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General Information

Region		Caribbean
Population (000, 2024)		3 242^a,b
Pop. density (per km2, 2024)		373^a,b
Capital city		San Juan
Capital city pop. (000, 2024)		2 451.4^d,e
Surface area (km2)		8 868^c
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		89^a,b
National currency		US Dollar (USD)

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	103 376	103 131	113 435^c
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	-1	-4.2	3.4^c
GDP per capita (current US$)	29 558.4	31 523.4	34 877.2^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	46.5^c
Economy: Services and other activity^f,g (% of GVA)	48	49.3	52.8^c
Employment in agriculture^h (% of employed)	1.4	1.3	1.3^c
Employment in industry^h (% of employed)	13.7	12.8	12.4^c
Employment in services^h (% employed)	84.8	85.9	86.4^c
Unemployment (% of labour force)	12	8.9^h	6^h
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	31.9 / 49.2	31.2 / 51.3^h	32.0 / 52.3^h
CPI: Consumer Price Indexⁱ (2010=100)	105	107^j	...
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	102	95	95^c

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate^b (average annual %)	-1.3	-0.7	-0.1^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	85.4 / 78.3^a
Population age distribution^b,l (0-14/60+ years old, %)	16.4 / 24.4	13.4 / 29.5	11.6 / 31.8^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	280.5 / 8.3	247.1 / 8.6	... / ...
Under five mortality rate^b (per 1000 live births)	7.4	6.2	6.5^a
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	4.7	3.4	3.6^m
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	102.2 / 104.3	99.5 / 101.4ⁿ	... / ...
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	105.9 / 107.7	97.0 / 97.4ⁿ	... / ...
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	95.7 / 90.4	91.5 / 87.2ⁿ	... / ...
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	17.6	17	14.2^o

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	63.5	77.7^e	84.8^m
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.4	...	...
Threatened species (number)	127	146	197^o
Forested area (% of land area)	55.7	56	56^m
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	3.1 / 0.9	2.8 / 0.8	3.9 / 1.2^m
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	1	2	2^m
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	16	16	22^m
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^p,q (000)	3 542	2 617	3 273^c
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	33	33	33^o

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		For statistical purposes, the data for United States of America do not include this area.
c		2022
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		2021
n		2018
o		2023
p		Arrivals of non-resident tourists by air.
q		Data refer to fiscal years beginning 1 July.