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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 old

81.9years

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 old

11per 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 old

0.92births 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 old

92.4% 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 old

87.9% 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 old

4.27% 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 old

40,620current 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 old

52,196international $

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 old

6.0% 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 old

100.0% 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 old

98.9% 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 old

87.3% 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 old

4.82t 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 old

3.2mpeople

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.

Puerto Rico (US) — World Pulse