.1. Overall Gate 0.6.0 is applied after domestic evidence aggregation.
Sources archived before (1)
Panama City’s metro and bus systems create high-capacity public mobility, while fares, long commutes and weak rural connectivity keep travel behind recurring payment and geography.
Sources archived after the change (1)
Panama City’s metro and bus systems create high-capacity public mobility, while fares, long commutes and weak rural connectivity keep travel behind recurring payment and geography.
Living Ground, Biodiversity & Resilience supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Living Ground, Biodiversity & Resilience
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 54.50 | 54.50 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
The evidence explanation changed; the category score stayed the same.
Updated reasoning
Completed category-level audit. Original score and four rails retained; original summary: MiAmbiente expanded conservation partnerships, protected areas, biological corridors and ranger capacity through 2025–26, while forest, marine and climate pressures remain. Category-relevant indicator: Forest area — one ecological resilience proxy. The source is not evidence of universal free services; score is a TBF ordinal judgement. Evidence-year and subnational gaps are detailed in the attached audit.
Earlier reasoning
Live-reviewed Panama standalone score under Category Method 0.0.1. Overall Gate 0.6.0 is applied after domestic evidence aggregation.
Sources archived before (1)
MiAmbiente expanded conservation partnerships, protected areas, biological corridors and ranger capacity through 2025–26, while forest, marine and climate pressures remain.
Sources archived after the change (1)
MiAmbiente expanded conservation partnerships, protected areas, biological corridors and ranger capacity through 2025–26, while forest, marine and climate pressures remain.
Land Access & Spatial Freedom supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Land Access & Spatial Freedom
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 24.00 | 24.00 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
The evidence explanation changed; the category score stayed the same.
Updated reasoning
Completed category-level audit. Original score and four rails retained; original summary: Panama has large physical land and low national density, but valuable urban and canal-zone land is market allocated while indigenous and rural communities face service and tenure inequalities. Category-relevant indicator: Agricultural land share — not proof of no-fee land access. The source is not evidence of universal free services; score is a TBF ordinal judgement. Evidence-year and subnational gaps are detailed in the attached audit.
Earlier reasoning
Live-reviewed Panama standalone score under Category Method 0.0.1. Overall Gate 0.6.0 is applied after domestic evidence aggregation.
Sources archived before (1)
Panama has large physical land and low national density, but valuable urban and canal-zone land is market allocated while indigenous and rural communities face service and tenure inequalities.
Sources archived after the change (1)
Panama has large physical land and low national density, but valuable urban and canal-zone land is market allocated while indigenous and rural communities face service and tenure inequalities.
Justice, Safety & Institutional Friction supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Justice, Safety & Institutional Friction
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 25.00 | 25.00 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
The evidence explanation changed; the category score stayed the same.
Updated reasoning
Completed category-level audit. Original score and four rails retained; original summary: Panama ranked 73rd of 143 countries in the 2025 WJP Rule of Law Index, showing functioning institutions alongside persistent corruption, enforcement and justice-access friction. Category-relevant indicator: Intentional homicide rate — narrow safety proxy. The source is not evidence of universal free services; score is a TBF ordinal judgement. Evidence-year and subnational gaps are detailed in the attached audit.
Earlier reasoning
Live-reviewed Panama standalone score under Category Method 0.0.1. Overall Gate 0.6.0 is applied after domestic evidence aggregation.
Sources archived before (1)
Panama ranked 73rd of 143 countries in the 2025 WJP Rule of Law Index, showing functioning institutions alongside persistent corruption, enforcement and justice-access friction.
Sources archived after the change (1)
Panama ranked 73rd of 143 countries in the 2025 WJP Rule of Law Index, showing functioning institutions alongside persistent corruption, enforcement and justice-access friction.
Human Time & Burden Return supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Human Time & Burden Return
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 21.00 | 21.00 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
The evidence explanation changed; the category score stayed the same.
Updated reasoning
Method 3.1 full 4-rail pass. 25% capacity + 35% reach + 25% paid work friction + 15% usable family time. Baseline capacity/reach preserved. Dated country-specific time evidence only where available; otherwise prior authored judgement retained.
Earlier reasoning
Live-reviewed Panama standalone score under Category Method 0.0.1. Overall Gate 0.6.0 is applied after domestic evidence aggregation.
Sources archived before (1)
Panama’s high-income logistics and service economy provides substantial productive capacity, but housing, food, transport and care remain heavily cash-mediated and inequality leaves many households exposed to recurring payment pressure.
Sources archived after the change (1)
Panama’s high-income logistics and service economy provides substantial productive capacity, but housing, food, transport and care remain heavily cash-mediated and inequality leaves many households exposed to recurring payment pressure.
Housing, Shelter & Housing Reach supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Housing, Shelter & Housing Reach
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 26.75 | 26.75 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
The evidence explanation changed; the category score stayed the same.
Updated reasoning
Completed category-level audit. Original score and four rails retained; original summary: Panama’s multidimensional-poverty reporting shows progress between 2022 and 2025 while continuing to identify housing and service deprivation in poorer and indigenous areas. Category-relevant indicator: Population living in slums — urban housing constraint. The source is not evidence of universal free services; score is a TBF ordinal judgement. Evidence-year and subnational gaps are detailed in the attached audit.
Earlier reasoning
Live-reviewed Panama standalone score under Category Method 0.0.1. Overall Gate 0.6.0 is applied after domestic evidence aggregation.
Sources archived before (1)
Panama’s multidimensional-poverty reporting shows progress between 2022 and 2025 while continuing to identify housing and service deprivation in poorer and indigenous areas.
Sources archived after the change (1)
Panama’s multidimensional-poverty reporting shows progress between 2022 and 2025 while continuing to identify housing and service deprivation in poorer and indigenous areas.
Health & Care Reach supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Health & Care Reach
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 36.25 | 36.25 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
The evidence explanation changed; the category score stayed the same.
Updated reasoning
Completed category-level audit. Original score and four rails retained; original summary: MINSA and the Social Security Fund advanced integration in 2025 under a universal-coverage objective. Remote indigenous areas still require long travel, prompting new medicine-delivery and community-health technologies. Category-relevant indicator: Universal health coverage service index. The source is not evidence of universal free services; score is a TBF ordinal judgement. Evidence-year and subnational gaps are detailed in the attached audit.
Earlier reasoning
Live-reviewed Panama standalone score under Category Method 0.0.1. Overall Gate 0.6.0 is applied after domestic evidence aggregation.
Sources archived before (1)
MINSA and the Social Security Fund advanced integration in 2025 under a universal-coverage objective. Remote indigenous areas still require long travel, prompting new medicine-delivery and community-health technologies.
Sources archived after the change (1)
MINSA and the Social Security Fund advanced integration in 2025 under a universal-coverage objective. Remote indigenous areas still require long travel, prompting new medicine-delivery and community-health technologies.
Food, Nourishment & Free Food Abundance supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Food, Nourishment & Free Food Abundance
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 28.00 | 28.00 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
The evidence explanation changed; the category score stayed the same.
Updated reasoning
Completed category-level audit. Original score and four rails retained; original summary: MEDUCA reported more than 104,723 students benefiting from the 2025 School Lunch Programme across all 16 education regions. This is meaningful zero-money food reach, but household meals remain principally purchased. Category-relevant indicator: Prevalence of undernourishment — food access. The source is not evidence of universal free services; score is a TBF ordinal judgement. Evidence-year and subnational gaps are detailed in the attached audit.
Earlier reasoning
Live-reviewed Panama standalone score under Category Method 0.0.1. Overall Gate 0.6.0 is applied after domestic evidence aggregation.
Sources archived before (1)
MEDUCA reported more than 104,723 students benefiting from the 2025 School Lunch Programme across all 16 education regions. This is meaningful zero-money food reach, but household meals remain principally purchased.
Sources archived after the change (1)
MEDUCA reported more than 104,723 students benefiting from the 2025 School Lunch Programme across all 16 education regions. This is meaningful zero-money food reach, but household meals remain principally purchased.
Family Formation, Continuity & Child Stability supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Family Formation, Continuity & Child Stability
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 31.00 | 31.00 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
The evidence explanation changed; the category score stayed the same.
Updated reasoning
Completed category-level audit. Original score and four rails retained; original summary: UN demographic reporting places Panama’s fertility near or below replacement in 2025, showing that strong economic growth does not automatically remove family-formation pressures. Category-relevant indicator: Total fertility rate. The source is not evidence of universal free services; score is a TBF ordinal judgement. Evidence-year and subnational gaps are detailed in the attached audit.
Earlier reasoning
Live-reviewed Panama standalone score under Category Method 0.0.1. Overall Gate 0.6.0 is applied after domestic evidence aggregation.
Sources archived before (2)
UN demographic reporting places Panama’s fertility near or below replacement in 2025, showing that strong economic growth does not automatically remove family-formation pressures.
Panama: no generally available nationwide domestic same-sex civil marriage is recorded in the cited legal-status review as of 2026-10-09. The Supreme Court in February 2023 upheld the marriage provisions distinguishing a man and a woman and excluding same-sex civil marriages. This is a legal-classification reading only; it does not prove demographic causation.
Sources archived after the change (2)
UN demographic reporting places Panama’s fertility near or below replacement in 2025, showing that strong economic growth does not automatically remove family-formation pressures.
Panama: no generally available nationwide domestic same-sex civil marriage is recorded in the cited legal-status review as of 2026-10-09. The Supreme Court in February 2023 upheld the marriage provisions distinguishing a man and a woman and excluding same-sex civil marriages. This is a legal-classification reading only; it does not prove demographic causation.
Energy & Household Capability supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Energy & Household Capability
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 48.50 | 48.50 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
The evidence explanation changed; the category score stayed the same.
Updated reasoning
Completed category-level audit. Original score and four rails retained; original summary: Panama has near-universal electricity access in urban areas and a diversified power system, while remote communities remain harder to serve and household capability still depends on paid utility service. Category-relevant indicator: Access to electricity. The source is not evidence of universal free services; score is a TBF ordinal judgement. Evidence-year and subnational gaps are detailed in the attached audit.
Earlier reasoning
Live-reviewed Panama standalone score under Category Method 0.0.1. Overall Gate 0.6.0 is applied after domestic evidence aggregation.
Sources archived before (1)
Panama has near-universal electricity access in urban areas and a diversified power system, while remote communities remain harder to serve and household capability still depends on paid utility service.
Sources archived after the change (1)
Panama has near-universal electricity access in urban areas and a diversified power system, while remote communities remain harder to serve and household capability still depends on paid utility service.
Education & Human Capability supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Education & Human Capability
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 44.75 | 44.75 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
The evidence explanation changed; the category score stayed the same.
Updated reasoning
Completed category-level audit. Original score and four rails retained; original summary: Panama maintains nationwide public education and in 2025 expanded school infrastructure and food support; quality and territorial gaps remain important in rural and indigenous areas. Category-relevant indicator: Primary education completion. The source is not evidence of universal free services; score is a TBF ordinal judgement. Evidence-year and subnational gaps are detailed in the attached audit.
Earlier reasoning
Live-reviewed Panama standalone score under Category Method 0.0.1. Overall Gate 0.6.0 is applied after domestic evidence aggregation.
Sources archived before (1)
Panama maintains nationwide public education and in 2025 expanded school infrastructure and food support; quality and territorial gaps remain important in rural and indigenous areas.
Sources archived after the change (1)
Panama maintains nationwide public education and in 2025 expanded school infrastructure and food support; quality and territorial gaps remain important in rural and indigenous areas.
Durability, Repair & Material Return supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Durability, Repair & Material Return
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 17.25 | 17.25 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
The evidence explanation changed; the category score stayed the same.
Updated reasoning
Completed category-level audit. Original score and four rails retained; original summary: Panama’s waste authority promotes source separation and recycling campaigns, but national material recovery remains fragmented and disposal continues to dominate many waste streams. Category-relevant indicator: Ambient PM2.5 exposure — not a measure of material durability. The source is not evidence of universal free services; score is a TBF ordinal judgement. Evidence-year and subnational gaps are detailed in the attached audit.
Earlier reasoning
Live-reviewed Panama standalone score under Category Method 0.0.1. Overall Gate 0.6.0 is applied after domestic evidence aggregation.
Sources archived before (1)
Panama’s waste authority promotes source separation and recycling campaigns, but national material recovery remains fragmented and disposal continues to dominate many waste streams.
Sources archived after the change (1)
Panama’s waste authority promotes source separation and recycling campaigns, but national material recovery remains fragmented and disposal continues to dominate many waste streams.
Money Gate (separate 20-point gate) changed from 2.72 to 1.5. Review the recorded rails, explanation and source records below.
Money Gate (separate 20-point gate)
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 2.72 | 1.50 |
| Food / 4 | — | 0.50 |
| Housing / Land / 4 | — | 0.00 |
| Healthcare / 4 | — | 1.00 |
| Transportation / 4 | — | 0.00 |
| Water / Energy / 4 | — | 0.00 |
Category point adjustment: -1.22 category points
Updated reasoning
- Food
- School food entitlement check: School meals in about 2,001 public schools in 2026; does not replace household food. Public clinics offer services but no-pay family-wide continuity is not established. Family-wide, all-day, everyday no-payment food was not established in this review.
- Housing / Land
- No general national grant of suitable family housing or freely usable land without recurring payment was established by the reviewed source set. A zero means no evidenced national baseline, not no housing programmes exist.
- Healthcare
- Healthcare entitlement check: School meals in about 2,001 public schools in 2026; does not replace household food. Public clinics offer services but no-pay family-wide continuity is not established. A partial assessment cannot establish every treatment, medicine or every resident is covered without money.
- Transport
- No universal urban, rural and interregional fare-free family mobility provision established in the reviewed national source record. Ordinary passenger access therefore remains subject to payment.
- Water / Energy
- No guaranteed family-wide no-bill minimum for both safe water and usable energy established by the review. Service connections and bill subsidies do not themselves remove the Money Gate.
Earlier reasoning
Transitional proxy or benchmark; no invented five-part direct audit.
Sources archived after the change (1)
The headline TBF Abundance Score changed after the underlying published country dataset changed.
TBF points-62.15 → -64.97
Earlier score events did not preserve an exact category-by-category diff. Review detailed category change events recorded after the new history audit was activated.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #115 to #142 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#115 → #142National score-62.15 → -64.97
Countries that moved ahead of this country (27)
- Mexico #116 → #115; points -62.21 → -62.21
- Anguilla #117 → #116; points -62.28 → -62.28
- Paraguay #118 → #117; points -62.57 → -62.57
- Poland #119 → #118; points -62.64 → -62.64
- Tunisia #120 → #119; points -62.67 → -62.67
- Cabo Verde #121 → #120; points -62.84 → -62.84
- Turks and Caicos Islands #122 → #121; points -62.93 → -62.93
- Botswana #123 → #122; points -62.99 → -62.99
- Belarus #124 → #123; points -63.08 → -63.08
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines #125 → #124; points -63.27 → -63.27
- British Virgin Islands #126 → #125; points -63.64 → -63.64
- Rwanda #127 → #126; points -63.72 → -63.72
- China #128 → #127; points -63.75 → -63.75
- South Africa #129 → #128; points -63.77 → -63.77
- Sint Maarten #130 → #129; points -63.99 → -63.99
- Taiwan #131 → #130; points -64.04 → -64.04
- Finland #132 → #131; points -64.05 → -64.05
- Malaysia #133 → #132; points -64.10 → -64.10
- Czech Republic #134 → #133; points -64.16 → -64.16
- Mayotte #135 → #134; points -64.29 → -64.29
- Qatar #136 → #135; points -64.60 → -64.60
- Jordan #137 → #136; points -64.61 → -64.61
- Mongolia #138 → #137; points -64.72 → -64.72
- Namibia #139 → #138; points -64.74 → -64.74
- Cambodia #140 → #139; points -64.77 → -64.77
- Ecuador #141 → #140; points -64.78 → -64.78
- Kyrgyzstan #142 → #141; points -64.80 → -64.80
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #114 to #115 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#114 → #115National score-62.15 → -62.15
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #115 to #114 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#115 → #114National score-62.15 → -62.15
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (1)
- Chile Previously #55; no longer ranked in this snapshot; points -57.18 → -57.18
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #114 to #115 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#114 → #115National score-62.15 → -62.15
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #115 to #114 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#115 → #114National score-62.15 → -62.15
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #113 to #114 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#113 → #114National score-62.15 → -62.15
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #113 to #115 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#113 → #115National score-62.15 → -62.15
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #114 to #113 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#114 → #113National score-62.15 → -62.15
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #115 to #114 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#115 → #114National score-62.15 → -62.15
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
No peer movements were archived for this older rank event.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #116 to #115 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#116 → #115National score-61.39 → -62.15
Countries that fell below this country (3)
- Anguilla #99 → #117; points -59.73 → -62.28
- Turks and Caicos Islands #105 → #123; points -60.39 → -62.93
- British Virgin Islands #112 → #128; points -61.03 → -63.64
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
Family Formation, Continuity & Child Stability supporting evidence, citations, notes or rails changed without changing the category total.
Family Formation, Continuity & Child Stability
| Category field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Published category score | 31.00 | 31.00 |
Category point adjustment: 0.00 category points
Recorded reasoning
Live-reviewed Panama standalone score under Category Method 0.0.1. Overall Gate 0.6.0 is applied after domestic evidence aggregation.
Sources archived before (2)
UN demographic reporting places Panama’s fertility near or below replacement in 2025, showing that strong economic growth does not automatically remove family-formation pressures.
Panama: no generally available nationwide domestic same-sex civil marriage is recorded in the cited legal-status review as of 2026-10-09. The Supreme Court in February 2023 upheld the marriage provisions distinguishing a man and a woman and excluding same-sex civil marriages. This is a legal-classification reading only; it does not prove demographic causation.
Sources archived after the change (2)
UN demographic reporting places Panama’s fertility near or below replacement in 2025, showing that strong economic growth does not automatically remove family-formation pressures.
Panama: no generally available nationwide domestic same-sex civil marriage is recorded in the cited legal-status review as of 2026-10-09. The Supreme Court in February 2023 upheld the marriage provisions distinguishing a man and a woman and excluding same-sex civil marriages. This is a legal-classification reading only; it does not prove demographic causation.
TBF Abundance rank moved down from #113 to #115 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#113 → #115National score-61.39 → -62.15
Countries that moved ahead of this country (3)
- Belize #114 → #107; points -60.77 → -61.49
- Peru #117 → #112; points -61.92 → -61.92
- Bolivia #120 → #114; points -61.43 → -62.13
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
Rank#115 → #114National score-61.39 → -62.15
Peer identities were not stored for this older rank event; missing before/after rankings cannot be reconstructed.
TBF Abundance rank moved up from #116 to #113 as the published ranking changed. The country-data update clock did not move unless its own dataset also changed.
Rank#116 → #113National score-61.39 → -61.39
Rank moved while this country’s points stayed unchanged.
Countries that fell below this country (3)
- Belize #109 → #114; points -60.77 → -60.77
- Anguilla #99 → #122; points -59.73 → -59.73
- British Virgin Islands #112 → #134; points -61.03 → -61.03
This older event recorded only one side of the movement. Other crossing countries were not archived and cannot be reliably named.
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