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	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	82	671284	2020
Internet users - percent of population	29	78 %	2020
Internet users - total	118	2.560 million	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	30	25	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	81	711512	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	51	122	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	0.7 % of GDP	0
Exports	65	N/A US Dollars	2022
GDP (official exchange rate)	64	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	98	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	171	129.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	124	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	136	0.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	9	50.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	137	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	93	2.1 %	2017
Labor force	134	1.139 million US Dollars	2014
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	123	2.1 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	71	19 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	20	79 %	2005
Population below poverty line	151	N/A	0
Public debt	58	N/A % of GDP	2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	82	106.820 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP per capita	38	33400 US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	157	8.9 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	51	23.1	2012
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	23	28.9	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	29	26.6	0
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
Coal - consumption	66	1.361 million metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	58	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	45	1.502 million metric tons	2020
Coal - production	72	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	71	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	78	15.203 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	113	0 kWh	2020
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	0.1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	25	94.8 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	16	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	123	0.3 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	53	1.4 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	47	3.4 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	62	94.379 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	86	1.367 billion cubic meters	2020
Natural gas - exports	55	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	56	1.367 billion cubic meters	2020
Natural gas - production	94	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	90	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	70	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	80	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	87	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	87	79000 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	101	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	69	18420 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	46	127100 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	108	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	177	N/A megatons	2022
Air pollutants - methane emissions	176	N/A megatons	2022
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	182	N/A micrograms per cubic meter	2022
Land use - agricultural land	131	22	2018
Land use - arable land	105	6.6	2018
Land use - forest	19	63.2	2018
Land use - other	133	14.8	2018
Land use - permanent crops	41	5.6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	101	9.8	2018
Revenue from coal	29	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	94	0 % of GDP	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	2025
Urbanization - urban population	10	93.6	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 %	2013
Geography
Area - land	160	8959 sq km	0
Area - total	160	9104 sq km	0
Area - water	106	145170 sq km	0
Coastline	95	501 km	0
Elevation - highest point	112	1338 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	32	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	113	261 meters	0
Irrigated land	121	220 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	151	N/A km	2022
Land use - agricultural land	131	22	2018
Land use - arable land	105	6.6	2018
Land use - forest	19	63.2	2018
Land use - other	133	14.8	2018
Land use - permanent crops	41	5.6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	101	9.8	2018
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	13.5	2931
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	148	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2022
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	63	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2022
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	132	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2022
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	164	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2022
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	94	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2022
Birth rate	192	7.87 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	99	N/A %	0
Contraceptive prevalence rate	125	N/A %	0
Current health expenditure	91	N/A % of GDP	0
Death rate	34	9.76 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	8	34.9 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	121	2.9 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	79	56.3 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	163	21.3 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	63	N/A % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	105	N/A % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	99	0 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	62	N/A % of population	0
Education expenditures	48	3.6 % of GDP	2021
Hospital bed density	70	N/A beds/1,000 population	2022
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	0
Infant mortality rate - total	154	6.04 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	19	85.08 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	35	78.47 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	29	81.68 years	0
Literacy - female	48	92.4 %	2017
Literacy - male	42	92.4 %	0
Literacy - total population	47	92.4 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	95	21 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	18	45.3 years	2020
Median age - male	17	41.6 years	0
Median age - total	16	43.6 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	85	N/A	2022
Net migration rate	173	11.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	138	N/A %	2022
Physicians density	47	3.06 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	131	3.098 million	2022
Population growth rate	165	1.38 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	93	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	113	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	114	0 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	93	N/A % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	5	18 years	2018
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	5	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	19	1.04	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	30	0.91	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	36	0.85	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	33	0.64 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	7	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	28	0.89 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	110	N/A %	2022
Tobacco use - male	137	N/A %	2022
Tobacco use - total	123	N/A %	2022
Total fertility rate	133	1.24 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	159	0.12	2025
Urbanization - urban population	10	93.6	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	51	23.1	2012
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	23	28.9	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	29	26.6	0
Transportation
Airports	95	29	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	42	2	0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	37	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	36	7	0
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	24	2	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	59	17	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	30	5	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	29	1	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	57	1	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	83	12	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	57	10	2021
Heliports	23	N/A	2022
Merchant marine - total	134	N/A	2022
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	133	N/A	2022
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	153	N/A	2022
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	100	N/A	2022
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	28	N/A	2022
Railways - standard gauge	71	N/A	2022
Railways - total	128	N/A km	2022
Roadways - paved	151	N/A km	2022
Roadways - total	158	N/A km	2022
Waterways	105	N/A km	2022

*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.