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Inflation rate in Puerto Rico

How fast are prices rising where I live — or where I might?

Puerto Rico's inflation rate is 1.40 % — #36 of 126 countries on the atlas (closer to 2 % is better). Period 2025.

1.40%

Checked 9 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP)

At 1.4 % a year, prices double in about 51 years if it holds.

Inflation rate in Puerto Rico over time

9.50 %4.35 %-0.80 %2 % target9.50 % · 1981-0.80 % · 20151981: 9.50 %1982: 3.20 %1983: 0.30 %1984: 1.70 %1985: 0.20 %1986: -0.20 %1987: 2.10 %1988: 2.60 %1989: 2.80 %1990: 4.40 %1991: 2.20 %1992: 1.50 %1993: 1.00 %1994: 1.40 %1995: 1.90 %1996: 3.30 %1997: 1.90 %1998: 0.10 %1999: 0.70 %2000: 3.10 %2001: 0.60 %2002: 0.20 %2003: 1.40 %2004: 2.50 %2005: 5.60 %2006: 5.20 %2007: 4.20 %2008: 5.20 %2009: 0.30 %2010: 2.50 %2011: 2.90 %2012: 1.30 %2013: 1.10 %2014: 0.60 %2015: -0.80 %2016: -0.30 %2017: 1.80 %2018: 1.30 %2019: 0.10 %2020: -0.50 %2021: 2.40 %2022: 6.00 %2023: 3.50 %2024: 2.00 %2025: 1.40 %1981200320251.40 %
45 official observations, 1981 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#36 of 126
closer to 2 % is better
Ranked behind
71 %
90 of 126 countries
Latest move
▼ 0.60 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
8.10 pp
peak 9.50 % in 1981
Full series
▼ 8.10 pp
since 1981

In Americas: #6 of 26vs median 3.12 %: −1.72 pp (better)

The doubling clock

At Puerto Rico's current 1.40 % — prices double in~50 yrsAt the ~2 % target — prices double in~35 yrs
Exact compounding (ln 2 ÷ ln(1 + rate)), not the rule-of-72 shortcut — and an if-it-holds projection, not a forecast: the clock is reset by every new inflation reading. The target line is the context — most central banks aim near 2 %, where prices double about once a working life.

Among 126 countries

22 of 126 countries between -0.30 % and 1.11 %33 of 126 countries between 1.11 % and 2.52 %30 of 126 countries between 2.52 % and 3.93 %13 of 126 countries between 3.93 % and 5.34 %3 of 126 countries between 5.34 % and 6.75 %3 of 126 countries between 6.75 % and 8.16 %5 of 126 countries between 8.16 % and 9.57 %1 of 126 countries between 10.98 % and 12.39 %2 of 126 countries between 12.39 % and 13.80 %4 of 126 countries between 13.80 % and 15.21 %2 of 126 countries between 19.45 % and 20.86 %1 of 126 countries between 20.86 % and 22.27 %1 of 126 countries between 22.27 % and 23.68 %2 of 126 countries between 27.91 % and 29.32 %4 of 126 countries between 32.14 % and 33.55 %median 3.06 %Puerto Rico: ahead of 71 % of the 126 countries with a published inflationPuerto Rico 1.40 %-0.30 %33.55 %
Half of all 126 countries sit between 1.66 % and 4.65 %. Puerto Rico is ahead of 71 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryInflationvs Puerto Rico
34 Algeria1.42 %+0.02 pp
35 United States2.95 %+1.55 pp
36 Puerto Rico1.40 %—
37 Malaysia1.38 %−0.02 pp
38 Israel3.04 %+1.64 pp

Annual CPI inflation from official statistics (World Bank, Eurostat, SSB). Ranked and coloured by distance from the ~2 % target most central banks aim for — deflation is not "winning".

How to read this figure

Annual change in the consumer price index — how much more the same basket costs than a year ago. Derived from official index levels (World Bank collection); one number for the whole country, so your personal basket may run hotter or colder. Ranked and coloured by distance from the ~2 % target most central banks aim for: deflation is a warning sign, not a win, so the greenest countries sit NEAR the target — not at the lowest number.

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