Last verified: Tuesday, 13. August 2024 at 08:21 AM
Last verified: Tuesday, 13. August 2024 at 08:21 AM
We advise caution when travelling to Panama We advise caution when travelling to Panama. We detected travel advisories from 4 sources for this specific country.
Panama shares land borders with Costa Rica and Costa Rica. For these countries, the individual warning index is 3.3 (Costa Rica) and 3.3 (Colombia).
There are currently no officially reported cases of infections with SARS-CoV-2 (or Coronavirus) in Panama. As reported by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control this morning (~8:30am CET).
There are currently no officially reported deaths related to this disease in Panama.
Source: www.ecdc.europa.eu
Chart of the risk level over that last 200 days. This is the daily calculated travel risk for Panama.
Chart of the number of sources over that last 200 days. This is the daily number of advisory sources (of any rating) that have been active on that day.
Note: Changes happening on the 28th/29th of July 2019 are related to a change in the software and number of sources processed.
These are the individual advisories published by other countries about the destination Panama from a travellers perspective. The scoring of all messages combined is the foundation for the current rating 3.0 out of 5.0.
Danger level: 0 - Travel is usually safe. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Danger level: 5 - Do not travel. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Do not travel to the Darién Gap, south of the town of Yaviza, due to high levels of violent crime and the presence of drug traffickers and armed guerrilla forces. This includes the Darién National Park, nature reserves and tourist resorts (level 4 of 4). Do not travel to the Mosquito Gulf, from Boca de Río Chiriquí to Coclé del Norte, due to high levels ...
Danger level: 2 - Travel is usually safe. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Reissued with obsolete COVID-19 page links removed. Exercise increased caution in Panama due to crime. Some areas have increased risk. Read the entire Travel Advisory. Do not travel to: Parts of the Mosquito Gulf due to crime. Parts of the Darién Region due to crime. Read the country information page for additional information on travel to Panama.
Danger level: 2 - Travel is usually safe. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Iaktta normal försiktighet - Var försiktig om du rör dig i gränstrakten mellan Panama och Colombia.
Danger level: 4 - Reconsider travelling. This is a regional information covering specific areas of Panama.
Issued by: Finnish government
Coverage: Darién
Info: Undvik icke nödvändiga resor
This is the recent history of individual changes of travel advices that affected the total asessment of Panama. Most recent events first.
The total rating for Panama changed from 2.8 to 3.5. Here are the influencing details:
The United States government increased their existing warning for Panama to 5.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 1.0 (by +4.0).
The total rating for Panama changed from 2.8 to 2.8. Here are the influencing details:
The Canadian government issued a new warning for Panama with a rating of 3.0.
The total rating for Panama changed from 2.6 to 2.8. Here are the influencing details:
The Australian government increased their existing warning for Panama to 5.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 4.0 (by +1.0).
The total rating for Panama changed from 2.0 to 2.6. Here are the influencing details:
The Australian government issued a new warning for Panama with a rating of 4.0.
The Irish government increased their existing warning for Panama to 4.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 3.0 (by +1.0).
The total rating for Panama changed from 0.0 to 0.0. Here are the influencing details:
The United States government issued a new warning for Panama with a rating of 1.0.
The New Zealand government issued a new warning for Panama with a rating of 2.0.
The Irish government issued a new warning for Panama with a rating of 3.0.
The Finnish government issued a new warning for Panama with a rating of 2.0.
Panama with its capital Panama City is a country in North America (Central America), slightly smaller than South Carolina (78,200 km²). The country is located Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Colombia and Costa Rica. The climate can be described as tropical maritime; hot, humid, cloudy; prolonged rainy season (May to January), short dry season (January to May). The landscape is interior mostly steep, rugged mountains and dissected, upland plains; coastal areas largely plains and rolling hills. With a population of about 3.29 million citizens.
| Topic | Value |
|---|---|
| Capital | Panama City |
| Population | about 3.29 million |
| Size | 78.200 km² |
| Size comparable to | slightly smaller than South Carolina |
| Common languages | English, Spanish |
| Currency | Balboa (short: PAB) |
| Common voltage (electricity) | 110V - 60Hz |
| Used GSM Frequencies | 1800 |
| International phone prefix | +507 |
| Internet Top Level Domain | .pa |
| Countrycode: ISO Alpha 2 | PA |
| Countrycode: ISO Alpha 3 | PAN |
| Countrycode: ISO Numeric | 591 |
These are problems Panama is facing. Environmental issues refer to damages of the nature due to industry and society. Natural hazzards refer to potential dangers originating in nature.
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Natural hazzards
These are the main product industries and agricultural products of Panama. This list indicates what this country is good at producing.
Industries
Agriculture products
These are the main product categories of imports and exports to and from Panama.
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Panama is currently rated at 3,0 out of a possible 5.0. Collected from 4 official sources. We advise caution when travelling to Panama.
Visiting the country Panama is usually fine. The score is at 3,0 Just keep an eye open, obey local rules and you'll most likely be fine.
We currently evaluate 11 official sources each morning. Today, we know of active advisories from 4 individual sources for Panama.
There are currently no officially reported cases of infections with SARS-CoV-2 (or Coronavirus) in Panama. As reported by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control this morning (~8:30am CET). There are currently no officially reported deaths related to this disease in Panama.
Panama has a size of 78,200 km² or 30,193 mi² which is slightly smaller than South Carolina.
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2020-03-10:
Integrated data from European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (COVID-19/ SARS-CoV-2/ Coronavirus).
2019-09-01:
Added timeline charts for risk level and number of advisories.
2019-07-29:
Added two more sources (Finland and Denmark).
Affects country ratings.
2019-07-15:
South-Sudan was missing and was added today.
2019-05-18:
Performance improvements for API users.
2019-03-23:
Introduced professional API with more data.
2019-02-13:
Added three more sources (Cyprus, Ireland and Malta).
Affects country ratings.
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