Puerto Rico Labor Force Participation Rate

Labor Force Participation Rate in Puerto Rico increased to 41 percent in May from 40.70 percent in April of 2019. Labor Force Participation Rate in Puerto Rico averaged 44.80 percent from 1990 until 2019, 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.

Labor Force Participation Rate in Puerto Rico is expected to be 40.80 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Labor Force Participation Rate in Puerto Rico to stand at 40.70 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Puerto Rico Labor Force Participation Rate is projected to trend around 41.00 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

Puerto Rico Labor Force Participation Rate

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Puerto Rico Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	8.00	7.70	25.30	7.60	percent	[+]
Population	3.26	3.37	3.83	2.36	Million	[+]
Unemployed Persons	84.00	84.00	226.00	81.00	Thousand	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	41.00	40.70	49.80	38.50	percent	[+]
Manufacturing Payrolls	72.60	72.50	161.60	68.70	Thousand	[+]
Non Farm Payrolls	871.40	872.50	1100.80	826.70	Thousand	[+]
Government Payrolls	202.40	203.30	401.90	201.70	Thousand	[+]
Employed Persons	1001.00	992.00	1301.00	929.00	Thousand	[+]
Employment Rate	37.90	37.50	44.70	33.50	percent	[+]

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 July of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	41.00	40.70	49.80	38.50	1990 - 2019	percent	Monthly	NSA

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
United Kingdom	79.10	Apr/19	79.2	79.3 : 74.1	%
France	72.30	Mar/19	72.3	72.3 : 69.5	%
Netherlands	71.20	Jun/19	71.1	71.2 : 67.4	%
Indonesia	69.20	Dec/18	69.02	69.21 : 57.14	%
Switzerland	68.30	Mar/19	68.7	68.8 : 66.8	%
Russia	67.70	Mar/19	62.1	70.3 : 61.9	%
Singapore	67.70	Dec/18	67.7	68.3 : 55.3	%
Australia	66.00	Jun/19	66	66 : 60.1	%
Canada	65.70	Jun/19	65.7	67.7 : 61.4	%
Italy	65.70	May/19	65.7	65.9 : 61.6	%
South Korea	64.20	Jun/19	64	64.2 : 48.5	%
United States	62.90	Jun/19	62.8	67.3 : 58.1	%
Japan	62.20	May/19	62.1	74 : 58.5	%
Brazil	62.10	May/19	61.9	62.1 : 60.8	%
Germany	61.80	Dec/18	61.5	61.8 : 56.9	%
Mexico	60.20	May/19	59.7	61.47 : 58.18	%
South Africa	58.80	Mar/19	59.4	60.8 : 53.6	%
Spain	58.35	Mar/19	58.61	60.55 : 48.88	%
Euro Area	57.40	Dec/18	57.3	57.4 : 55	%
Saudi Arabia	56.40	Mar/19	55.9	56.5 : 47.8	%
Turkey	53.10	Apr/19	53.3	53.5 : 43.9	%
India	49.80	Dec/18	50.4	63.7 : 49.8	%
Argentina	47.00	Mar/19	46.5	47 : 44.5	%