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Puerto Rico is best read as a U.S.-linked island economy where pharmaceuticals, services, federal support, and infrastructure normalization drive activity more than a conventional standalone equity market does. The cleanest read usually comes from manufacturing output, tourism and services activity, and whether public-finance conditions keep improving enough to support investment and demand.
Regional map
Start here
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Use the key figures to see the country’s size, currency and current economic backdrop.
Pick one variable at a time and see how it has changed over time.
The final cards explain the few forces that can move companies and the local market.
Key facts
Capital
Currency
Primary exchange
Central bank
Region
Time zone
Source: Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics,
Country dashboard
A U.S.-dollar Caribbean economy shaped by manufacturing, federal transfers, tourism, and municipal-how easy and expensive borrowing is.
Macro explorer
Click an indicator to open a focused read instead of scanning every card at once.
Puerto Rico starter GDP-growth path anchored to sourced country profile readings; full official historical wiring is still pending.
Available variables
Source: Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics,
Trade and external position
The latest available data show exports of $65.4B and imports of $53.9B, leaving an external balance of +$11.5B. Services account for 0.0% of total exports.
This is the broadest external-demand read for Puerto Rico, because it combines merchandise shipments with cross-border services such as travel, transport, finance, and business services.
Commodity lens
Trade in goods and services equaled 94.6% of GDP in 2024. This is a quick read on how externally exposed the economy is.
What to watch
Puerto Rico should first be read through manufacturing activity. When this regime shifts, local how highly shares are valued and sector leadership usually shift with it.
The cleanest read usually comes from manufacturing output, tourism and services activity, and whether public-finance conditions keep improving enough to support investment and demand. That makes federal support one of the most important signals for revising the country narrative.
The final layer is tourism and services, because it determines whether the macro backdrop turns into sustainable profits support for the Puerto Rico Activity Proxy.
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Real GDP growth
What This Signals
GDP growth is published quarterly and annualized, so each point captures how fast real output was expanding or contracting versus the prior quarter at an annual rate. It matters because it is the broadest scorecard of domestic economic momentum and sets the backdrop for revenues, employment, and policy expectations. Versus a year ago, the series is lower by 4.9%, which points to a softer or less supportive backdrop on this measure. Across the displayed window, the broader trend is still downward.