Freedom in Puerto Rico
Where Puerto Rico sits on every statistic this site carries, each against the countries the same source covers. Puerto Rico has a figure for 25 of 60 indicators.
Personal
What a person may say, believe, publish, join and where they may go.
| Statistic | Value | Year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legal rights for women | 83.8 | 2023 | 73 of 164 |
| Women can get a passport as men do | 1.000 | 2023 | 105 of 164 |
Economic
What a person may own, trade, earn and keep.
| Statistic | Value | Year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trade openness | 90.5% | 2025 | 49 of 125 |
| Regulatory quality | 65.2 | 2024 | 38 of 169 |
| GDP per capita | $44.6K | 2025 | 34 of 157 |
| GDP growth | 0.3% | 2025 | — |
| Unemployment | 6.0% | 2025 | 100 of 163 |
Digital
What a person may read, send and encrypt online, and who is watching.
| Statistic | Value | Year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed broadband subscriptions | 28.0 | 2024 | 45 of 134 |
| Mobile subscriptions | 126.4 | 2024 | 50 of 134 |
Government
How power is held, checked and abused.
| Statistic | Value | Year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Voice and accountability | 63.5 | 2024 | 49 of 170 |
| Control of corruption | 55.9 | 2024 | 47 of 170 |
| Government effectiveness | 46.4 | 2024 | 94 of 169 |
| Political stability | 73.4 | 2024 | 45 of 170 |
Society
Health, schooling, safety and who takes part.
| Statistic | Value | Year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 81.9 | 2024 | 26 of 170 |
| Secondary school enrolment | 81.5% | 2024 | 64 of 85 |
| Government spending on education | 4.3% | 2023 | — |
| Maternal mortality | 11.0 | 2023 | 44 of 167 |
| Women in the workforce | 36.9% | 2025 | — |
| Fertility rate | 0.92 | 2024 | — |
| Urban population | 94.3% | 2025 | — |
| Refugees who left | 0.0 | 2024 | 4 of 168 |
| Population | 3.2M | 2025 | — |
Environment
Energy, emissions and access to power.
| Statistic | Value | Year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| CO₂ emissions per person | 4.82 | 2024 | 117 of 165 |
| Renewable energy use | 2.6% | 2021 | 153 of 169 |
| Access to electricity | 100.0% | 2024 | 62 of 169 |
What is missing
35 of the 60 statistics here have no figure for Puerto Rico in the year they were last ranked. Coverage differs by source: an indicator missing here is one its producer does not publish for Puerto Rico, not a zero. Who publishes what