International Rankings of Puerto Rico 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Puerto Rico, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Puerto Rico, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	76	18.82	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	82	609943	0
Internet users - percent of population	88	70.6 %	2018
Internet users - total	114	2.326 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	69	21.19	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	85	686901	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	123	104.03	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	138	3.372 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	95	9.974 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	93	9.268 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	37	0.7 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	52	61.8	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	50	70.1	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	38	91.2	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	49	81.9	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	65	104.200 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	7	117.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	103	12.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	14	87.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	179	129.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	127	11.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	50	0.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	143	0.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	11	50.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	141	49.1 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	111	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	46	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	94	2.1 %	2017
Labor force	136	1.139 million US Dollars	2014
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	130	2.1 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	74	19 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	21	79 %	2005
Population below poverty line	156	N/A	0
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	85	110.238 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	42	34518 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	164	8.9 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	87	19.850 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	73	19.480 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	7	94	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	67	2	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	37	4	2017
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	77	6.294 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	75	20.950 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	83	1.303 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	57	1.303 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2014
Refined petroleum products - consumption	81	98000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	70	18420 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	47	127100 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	180	N/A megatons	2021
Air pollutants - methane emissions	181	N/A megatons	2021
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	186	N/A micrograms per cubic meter	2021
Land use - agricultural land	136	22	2018
Land use - arable land	112	6.6	2018
Land use - forest	21	63.2	2018
Land use - other	141	14.8	2018
Land use - permanent crops	45	5.6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	108	9.8	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	95	0 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	142	7.100 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	128	113.500 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	36	2.365 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	58	796.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	166	0.12	2025
Urbanization - urban population	11	93.6	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	55	4.171 million tons	2015
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	49	583933 tons	2013
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	51	14 %	2013
Geography
Area - land	167	8959 sq km	0
Area - total	167	9104 sq km	0
Area - water	109	145170 sq km	0
Coastline	102	501 km	0
Elevation - highest point	116	1338 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	115	261 meters	0
Irrigated land	122	220 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	156	N/A km	2021
Land use - agricultural land	136	22	2018
Land use - arable land	112	6.6	2018
Land use - forest	21	63.2	2018
Land use - other	141	14.8	2018
Land use - permanent crops	45	5.6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	108	9.8	2018
Total renewable water resources	141	7.100 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	140	12.78 %	0373
Age structure - 25-54 years	138	37.73 %	0276
Age structure - 55-64 years	35	13.5 %	2931
Birth rate	201	7.9 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	131	N/A %	2021
Current Health Expenditure	88	N/A % of GDP	2021
Death rate	41	9.53 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	11	32.8 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	115	3 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	68	57.7 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	137	24.8 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	27	97 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	108	N/A % of population	2021
Drinking water source - total	100	N/A % of population	2021
Drinking water source - unimproved	70	0 % of population	2017
Education expenditures	18	6.1 % of GDP	2014
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	38	N/A	0
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	0
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	108	N/A	0
Hospital bed density	69	N/A beds/1,000 population	2021
Infant mortality rate - female	158	5.55 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	160	6.73 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	161	6.16 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	19	84.89 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	34	78.23 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	31	81.47 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	96	21	2017
Median age - female	19	45.3 years	2020
Median age - male	18	41.6 years	0
Median age - total	17	43.6 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	82	N/A	2021
Net migration rate	180	13 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	144	N/A %	2021
Physicians density	41	3.06 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	133	3.143 million	2021
Population growth rate	170	1.46 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	23	97.2 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	121	N/A % of population	2021
Sanitation facility access - total	114	N/A % of population	2021
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	84	2.8 % of population	2017
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	4	18 years	2018
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	6	15 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	6	16 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	21	1.03	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	34	0.91	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	37	0.85	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	36	0.75 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	27	0.9 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	141	1.23 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	58	23.1	2012
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	22	28.9	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	37	26.6	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	167	0.12	2025
Urbanization - urban population	11	93.6	2021
Transportation
Airports	95	29	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	42	2	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	39	1	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	37	7	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	25	2	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	61	17	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	30	5	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	29	1	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	57	1	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	85	12	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	57	10	2013
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	136	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	156	N/A	2021
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	102	N/A	2021
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	28	N/A	2021
Railways - total	131	N/A km	2021
Roadways - paved	161	N/A km	2021
Roadways - total	168	N/A km	2021
Waterways	95	N/A km	2021

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Puerto Rico on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Puerto Rico 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Puerto Rico 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.