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GDP growth in Puerto Rico

Is that economy growing or stalling?

Puerto Rico's gdp growth is 0.32 % — #115 of 127 countries on the atlas (higher is better). Period 2025.

0.32%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

GDP growth in Puerto Rico over time

8.75 %2.19 %-4.36 %8.75 % · 2004-4.36 % · 20182000: 3.27 %2001: 6.31 %2002: 0.92 %2003: 0.05 %2004: 8.75 %2005: -1.99 %2006: -1.41 %2007: -1.16 %2008: -1.84 %2009: -1.95 %2010: -0.41 %2011: -0.36 %2012: 0.03 %2013: -0.31 %2014: -1.19 %2015: -1.05 %2016: -1.26 %2017: -2.89 %2018: -4.36 %2019: 1.68 %2020: -4.18 %2021: 0.39 %2022: 2.96 %2023: 0.73 %2024: 3.18 %2025: 0.32 %2000201220250.32 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#115 of 127
higher is better
Ranked behind
9 %
12 of 127 countries
Latest move
▼ 2.86 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
8.43 pp
peak 8.75 % in 2004
Full series
▼ 2.95 pp
since 2000

In Americas: #23 of 27vs median 2.90 %: −2.58 pp (worse)

Among 127 countries

4 of 127 countries between -2.71 % and -2.14 %2 of 127 countries between -2.14 % and -1.56 %1 of 127 countries between -1.56 % and -0.99 %3 of 127 countries between -0.99 % and -0.41 %12 of 127 countries between 0.16 % and 0.74 %11 of 127 countries between 0.74 % and 1.31 %12 of 127 countries between 1.31 % and 1.89 %9 of 127 countries between 1.89 % and 2.47 %14 of 127 countries between 2.47 % and 3.04 %13 of 127 countries between 3.04 % and 3.62 %11 of 127 countries between 3.62 % and 4.19 %10 of 127 countries between 4.19 % and 4.77 %6 of 127 countries between 4.77 % and 5.34 %3 of 127 countries between 5.34 % and 5.92 %1 of 127 countries between 5.92 % and 6.49 %2 of 127 countries between 6.49 % and 7.07 %3 of 127 countries between 7.07 % and 7.64 %2 of 127 countries between 7.64 % and 8.22 %2 of 127 countries between 8.22 % and 8.79 %2 of 127 countries between 9.37 % and 9.95 %4 of 127 countries between 10.52 % and 11.10 %median 2.90 %Puerto Rico: ahead of 9 % of the 127 countries with a published gdp growthPuerto Rico 0.32 %-2.71 %11.10 %
Half of all 127 countries sit between 1.30 % and 4.37 %. Puerto Rico is ahead of 9 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGDP growthvs Puerto Rico
113 Hungary0.51 %+0.19 pp
114 New Zealand0.46 %+0.15 pp
115 Puerto Rico0.32 %—
116 Germany0.24 %−0.08 pp
117 Finland0.17 %−0.14 pp

Annual real GDP growth (World Bank).

How to read this figure

Annual growth of real GDP (World Bank) — the size of the economy adjusted for inflation. Population growth matters: a country can grow 2 % while its GDP per person stands still.

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