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Puerto Rico (US)
Latin America & Caribbean · High income · capital San Juan
Reports 14 of 21 indicators tracked here.
Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.
Health
Life expectancy
2024 · 2 years old81.9years
Ranks 38 of 217 in 2024
10% above world median · 8% above Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Maternal mortality
2023 · 3 years old11per 100,000 live births
Ranks 47 of 194 in 2023
77% below world median · 80% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Fertility rate
2024 · 2 years old0.92births per woman
Not ranked — no better end
51% below world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Education
Adult literacy
2017 · 9 years old92.4% of adults 15+
Ranks 24 of 44 in 2017
about the same world median · about the same Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 44 countries reporting in 2017 — not a published figure
Primary enrolment
2024 · 2 years old87.9% gross
Ranks 120 of 134 in 2024
12% below world median · 10% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 134 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Education spending
2024 · 2 years old4.27% of GDP
Ranks 20 of 40 in 2024
about the same world median · 5% above Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 40 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Economy
GDP per capita
2025 · 1 year old40,620current US$
Ranks 29 of 186 in 2025
4.2× above world median · 2.7× above Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
GDP per capita (PPP)
2025 · 1 year old52,196international $
Ranks 42 of 185 in 2025
1.6× above world median · 1.3× above Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Unemployment
2025 · 1 year old6.0% of labour force
Ranks 111 of 182 in 2025
18% above world median · about the same Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Infrastructure
Electricity access
2024 · 2 years old100.0% of population
Ranks 1 of 215 in 2024
about the same world median · about the same Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Safe drinking water
2024 · 2 years old98.9% of population
Ranks 31 of 148 in 2024
23% above world median · 45% above Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 148 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Internet use
2022 · 4 years old87.3% of population
Ranks 58 of 182 in 2022
11% above world median · 17% above Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2022 — not a published figure
Environment
CO₂ per person
2024 · 2 years old4.82t CO₂e per person
Not ranked — no better end
89% above world median
Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Society
Population
2025 · 1 year old3.2mpeople
Not ranked — no better end
51% below world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Never reported
Puerto Rico (US) has no figure in this dataset for Extreme poverty, Income inequality (Gini), Inflation, Military spending, Under-5 mortality, Child stunting, Health spending. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.