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Puerto Rico

At a glance

  • Puerto Rico has a population of about 3.2M; its total GDP of $129.4B ranks #63 of 168 countries with data.
  • Its surface area of 8,870 km² is about 4% of the world median of 198,330 km².
  • Surface area stands out most against the median: 8,870 km² — rank #170 of 176 countries with data.

Where Puerto Rico stands

Population log axis

Population across 169 countries with data: Puerto Rico at 3.2M, rank #132, world median 11.5M, logarithmic axis. Median 11.5M Puerto Rico · 3.2M

GDP (total) log axis

GDP (total) across 168 countries with data: Puerto Rico at $129.4B, rank #63, world median $80.7B, logarithmic axis. Median $80.7B Puerto Rico · $129.4B

GDP per capita log axis

GDP per capita across 168 countries with data: Puerto Rico at $40,620, rank #24, world median $6,834, logarithmic axis. Median $6,834 Puerto Rico · $40,620

Life expectancy

Life expectancy across 169 countries with data: Puerto Rico at 81.9 years, rank #26, world median 73.8 years. Median 73.8 years Puerto Rico · 81.9 years

Every dot is one country with data — the highlighted dot is this country; the dashed line marks the world median. Wide-range metrics use a logarithmic axis (tagged) so the whole field stays readable.

Puerto Rico: all 46 metrics vs the world median

Metric Value Trend Rank vs median
Population & land
Population 3.2M (2025) −17% #132 / 169 median 11.5M · 28%
Population growth -0.6% (2025) −529% #162 / 169 N/A
Urban population share 94.3% (2025) +0% #6 / 169 median 63.8% · 1.5×
Population aged 65+ 25.3% (2025) +106% #2 / 169 median 7.4% · 3.4×
Fertility rate 0.9 (2024) −50% #168 / 169 median 2.1 · 44%
Birth rate 5.7‰ (2024) −58% #167 / 169 median 16.0‰ · 36%
Death rate 10.3‰ (2024) +41% #28 / 169 median 7.1‰ · 1.4×
Net migration 5.5K (2025) #48 / 169 N/A
Surface area 8,870 km² (2023) #170 / 176 median 198,330 km² · 4%
Population density derived 359/km² (2025) −17% #13 / 169 median 75.5/km² · 4.8×
Economy
GDP (total) $129.4B (2025) +81% #63 / 168 median $80.7B · 1.6×
GDP per capita $40,620 (2025) +117% #24 / 168 median $6,834 · 5.9×
GNI per capita $27,320 (2025) +143% #39 / 168 median $6,350 · 4.3×
GDP growth (annual) 0.3% (2025) −65% #151 / 168 median 3.1% · 10%
Inflation rate N/A N/A N/A
Unemployment rate 6.0% (2025) −50% #69 / 168 median 5.1% · 1.2×
Gini index N/A N/A N/A
Poverty rate ($2.15/day) N/A N/A N/A
Trade & industry
Exports share of GDP 46.9% (2025) −29% #47 / 163 median 35.0% · 1.3×
Imports share of GDP 43.6% (2025) +8% #72 / 163 median 40.2% · 1.1×
Agriculture share of GDP 0.7% (2025) +29% #161 / 168 median 7.2% · 10%
Manufacturing share of GDP 44.0% (2025) +0% #1 / 165 median 11.2% · 3.9×
International tourist arrivals 3.9M (2020) −11% #43 / 162 median 1.1M · 3.4×
Tourism receipts $2.9B (2020) +17% #43 / 165 median $705M · 4.1×
Health & education
Life expectancy 81.9 years (2024) +7% #26 / 169 median 73.8 years · 1.1×
Infant mortality N/A N/A N/A
Under-five mortality N/A N/A N/A
DPT immunization N/A N/A N/A
Hospital beds 3.3 per 1,000 (1996) #48 / 167 median 2.0 per 1,000 · 1.6×
Health spending share of GDP N/A N/A N/A
Secondary school enrollment 81.5% (2024) −8% #107 / 167 median 90.5% · 90%
Education spending share of GDP 4.3% (2024) −34% #78 / 165 median 4.1% · 1.0×
Society & living
Human Development Index N/A N/A N/A
Internet users 87.3% (2022) +397% #63 / 169 median 81.5% · 1.1×
Mobile subscriptions 126.4 per 100 (2024) +193% #57 / 169 median 116.4 per 100 · 1.1×
Fixed broadband 28.0 per 100 (2024) +4592% #48 / 168 median 12.1 per 100 · 2.3×
Electricity access 100.0% (2024) +0% #58 / 169 median 99.9% · 1.0×
Environment & security
CO₂ emissions per capita 4.8 t (2024) −9% #49 / 165 median 2.6 t · 1.8×
CO₂ emissions (total) derived 15.4 Mt (2024) −23% #92 / 165 median 21.3 Mt · 72%
Renewable electricity share 4.6% (2021) +823% #147 / 169 median 34.1% · 13%
Renewable energy consumption 2.5% (2022) +400% #153 / 169 median 26.9% · 9%
Forest area 56.1% (2023) +13% #29 / 169 median 32.4% · 1.7×
Agricultural land 19.0% (2023) −24% #133 / 169 median 41.7% · 46%
Arable land 5.7% (2023) −26% #113 / 168 median 11.0% · 51%
PM2.5 exposure 7.8 µg/m³ (2023) +2% #151 / 168 median 19.8 µg/m³ · 40%
Military spending N/A N/A N/A

Ranks are value-descending and count only the countries that have data for that metric (#1 = highest value); N/A rows occupy no rank.

The median is the unweighted middle value across the countries with data (gold tick) — not a world average. Bars grow with the value: reaching the tick means matching the median, and a full bar means twice the median or more. The median value and this country's multiple are noted under each bar.

Puerto Rico's true-shape outline

Puerto Rico's border outline from Natural Earth 1:110m boundaries — total surface area 8,870 km².

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Data & method

Indicators: World Bank Open Data, 43 indicators — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Surface area (sq. km) — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Human Development Index — CC BY 3.0 IGO © United Nations Development Programme — https://hdr.undp.org/terms-use

Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain); surface areas are computed with an equal-area spherical formula (Chamberlin–Duquette).

Reference facts (capital, languages, currencies, subregion): mledoze/countries (ODbL).