Costa Rica vs Panama: Chemicals

Costa Rica
4.5%
in 2023
Panama
4.6%
in 2020
Costa Rica rank
119th
Panama rank
117th

Chemicals over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Panama
4681012196319932023

How they compare

Panama currently reports 4.6% against 4.5% in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 41 shared years of data; in 1963 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 119th and Panama ranks 117th of 153 countries.

Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Panama Difference Ahead
1960s 6.3% 4.4% 1.9% Costa Rica
1970s 7.7% 5.6% 2.1% Costa Rica
1980s 9.2% 7.8% 1.4% Costa Rica
1990s 10.6% 7.1% 3.6% Costa Rica
2000s 11.6% 5.7% 6.0% Costa Rica
2010s 7.3% 4.6% 2.7% Costa Rica
2020s 7.4% 4.6% 2.8% Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher chemicals, Costa Rica or Panama?
Panama, at 4.6% against 4.5% in Costa Rica as of 2020.
What is the difference in chemicals between Costa Rica and Panama?
0.1%, with Panama ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Panama?
41 years are reported by both, from 1963 to 2020.
How do Costa Rica and Panama rank globally for chemicals?
Costa Rica ranks 119th and Panama ranks 117th of 153 countries.
Where does this data come from?
International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics, UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), published as Chemicals (% of value added in manufacturing). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Chemicals (% of value added in manufacturing)
Unit
% of value added in manufacturing
Source
International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics, UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
153 places, 5,452 data points, 1963–2024
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Manufacturing of chemicals and chemical products includes industries classified in ISIC (Rev. 3) division 24. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of value added in manufacturing which is the contribution to the economy by the manufacturing sector (ISIC Rev. 3 major division D).