International Rankings of Puerto Rico 2024, 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	30	24.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	85	671284	2020
Internet users - percent of population	37	77.70 %	2021
Internet users - total	125	2.564 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	37	22.00	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	81	739111	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	49	112.00	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	137	3.661 million	2021
Economy
Budget - expenditures	99	9.974 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	95	9.268 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	37	0.70 % of GDP	N/A
Debt - external	64	56.820 billion US Dollars	2010
Exports	54	73.170 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP (official exchange rate)	66	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	104	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	183	129.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	129	11.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	51	0.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	143	0.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	11	50.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	148	49.10 % of GDP	2017
Imports	66	49.010 billion US Dollars	2017
Industrial production growth rate	165	2.10 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	142	1.80 %	2017
Labor force	142	1.136 million US Dollars	2021
Public debt	98	51.60 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	90	106.500 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	173	0.21 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	62	32600 US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	188	8.90 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	84	8.27 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	98	15.60 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	67	19.40 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	74	18.50 %	2021
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	68	3.774 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	85	3.818 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	89	11.407 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	87	18.999 million	2019
Coal - consumption	69	1.361 million metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	46	1.502 million metric tons	2020
Electricity - consumption	80	15.203 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	80	6.180 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	77	2.500 billion kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	56	0.10 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	28	94.80 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	129	0.30 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	55	1.40 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	49	3.40 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	63	94.379 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	88	1.367 billion cubic meters	2020
Natural gas - imports	58	1.367 billion cubic meters	2020
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	89	79000 bbl/day	2019
Refined petroleum products - exports	72	18420 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	48	127100 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Land use - agricultural land	140	22	2018
Land use - arable land	114	7	2018
Land use - forest	22	63	2018
Land use - permanent crops	45	6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	110	10	2018
Total renewable water resources	145	7.100 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	119	110.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	34	2.370 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	59	800.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	169	0.12	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	11	94	2023
Geography
Area - land	170	8959 sq km	N/A
Area - total	173	9104 sq km	N/A
Area - water	134	145 sq km	N/A
Coastline	107	501 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	121	1338 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	116	261 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	127	220 sq km	2012
Land use - agricultural land	140	22	2018
Land use - arable land	114	7	2018
Land use - forest	22	63	2018
Land use - permanent crops	45	6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	110	10	2018
Population Density	39	341.26 Persons per sq km	N/A
Population
Birth rate	151	7.80 births/1,000 population	2023
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	153	37 %	2023
Death rate	29	10.00 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	9	34.90 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	125	2.90 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	84	56.30 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	174	21.30 %	N/A
Education expenditures	50	4 % of GDP	2021
Gross reproduction rate	108	0.61 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	139	5.30 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	140	6.50 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	139	5.90 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	13	85 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	30	79 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	21	82 years	2023
Literacy - definition	2	15	N/A
Literacy - female	51	92 %	2021
Literacy - male	41	92 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	47	92 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	94	34.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	13	47 years	N/A
Median age - male	15	44 years	N/A
Median age - total	12	46 years	2023
Net migration rate	114	10.80 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Physicians density	47	3.06 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	138	3.057 million	2023
Population growth rate	182	1.29 %	2023
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	12	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	31	0.92 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	38	0.75 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.06 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	30	0.89 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	145	1.25 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	169	0.12	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	11	94	2023
Transportation
Airports	107	20	2024
Heliports	42	38	2024

*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.

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