Unemployment rate: Puerto Rico
5.991% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.991 |
| 2024 | 5.639 |
| 2023 | 5.725 |
| 2022 | 6 |
| 2021 | 7.9 |
| 2020 | 8.89 |
| 2019 | 8.3 |
| 2018 | 9.2 |
| 2017 | 10.8 |
| 2016 | 11.8 |
| 2015 | 12 |
| 2014 | 13.9 |
| 2013 | 14.3 |
| 2012 | 14.5 |
| 2011 | 15.7 |
| 2010 | 16.1 |
| 2009 | 15 |
| 2008 | 11.48 |
| 2007 | 10.93 |
| 2006 | 11.01 |
| 2005 | 11.35 |
| 2004 | 10.31 |
| 2003 | 11.78 |
| 2002 | 11.94 |
| 2001 | 11.4 |
| 2000 | 10.08 |
| 1999 | 11.81 |
| 1998 | 13.46 |
| 1997 | 13.8 |
| 1996 | 13.64 |
| 1995 | 13.93 |
| 1994 | 14.6 |
| 1993 | 16.91 |
| 1992 | 16.93 |
| 1991 | 16.18 |