Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 93.7% 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 93.7% for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Puerto Rico peaked at 96.8% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 64.4%, in 1970.
Puerto Rico ranks 70th of 134 countries on this measure, 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 | 64.4% | — |
| 1980 | 75.4% | +17.2% |
| 2000 | 89.5% | +18.6% |
| 2012 | 88.6% | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 96.4% | +8.9% |
| 2017 | 91.1% | -5.5% |
| 2020 | 96.8% | +6.2% |
| 2022 | 93.5% | -3.3% |
| 2023 | 93.9% | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 93.7% | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 64.4% | 64.4% | 64.4% | 1 |
| 1980s | 75.4% | 75.4% | 75.4% | 1 |
| 2000s | 89.5% | 89.5% | 89.5% | 1 |
| 2010s | 92.1% | 88.6% | 96.4% | 3 |
| 2020s | 94.5% | 93.5% | 96.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
More education data for Puerto Rico
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 15,316 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 11.2% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.5% (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 93.7% 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 96.8% in 2020.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 64.4% in 1970.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Puerto Rico ranks 70th out of 134 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 2.8%. 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release