School age population, upper secondary education, female in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: School age population, upper secondary education, female was 52,059 in 2025. ▼ Falling
School age population, upper secondary education, female in Puerto Rico, 1997–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
Puerto Rico recorded 52,059 for school age population, upper secondary education, female in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 29 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.4% on the previous year and down 26.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, upper secondary education, female in Puerto Rico peaked at 94,565 in 1997 and was at its lowest, 52,059, in 2025.
Puerto Rico ranks 139th of 220 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 29 years of available data.
School age population, upper secondary education, female in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 94,565 | — |
| 1998 | 91,836 | -2.9% |
| 1999 | 89,708 | -2.3% |
| 2000 | 88,929 | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 87,619 | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 85,913 | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 84,797 | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 84,626 | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 85,136 | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 85,752 | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 85,912 | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 85,400 | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 84,407 | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 83,154 | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 80,515 | -3.2% |
| 2012 | 77,623 | -3.6% |
| 2013 | 74,995 | -3.4% |
| 2014 | 72,797 | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 70,906 | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 69,098 | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 66,873 | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 61,116 | -8.6% |
| 2019 | 59,835 | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 58,123 | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 56,725 | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 55,356 | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 54,461 | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 53,338 | -2.1% |
| 2025 | 52,059 | -2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 92,036 | 89,708 | 94,565 | 3 |
| 2000s | 85,849 | 84,407 | 88,929 | 10 |
| 2010s | 71,691 | 59,835 | 83,154 | 10 |
| 2020s | 55,010 | 52,059 | 58,123 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
More education data for Puerto Rico
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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 upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 15,316 (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, upper secondary education, female in Puerto Rico?
- School age population, upper secondary education, female in Puerto Rico was 52,059 in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, upper secondary education, female recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 94,565 in 1997.
- What is the lowest school age population, upper secondary education, female recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 52,059 in 2025.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for school age population, upper secondary education, female?
- Puerto Rico ranks 139th out of 220 countries with data for 2025.
- Is school age population, upper secondary education, female rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.6%. 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, upper secondary education, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 29 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release