Share of children in primary school age who are in school in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Share of children in primary school age who are in school was 86.7% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of children in primary school age who are in school in Puerto Rico, 2010–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026); Lee and Lee (2016) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Puerto Rico recorded 86.7% for share of children in primary school age who are in school in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 10 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children in primary school age who are in school in Puerto Rico peaked at 94.7% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 86.7%, in 2024.
Puerto Rico ranks 167th of 209 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 10 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 92.0% | 89.7% | 94.7% | 8 |
| 2020s | 86.9% | 86.7% | 87.0% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
More education data for Puerto Rico
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 11.2% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.5% (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 87.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 15,316 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 0.939 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 88.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children in primary school age who are in school in Puerto Rico?
- Share of children in primary school age who are in school in Puerto Rico was 86.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026); Lee and Lee (2016) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children in primary school age who are in school recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 94.7% in 2014.
- What is the lowest share of children in primary school age who are in school recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 86.7% in 2024.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for share of children in primary school age who are in school?
- Puerto Rico ranks 167th out of 209 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children in primary school age who are in school rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Puerto Rico data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026); Lee and Lee (2016) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of children in primary school age who are in school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The share of children of primary school age (typically 6–11 years) who are enrolled in primary education.