School age population, early childhood educational development in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: School age population, early childhood educational development was 57,431 in 2025. ▼ Falling
School age population, early childhood educational development in Puerto Rico, 2013–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school age population, early childhood educational development in Puerto Rico is 57,431, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and down 38.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, early childhood educational development in Puerto Rico peaked at 110,720 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 56,271, in 2023.
Puerto Rico ranks 76th of 104 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
School age population, early childhood educational development in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 110,720 | — |
| 2014 | 101,090 | -8.7% |
| 2015 | 93,552 | -7.5% |
| 2016 | 87,109 | -6.9% |
| 2017 | 81,288 | -6.7% |
| 2018 | 71,080 | -12.6% |
| 2019 | 67,556 | -5.0% |
| 2020 | 65,205 | -3.5% |
| 2021 | 60,692 | -6.9% |
| 2022 | 57,725 | -4.9% |
| 2023 | 56,271 | -2.5% |
| 2024 | 56,865 | +1.1% |
| 2025 | 57,431 | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 87,485 | 67,556 | 110,720 | 7 |
| 2020s | 59,032 | 56,271 | 65,205 | 6 |
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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 school age population, early childhood educational development in Puerto Rico?
- School age population, early childhood educational development in Puerto Rico was 57,431 in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, early childhood educational development recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 110,720 in 2013.
- What is the lowest school age population, early childhood educational development recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 56,271 in 2023.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for school age population, early childhood educational development?
- Puerto Rico ranks 76th out of 104 countries with data for 2025.
- Is school age population, early childhood educational development rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.6%. 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, published as part of School age population, early childhood educational development programmes, both sexes (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release