Skip to content
ChartBasis
Choose a language: English

Puerto Rico

Headline economic indicators for Puerto Rico, with the most recent official readings.

Prices

Prices — Puerto Rico
Indicator Value Change
GDP deflator inflation · 2.3% -0.77 (-25.0%)

GDP

GDP — Puerto Rico
Indicator Value Change
GDP growth rate · 0.3% -2.86 (-90.0%)
GDP per capita · 40,620.15 +1,267 (+3.2%)
GDP per capita, long-run history · 35,281 +1,185 (+3.5%)
GDP · 129,368,484,000 +3,338,956,966 (+2.6%)
GDP, PPP · 166,234,225,381 +5,041,784,495 (+3.1%)
GDP per capita, PPP · 52,196 +1,863 (+3.7%)
GDP per capita growth · 0.9% -2.34 (-72.8%)
GNI per capita · 27,320 +1,450 (+5.6%)
Agriculture to GDP · 0.7% -0.02 (-2.2%)
Industry to GDP · 47.0% -0.13 (-0.3%)
Manufacturing to GDP · 44.0% -0.17 (-0.4%)
Services to GDP · 51.9% +0.09 (+0.2%)
Household consumption to GDP · 78.7% +1.61 (+2.1%)
Gross capital formation to GDP · 14.2% +0.06 (+0.4%)

Labour

Labour — Puerto Rico
Indicator Value Change
Unemployment rate · 6.0% +0.35 (+6.2%)
Labour force participation rate · 42.8% +0.16 (+0.4%)
Female labour force participation rate · 36.9% +0.17 (+0.5%)
Youth unemployment rate · 14.0% +0.90 (+6.9%)
Employment to population ratio · 40.2% +0.00 (+0.0%)
Employment in agriculture · 1.1% -0.03 (-2.6%)
Employment in industry · 14.7% -0.23 (-1.5%)
Employment in services · 84.1% +0.26 (+0.3%)

Money

Money — Puerto Rico
Indicator Value Change
Official exchange rate · 1 +0.00 (+0.0%)

Trade

Trade — Puerto Rico
Indicator Value Change
Exports to GDP · 46.9% -4.99 (-9.6%)
Imports to GDP · 43.6% +0.83 (+1.9%)
Trade to GDP · 90.5% -4.16 (-4.4%)
Exports of goods and services · 60,652,000,000 -4,728,300,000 (-7.2%)
Imports of goods and services · 56,372,200,000 +2,500,200,000 (+4.6%)

Government

Government — Puerto Rico
Indicator Value Change
Government consumption to GDP · 7.7% -0.44 (-5.4%)
Education spending to GDP · 4.3% +0.00 (+0.0%)

Demography

Demography — Puerto Rico
Indicator Value Change
Population · 3,184,835 -17,686 (-0.6%)
Population, long-run history · 3,228 -3.59 (-0.1%)
Population growth · -0.6% -0.51 (-1,293.4%)
Life expectancy · 81.9 +0.21 (+0.3%)
Fertility rate · 0.92 +0.00 (+0.0%)
Birth rate · 5.7 -0.10 (-1.7%)
Death rate · 10.3 -0.40 (-3.7%)
Urban population share · 94.3% +0.09 (+0.1%)
Population aged 65 and over · 25.3% +0.55 (+2.2%)
Population density · 361.1 -0.14 (-0.0%)
Net migration · 5,495 -6,066 (-52.5%)

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

No separate list is published for Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.

Economies nearby

Comparable readings from neighbouring economies.