International Rankings of Puerto Rico 2022, 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	29	24.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	82	671284	2020
Internet users - percent of population	29	78.00 %	2020
Internet users - total	117	2.560 million	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	30	25.00	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	81	711512	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	51	122.00	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	134	3.484 million	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	93	9.974 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	91	9.268 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	33	0.70 % of GDP	N/A
Debt - external	61	56.820 billion US Dollars	2010
Exports	47	73.170 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP (official exchange rate)	64	104.200 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	7	117.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	98	12.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	14	87.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	171	129.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	124	11.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	50	0.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	136	0.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	9	50.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	137	49.10 % of GDP	2017
Imports	60	49.010 billion US Dollars	2017
Industrial production growth rate	93	2.10 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	67	1.80 %	2017
Labor force	134	1.139 million US Dollars	2014
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	123	2 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	71	19 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	20	79 %	2005
Public debt	82	51.60 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	83	106.820 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP growth rate	130	2.40 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	53	33400 US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	157	8.90 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	45	10.80 %	2017
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	51	23.10	2012
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	23	28.90	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	29	26.60	N/A
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	65	3.774 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	83	3.818 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	88	11.407 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	85	18.999 million	2019
Coal - consumption	66	1.361 million metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	45	1.502 million metric tons	2020
Electricity - consumption	78	15.203 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	78	6.180 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	75	2.500 billion kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	56	0.10 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	25	94.80 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	123	0.30 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	53	1.40 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	47	3.40 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	62	94.379 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	86	1.367 billion cubic meters	2020
Natural gas - imports	56	1.367 billion cubic meters	2020
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	87	79000 bbl/day	2019
Refined petroleum products - exports	69	18420 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	46	127100 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Land use - agricultural land	131	22	2018
Land use - arable land	105	7	2018
Land use - forest	19	63	2018
Land use - other	133	15	2018
Land use - permanent crops	41	6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	101	10	2018
Total renewable water resources	138	7.100 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	124	113.500 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	34	2.365 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	57	796.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	158	0.12	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	10	94	2022
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	49	14.00 %	2013
Geography
Area - land	160	8959 sq km	N/A
Area - total	160	9104 sq km	N/A
Area - water	128	145 sq km	N/A
Coastline	96	501 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	108	1338 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	113	261 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	121	220 sq km	2012
Land use - agricultural land	131	22	2018
Land use - arable land	105	7	2018
Land use - forest	19	63	2018
Land use - other	133	15	2018
Land use - permanent crops	41	6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	101	10	2018
Population Density	34	345.84 Persons per sq km	N/A
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	133	12.78	0373
Age structure - 25-54 years	131	37.73	0276
Age structure - 55-64 years	31	13.50	N/A
Birth rate	192	7.87 births/1,000 population	2022
Death rate	34	9.76 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	8	34.90 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	121	2.90 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	79	56.30 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	163	21.30 %	N/A
Education expenditures	48	4 % of GDP	2021
Infant mortality rate - female	154	5.43 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	155	6.61 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	154	6.04 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	19	85 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	35	78 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	29	82 years	N/A
Literacy - female	48	92 %	2017
Literacy - male	42	92 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	47	92 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	95	21.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	18	45 years	2020
Median age - male	17	42 years	N/A
Median age - total	16	44 years	N/A
Net migration rate	173	11.90 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Physicians density	47	3.06 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	131	3.098 million	2022
Population growth rate	165	1.38 %	2022
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	5	18 years	2018
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	5	15 years	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	6	16 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	19	1.04	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	30	0.91	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	36	0.85	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	33	0.64 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	7	1.06 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	28	0.89 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	133	1.24 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	159	0.12	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	10	94	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	51	23.10	2012
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	23	28.90	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	29	26.60	N/A
Transportation
Airports	95	29	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	42	2	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	37	1	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	36	7	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	24	2	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - total	59	17	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	30	5	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	29	1	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	57	1	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	83	12	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	57	10	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 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Puerto Rico 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Puerto Rico 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.