Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 94.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Puerto Rico, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Puerto Rico recorded 94.2% for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2024.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Puerto Rico peaked at 97.1% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 62.2%, in 1970.
That places Puerto Rico 67th out of 136 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 62.2% | — |
| 1980 | 74.2% | +19.2% |
| 2000 | 89.0% | +20.0% |
| 2012 | 88.8% | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 96.6% | +8.7% |
| 2017 | 91.4% | -5.4% |
| 2020 | 97.1% | +6.2% |
| 2022 | 94.1% | -3.1% |
| 2023 | 94.3% | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 94.2% | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 62.2% | 62.2% | 62.2% | 1 |
| 1980s | 74.2% | 74.2% | 74.2% | 1 |
| 2000s | 89.0% | 89.0% | 89.0% | 1 |
| 2010s | 92.3% | 88.8% | 96.6% | 3 |
| 2020s | 94.9% | 94.1% | 97.1% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
More education data for Puerto Rico
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 15,316 (2024)
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 11.2% (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Puerto Rico?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Puerto Rico was 94.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 97.1% in 2020.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 62.2% in 1970.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Puerto Rico ranks 67th out of 136 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Puerto Rico data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher, population 25+ years, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release