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IndicatorPRIPuerto Rico (US)Latin America & Caribbean
Governance
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile55.9rank #66
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile46.4rank #123
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile73.4rank #76
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile65.2rank #48
Rule of Law0-100 percentile66.4rank #68
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile63.5rank #75
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment1.1%rank #170
Agriculture value added% GDP0.69%rank #149
Employment-to-population ratio%40.4%rank #161
GDPcurrent US$129.37Brank #64
GDP growth%0.32%rank #173
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$40,620.2rank #29
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $44,603.2rank #41
Gross capital formation% GDP14.2%rank #120
Industry value added% GDP47%rank #8
Labour force participation rate%43%rank #166
R&D expenditure% GDP0.43%rank #60
Researchers in R&Dper million332.4rank #66
Trade openness% GDP90.5%rank #59
Unemployment% labor force6%rank #110
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%6.1%rank #115
Vulnerable employment% employment10.3%rank #41
Youth unemployment% ages 15-2414%rank #101
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-2414.4%rank #105
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop100%rank #1
Basic sanitation access% pop100%rank #1
Life expectancyyears81.9rank #38
Maternal mortalityper 100k11rank #11
Physiciansper 1k1.8rank #52
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m37.8rank #31
Suicide mortality rateper 100k5.4rank #66
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k0.55rank #3
Education
Adult literacy%92.4%rank #24
Education spending% GDP4.3%rank #20
Primary completion rate% relevant age83.1%rank #90
Primary enrollment% gross87.9%rank #120
Secondary enrollment% gross81.5%rank #84
Tertiary enrollment% gross77.9%rank #30
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,0005.7rank #194
Fertility ratebirths/woman0.92rank #196
Median age of populationyears45.3rank #9
Net migration rateper 1,0006.1rank #32
Populationpeople3.18Mrank #134
Population growth%-0.55%rank #201
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years85.5rank #38
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands2,504rank #143
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age56.9rank #95
Urban population%94.3%rank #10
Climate
Electricity access% pop100%rank #1
Electricity from coal% generation15.6%rank #30
Electricity from hydro% generation0.05%rank #82
Electricity from solar% generation4.9%rank #54
Electricity from wind% generation1.2%rank #66
Forest area% land56.1%rank #37
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh654.8rank #82
Renewable electricity%6.4%rank #80
Renewable energy share%2.5%rank #54
Society
Asylum seekerspeople5rank #1
Female labor participation%36.9%rank #159
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 10028rank #54
Homicide rateper 100k14.6rank #68
Internet users% pop87.3%rank #56
Life satisfaction0-107rank #15
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #60
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #28
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.01rank #48
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.02rank #63
Youth NEET rate%20.7%rank #108
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