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Panama

4.5 million people

Panama's Electoral Tribunal announced a digital identity wallet in September 2024 giving a digital version of the compulsory cédula. No CBDC work is known per existing data.

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Digital ID · Goal 16.9

Digital ID in Panama

Program
Wallet de Identidad Digital
Status
Being built or piloted
National ID card
ID card compulsory
Biometrics
Yes

La Prensa reported the Tribunal Electoral planned to launch the wallet on 15 October 2024, starting with civil registry and ID card services, later extending to other agencies and private firms.

Digital money · Goal 8.10

Central bank digital currency

Status
No known work

Dollarized; no known CBDC work.

UN and WHO

How Panama has voted

WHO
Accepted the 2024 rule changes
Pandemic Agreement (May 2025)
No recorded objection
Migration compact (Dec 2018)
Didn't vote
Paris climate deal
Party
SDG Index 2026
68.9 · rank 88 of 169
Progress reports to the UN (VNRs)
2

Sovereignty score

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Country research checked Oct 2026. Tracker data checked 11 Oct 2026. Every claim links to its source.