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Unemployment rate in Puerto Rico

Latest: 6.0%
Previous: 5.6%
Change: +0.35 (+6.2%)
Reference period: Dec 31, 2025
Frequency: Annual
Unit: Percent

Unemployment rate over time

Annual, Percent, Not seasonally adjusted

Source: World Bank Projection Dashed values are International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook database projections, not observed data.

Observations for Unemployment rate in Puerto Rico
Date	Value
Dec 31, 1966	—
Dec 31, 1967	—
Dec 31, 1968	—
Dec 31, 1969	—
Dec 31, 1970	—
Dec 31, 1971	—
Dec 31, 1972	—
Dec 31, 1973	—
Dec 31, 1974	—
Dec 31, 1975	—
Dec 31, 1976	—
Dec 31, 1977	—
Dec 31, 1978	—
Dec 31, 1979	—
Dec 31, 1980	—
Dec 31, 1981	—
Dec 31, 1982	—
Dec 31, 1983	—
Dec 31, 1984	—
Dec 31, 1985	—
Dec 31, 1986	—
Dec 31, 1987	—
Dec 31, 1988	—
Dec 31, 1989	—
Dec 31, 1990	—
Dec 31, 1991	16.2%
Dec 31, 1992	16.9%
Dec 31, 1993	16.9%
Dec 31, 1994	14.6%
Dec 31, 1995	13.9%
Dec 31, 1996	13.6%
Dec 31, 1997	13.8%
Dec 31, 1998	13.5%
Dec 31, 1999	11.8%
Dec 31, 2000	10.1%
Dec 31, 2001	11.4%
Dec 31, 2002	11.9%
Dec 31, 2003	11.8%
Dec 31, 2004	10.3%
Dec 31, 2005	11.4%
Dec 31, 2006	11.0%
Dec 31, 2007	10.9%
Dec 31, 2008	11.5%
Dec 31, 2009	15.0%
Dec 31, 2010	16.1%
Dec 31, 2011	15.7%
Dec 31, 2012	14.5%
Dec 31, 2013	14.3%
Dec 31, 2014	13.9%
Dec 31, 2015	12.0%
Dec 31, 2016	11.8%
Dec 31, 2017	10.8%
Dec 31, 2018	9.2%
Dec 31, 2019	8.3%
Dec 31, 2020	8.9%
Dec 31, 2021	7.9%
Dec 31, 2022	6.0%
Dec 31, 2023	5.7%
Dec 31, 2024	5.6%
Dec 31, 2025	6.0%

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