PUERTO RICO

GOVERNMENT DEVELOPMENT BANK FOR PUERTO RICO • ECONOMIC ANALYSIS DIVISION

FACT SHEET
AS OF MARCH 2016

GEOGRAPHY ECONOMY GOVERNMENT

Location: Caribbean, island between the Caribbean GNP: $69.2 billion (2014) Country name:
Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of the GNP - real growth rate: -0.9% (2014) Conventional long form:
Dominican Republic GNP - per capita: $19,257 (2014) Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Geographic coordinates: 18 15 N, 66 30 W GDP: $103.7 billion (2014) Conventional short form: Puerto Rico
Map references: Central America and the Caribbean GDP - per capita: $28,850 (2014) Government type: commonwealth associated with the US
GDP - composition by sector: Capital: San Juan
Land and Water Area: 13,790 sq. km. (5,324 sq. mi.)
Manufacturing: 47.6% Legal system: based on civil law and within the US Federal
Coastline: 501 km (311 miles) Finance, insurance and
Climate: tropical marine, mild; little seasonal temperature legal system
real estate: 19.7%
variation Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal; island residents are
Services: 12.5%
Terrain: mostly mountains, with coastal plain belt in north; Trade: 7.7% US citizens but do not vote in US presidential
Government: 7.6% elections
mountains precipitous to sea on west coast;
Transportation and other Head of State: President Barack H. Obama
sandy beaches along most coastal areas
public utilities: 2.9% Governor: Alejandro García Padilla
Elevation extremes: lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
Construction and Mining: 1.1% (since January 2, 2013)
highest point: Cerro de Punta 1,338 m
Agriculture: 0.8% Legislative branch: bicameral Legislative Assembly consists
PEOPLE Persons below poverty level: 46.2% (2014) of the Senate (27 seats; members are directly
Inflation rate: change in the implicit price deflator for elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
GNP 1.6% (2014) and the House of Representatives (51 seats;
Population: 3,598,357 (July 1, 2015 est.) Labor force: 1.1 million (2015) members are directly elected by popular vote to
Age structure: 0-14 years: 17.7% (male 325,944; female Labor force - by occupation: (2015) serve four-year terms)
311,520) (2015 est.) 15-64 years: 64.8% (male 1,121,534; Services: 33.8% Judicial branch: Supreme Court; Appellate Court; Court
female 1,209,726) (2015 est.) 65 years and over: 17.5% Trade: 24.3% of First Instance composed of two sections: a
(male 271,633; female 358,000) (2015 est.) Government: 20.1% Superior Court and a Municipal Court (justices
Median age: total: 39.1 years (2015 est.) Manufacturing: 8.3%
male: 37.1 years for all these courts are appointed by the governor
Transportation and other with the consent of the Senate)
female: 41 years public utilities: 4.5%
Population growth rate: -0.6% (2015 est.) International organization participation:
Construction and mining: 3.8%
Birth rate: 10.86 births/1,000 population (2015 est.) Caricom (observer), Interpol (subbureau), IOC,
Finance, insurance and real estate: 3.4%
Death rate: 8.67 deaths/1,000 population (2015 est.) Agriculture: 1.7% UNWTO (associate), UPU
Net migration rate: -8.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population Unemployment rate: 13.0% (2015)
(2015 est.) TRANSPORTATION
Industries: pharmaceuticals, electronics, food products
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.02 males(s)/female (2015 est.) Electricity - production: 20.9 billion kWh (2015) Highways: total: 28,053.2 km
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female Electricity - consumption: 17.3 billion kWh (2015) paved: 27,903.6 km
15-64 years: 0.93 male(s)/female Natural gas - consumption: 2,606,992 km3 (2015) unpaved: 149.6 km (2014)
65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female Natural gas - imports: 2,606,992 km3 (2015)
total population: 0.92 male(s)/female (2015 est.) Ports and harbors: 12
Agriculture - products: coffee, pineapples, plantains,
Infant mortality rate: bananas, starchy vegetables; livestock products, Airports: 10
total: 7.57 deaths/1,000 live births (2015 est.) milk, poultry (2014)
male: 8.38 deaths/1,000 live births Exports: $69.4 billion f.o.b. (2015)
female: 6.75 deaths/1,000 live births Exports - commodities: Pharmaceuticals, chemicals, medical
Life expectancy at birth: equipment, food, computers, electronics,
total population: 79.25 years (2015 est.) SOURCES
electrical equipment
male: 75.62 years Exports - partners: US 74.1%, Belgium 5.7%, Netherlands 3.7%, U.S. Census Bureau
female: 82.94 years Spain 2.1% and Austria 2.0% (2015)
Total fertility rate: 1.64 children born/woman (2015 est.) Imports: $43.2 billion c.i.f. (2015) Economic Report to the Governor 2014
Nationality: noun: Puerto Rican(s) (US citizens) Imports - commodities: Pharmaceuticals, chemicals, petroleum Puerto Rico Planning Board
adjective: Puerto Rican products, food, computer and electronic products, motor Office of Management and Budget
Ethnic groups: white 75.8%, black / African American vehicles, machinery
12.4%, other 8.5%, and mixed 3.3% (2010) The World Factbook 2014-2015
Imports - partners: US 51.7%, Ireland 12.0%, Singapore 7.9%, Brazil Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC
Religion: Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant and other 15% 3.4% and Japan 3.3% (2015)
Languages:Spanish, English Currency: US dollar (USD) External Trade Statistics 2015
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write Currency code: USD Puerto Rico Planning Board
total population: 93.3% Fiscal year:1 July - 30 June
male: 92.8% Highway and Transportation Authority
female: 93.8% (2015 est.) Puerto Rico Ports Authority

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