Share of pregnant women with HIV that receive antiretroviral therapy in Panama
Panama: Share of pregnant women with HIV that receive antiretroviral therapy was 86.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of pregnant women with HIV that receive antiretroviral therapy in Panama, 2000–2024
Source: UNAIDS estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in % of pregnant women living with HIV.
Analysis
In 2024, share of pregnant women with hiv that receive antiretroviral therapy in Panama stood at 86.0%.
That represents a change of down 12.2% on the previous year and up 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of pregnant women with hiv that receive antiretroviral therapy in Panama peaked at 98.0% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 16.0%, in 2000.
That places Panama 34th out of 84 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Share of pregnant women with HIV that receive antiretroviral therapy in Panama, year by year
| Year | % of pregnant women living with HIV | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 16.0% | — |
| 2001 | 22.0% | +37.5% |
| 2002 | 27.0% | +22.7% |
| 2003 | 26.0% | -3.7% |
| 2004 | 24.0% | -7.7% |
| 2005 | 60.0% | +150.0% |
| 2006 | 59.0% | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 44.0% | -25.4% |
| 2008 | 66.0% | +50.0% |
| 2009 | 70.0% | +6.1% |
| 2010 | 71.0% | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 80.0% | +12.7% |
| 2012 | 79.0% | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 91.0% | +15.2% |
| 2014 | 77.0% | -15.4% |
| 2015 | 83.0% | +7.8% |
| 2016 | 76.0% | -8.4% |
| 2017 | 80.0% | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 74.0% | -7.5% |
| 2019 | 66.0% | -10.8% |
| 2020 | 66.0% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 88.0% | +33.3% |
| 2022 | 87.0% | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 98.0% | +12.6% |
| 2024 | 86.0% | -12.2% |
Panama compared with similar countries
- Panama's 86.0% is below the median for high income countries, which is 89.0%, 97% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Panama's 86.0% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 68.0%, 1.3× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of pregnant women with HIV that receive antiretroviral therapy in Panama changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +150.0% | 24.0% | 60.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 41.4% | 16.0% | 70.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 77.7% | 66.0% | 91.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 85.0% | 66.0% | 98.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Panama
More gender data for Panama
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) 1,093 (2030)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -0.6093 % change on previous year (2030)
- Population 3,741 (2030)
- Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 3,741 (2030)
- Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 1.55 % change on previous year (2030)
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 34,683 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 36,470 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 34,602 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 36,393 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 34,517 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of pregnant women with hiv that receive antiretroviral therapy in Panama?
- Share of pregnant women with hiv that receive antiretroviral therapy in Panama was 86.0% in 2024, according to UNAIDS estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of pregnant women with hiv that receive antiretroviral therapy recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 98.0% in 2023.
- What is the lowest share of pregnant women with hiv that receive antiretroviral therapy recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.0% in 2000.
- How does Panama rank for share of pregnant women with hiv that receive antiretroviral therapy?
- Panama ranks 34th out of 84 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of pregnant women with hiv that receive antiretroviral therapy rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Panama data come from?
- The figures come from UNAIDS estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of pregnant women with HIV that receive antiretroviral therapy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Antiretroviral medicine is used to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV.