Puerto Rico GDP Annual Growth Rate

The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Puerto Rico contracted 2.40 percent in 2017 from the previous year. GDP Annual Growth Rate in Puerto Rico averaged 3.52 percent from 1961 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 13.80 percent in 1971 and a record low of -3.80 percent in 2009.

GDP Annual Growth Rate in Puerto Rico is expected to be -4.60 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Puerto Rico GDP Annual Growth Rate is projected to trend around 2.30 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Puerto Rico GDP	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
GDP Annual Growth Rate	-2.40	-1.30	13.80	-3.80	percent	[+]
GDP	105.03	103.14	105.03	1.69	USD Billion	[+]
GDP per capita	27308.99	27501.61	28084.93	5831.72	USD	[+]
GDP Per Capita Ppp	35044.70	35291.80	36040.40	22227.20	USD	[+]

Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory of the United States. Once one of the poorest islands in the Caribbean, now it has the highest GDP per capita in the region. Puerto Ricans are considered citizens of the United States and the territory receives funds from the federal government. The most important sector of the economy is export-driven pharmaceutical industry, followed by tourism. However, the private sector lacks the dynamism. As a result, the government is in poor fiscal condition, unemployment rate is high and the labour force participation rate extremely low. This page provides - Puerto Rico GDP Annual Growth Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Puerto Rico GDP Annual Growth Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on April of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	-2.40	-1.30	13.80	-3.80	1961 - 2017	percent	Yearly

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
India	6.60	Dec/18	7	11.4 : -5.2	%
China	6.40	Dec/18	6.5	15.4 : 3.8	%
Indonesia	5.18	Dec/18	5.17	7.16 : 1.56	%
Saudi Arabia	3.60	Dec/18	2.5	24.2 : -20.7	%
South Korea	3.10	Dec/18	2	20.8 : -7.3	%
United States	3.00	Dec/18	3	13.4 : -3.9	%
Russia	2.70	Dec/18	2.2	12.1 : -11.2	%
Australia	2.30	Dec/18	2.7	9 : -3.4	%
Spain	2.30	Dec/18	2.5	5.6 : -4.3	%
Netherlands	2.20	Dec/18	2.4	6.1 : -4.6	%
Singapore	1.90	Dec/18	2.4	19 : -8.8	%
Mexico	1.70	Dec/18	2.5	9 : -9.1	%
Canada	1.60	Dec/18	1.9	9.3 : -4.1	%
Switzerland	1.40	Dec/18	2.4	5.8 : -3.7	%
United Kingdom	1.40	Dec/18	1.6	9.7 : -6.1	%
Brazil	1.10	Dec/18	1.3	10.1 : -5.5	%
Euro Area	1.10	Dec/18	1.6	5 : -5.5	%
South Africa	1.10	Dec/18	1.3	7.1 : -2.6	%
France	1.00	Dec/18	1.4	12.6 : -3.8	%
Germany	0.60	Dec/18	1.1	7.2 : -6.8	%
Japan	0.30	Dec/18	0.1	9.4 : -8.8	%
Italy	0.00	Dec/18	0.6	10.3 : -7.2	%
Turkey	-3.00	Dec/18	1.8	11.7 : -14.4	%
Argentina	-6.20	Dec/18	-3.7	16.2 : -16.3	%