Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper male in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper male was 79.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Puerto Rico, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Puerto Rico stood at 79.6%.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Puerto Rico peaked at 82.5% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 28.9%, in 1970.
That places Puerto Rico 41st out of 140 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper male in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 28.9% | — |
| 1980 | 47.4% | +63.9% |
| 2000 | 74.6% | +57.4% |
| 2005 | 77.2% | +3.6% |
| 2006 | 76.0% | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 76.8% | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 76.6% | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 67.5% | -11.9% |
| 2012 | 67.5% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 79.9% | +18.3% |
| 2017 | 77.7% | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 82.5% | +6.1% |
| 2022 | 80.3% | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 80.1% | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 79.6% | -0.7% |
Puerto Rico compared with similar countries
- Puerto Rico's 79.6% is below the median for high income countries, which is 79.7%, 100% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Puerto Rico's 79.6% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 46.9%, 1.7× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper male in Puerto Rico changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | +63.9% | 28.9% | 47.4% |
| 2000 | +57.4% | 47.4% | 74.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 28.9% | 28.9% | 28.9% | 1 |
| 1980s | 47.4% | 47.4% | 47.4% | 1 |
| 2000s | 76.2% | 74.6% | 77.2% | 5 |
| 2010s | 73.2% | 67.5% | 79.9% | 4 |
| 2020s | 80.6% | 79.6% | 82.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
More education data for Puerto Rico
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 87.8 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 86.75 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 20,845 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 14,445 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 13,807 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 171,527 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 144,542 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -3.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Puerto Rico?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Puerto Rico was 79.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 82.5% in 2020.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.9% in 1970.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Puerto Rico ranks 41st out of 140 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. 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 upper secondary 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