Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 1.01 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Puerto Rico, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Puerto Rico recorded 1.01 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Puerto Rico peaked at 1.01 GPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.9362 GPIA, in 1970.
Puerto Rico ranks 14th of 133 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
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 | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.9362 GPIA | — |
| 1980 | 0.9689 GPIA | +3.5% |
| 2000 | 0.9912 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 1.01 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 1 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 1 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 1.01 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9362 GPIA | 0.9362 GPIA | 0.9362 GPIA | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.9689 GPIA | 0.9689 GPIA | 0.9689 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9912 GPIA | 0.9912 GPIA | 0.9912 GPIA | 1 |
| 2010s | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 3 |
| 2020s | 1.01 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 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)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 15,316 (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 11.2% (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 1.01 GPIA 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 1.01 GPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9362 GPIA in 1970.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Puerto Rico ranks 14th out of 133 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 up 0.8%. 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release