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General Information

Region		Caribbean
Population (000, 2025)		3 235^a,b
Pop. density (per km2, 2025)		372.2^a,b
Capital city		San Juan
Capital city pop. (000, 2025)		2 451.4^d,e
Surface area (km2)		8 868^c
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		88.8^a,b
National currency		US Dollar (USD)

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product^f (million current US$)	103 376	103 131	117 902^c
GDP growth rate^f (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	-1	-4.2	0.6^c
GDP per capita^f (current US$)	29 353.0	31 483.0	36 367.0^c
Economy: Agriculture^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	0.8	0.7	0.7^c
Economy: Industry^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	51.1	50	48.9^c
Economy: Services and other activity^f,g (% of GVA)	48	49.3	50.4^c
Employment in agriculture^h (% of employed)	1.4	1.2	1.2^c
Employment in industry^h (% of employed)	13.7	12.5	12^c
Employment in services^h (% employed)	84.9	86.3	86.8^c
Unemployment (% of labour force)	12	8.9^h	5.7^h
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	31.9 / 49.2	32.6 / 49.7^h	32.3 / 50.1^h
CPI: Consumer Price Indexⁱ (2010=100)	105	107^j	...
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	101	96	93^c

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate^b (average annual %)	-1.3	-0.7	-0.3^a
Urban population (% of total population)	93.6	93.6^e	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	-0.3^k	...	...
Fertility rate, total^b (live births per woman)	1.4	0.9	0.9^a
Life expectancy at birth^b (females/males, years)	84.0 / 77.2	84.0 / 76.0	85.5 / 78.5^a
Population age distribution^b,l (0-14/60+ years old, %)	16.4 / 24.4	13.4 / 29.5	11.2 / 32.3^a
International migrant stock^m (000/% of total pop.)	280.5 / 8.0	247.1 / 7.5	223.3 / 6.9ⁿ
Under five mortality rate^b (per 1000 live births)	7.4	6.2	6.3^a
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	99.4 / 101.2	94.7 / 95.5^o	88.4 / 87.7^c
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	103.9 / 105.8	90.8 / 90.8^o	102.0 / 100.2^c
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	95.9 / 91.2	90.1 / 84.1^o	122.0 / 116.0^c
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	17.4	17	14.6^c

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	63.5^h	77.7^e	87.3^p
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.4	...	...
Threatened species (number)	127	146	236ⁿ
Forested area (% of land area)	55.7	56	56.1^p
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	3.1 / 0.9	2.8 / 0.8	2.8 / 0.9^p
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	1	2	2^p
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	16	16	16^p
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^q,r (000)	3 542	2 617	3 273^p
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	31.7	31.7	31.7ⁿ

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		For statistical purposes, the data for United States of America do not include this area.
c		2023
d		Refers to the Metropolitan Statistical Area.
e		2019
f		Data compiled in accordance with the System of National Accounts 1968 (1968 SNA).
g		At producers' prices.
h		Estimate.
i		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
j		2017
k		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
l		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
m		For statistical purposes, the foreign-born population includes persons born in the 50 states of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands.
n		2024
o		2018
p		2022
q		Data refer to fiscal years beginning 1 July.
r		Arrivals of non-resident tourists by air.