Puerto Rico Labor Force Participation Rate 1990-2018 | Data | Chart

Labor Force Participation Rate in Puerto Rico decreased to 40 percent in February from 40.30 percent in January of 2018. Labor Force Participation Rate in Puerto Rico averaged 44.99 percent from 1990 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 49.80 percent in February of 2007 and a record low of 38.50 percent in October of 2017.

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Puerto Rico Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	9.80	10.00	18.40	8.90	percent	[+]
Population	3.73	3.47	3.83	2.36	Million	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	40.00	40.30	49.80	38.50	percent	[+]
Manufacturing Payrolls	70.50	69.80	161.60	69.80	Thousand	[+]
Non Farm Payrolls	845.10	842.40	1100.80	826.70	Thousand	[+]
Government Payrolls	209.60	210.00	401.90	209.60	Thousand	[+]
Employed Persons	979.00	981.00	1301.00	935.00	Thousand	[+]
Employment Rate	36.00	36.00	44.70	33.50	percent	[+]
Unemployed Persons	109.00	118.00	226.00	102.00	Thousand	[+]

Puerto Rico Labor Force Participation Rate

The labour force participation rate is the number of persons who are employed and unemployed but looking for a job divided by the total working-age population. This page provides - Puerto Rico Labor Force Participation Rate- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Puerto Rico Labor Force Participation Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on May of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	40.00	40.30	49.80	38.50	1990 - 2018	percent	Monthly	NSA

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labor force participation rate by Country

Country	Last		Previous	Highest	Lowest
United Kingdom	79.00	Feb/18	78.8	79	74.1	%	Monthly
France	72.00	Dec/17	71.9	72	69.5	%	Quarterly
Indonesia	69.02	Dec/17	68.06	69.21	57.14	%	Yearly
Switzerland	68.60	Dec/17	68.6	68.8	66.8	%	Quarterly
Italy	65.70	Mar/18	65.4	65.7	61.7	%	Monthly
Australia	65.60	Apr/18	65.5	65.8	60.1	%	Monthly
Canada	65.40	Apr/18	65.5	67.7	61.4	%	Monthly
Netherlands	64.00	Dec/17	64.2	67.1	61.7	%	Quarterly
South Korea	63.50	Apr/18	63.1	63.8	48.5	%	Monthly
United States	62.80	Apr/18	62.9	67.3	58.1	%	Monthly
Russia	62.70	Mar/18	62.5	70.3	62.5	%	Monthly
Germany	61.70	Jan/18	61.5	61.7	56.9	%	Quarterly
Brazil	61.60	Mar/18	61.6	61.9	60.9	%	Monthly
Japan	61.20	Mar/18	60.8	74	58.5	%	Monthly
Mexico	59.00	Mar/18	59.2	61.47	58.18	%	Monthly
Spain	58.46	Mar/18	58.8	60.55	48.88	%	Quarterly
Euro Area	57.30	Dec/17	57.3	57.3	55	%	Quarterly
Turkey	53.20	Feb/18	53.1	53.2	43.9	%	Monthly
India	52.50	Dec/13	50.9	52.9	50.9	%	Yearly