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Puerto Rico: Unemployment rate

Percent · 1980–2024 · 45 observations · forecasts to 2031 · unemp

2024
5.60%percent
Change on 2023
−0.3 pointsfrom 5.90%
Average, 2015–2024
8.66%10 years
Record high and low
23.4% (1983)low 5.60% (2024)

Unemployment rate

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20315.86Forecast
20305.86Forecast
20295.86Forecast
20285.91Forecast
20275.81Forecast
20265.98Forecast
20256.43Forecast
20245.60
20235.90
20226.00
20218.00
20208.80
20198.30
20189.20
201710.9
201611.8
201512.1

Sources

  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • International Labour Organization2000–2022
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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Puerto Rico documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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