Latin America & Caribbean · Partial data: missing TOT, GF10, GF07, GF02, GF0107, rev
Data checked 28 Oct 2026 · next scheduled check 1 Jan 2027 · UN World Population Prospects (via World Bank) released 1 Jul 2026 · World Bank WDI released 8 Oct 2026
Total spending · 2024
Not available
Welfare · 2024
Not available
Healthcare · 2024
Not available
Defence · 2024
Not available
Education · 2024
4.27%
-2.2 pts since 2013
Debt interest · 2024
Not available
Gross debt · 2025
17.6%
of GDP · -16 pts since 2006
Population · 2025
3.2m
-13.5% since 1995
Public-sector employment
Not available: no official public-sector employment series is loaded for Puerto Rico (US) yet.
Not available: general-government welfare (COFOG 10) and COFOG debt transactions (01.7). No matching official observation was found in the sources checked; narrower-sector or differently defined figures are not substituted.
Education fell from 6.5% to 2.6% of GDP between 2013 and 2018, then rose to 4.3% by 2024.
Gross debt rose from 33.4% to 54.5% of GDP between 2006 and 2014, then fell to 17.6% by 2025.
Population fell from 3.7 million in 1995 to 3.2 million in 2025; the UN projects 2.4 million by 2050.