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Puerto Rico Unemployment Rate

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Key data points


Last release
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Observation period
Jul 2025
Next release
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Forecast
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Highest
25.30 % on Jan 31, 1983
Lowest
5.20 % on May 31, 2025

About Puerto Rico Unemployment Rate


Category
Labor
Source
Departamento del Trabajo y Recursos Humanos
Frequency
Monthly
Units
%
Puerto Rico, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.

Puerto Rico in figures — see more economic indicators tied to PRUR.
Employed Persons
PREMP
Employment Rate
PREMR
Government Payrolls (Jobs Created)
PRGPA
Labor Force Participation Rate
PRLFPR
Manufacturing Payrolls (Jobs Created)
PRMP
Nonfarm Payrolls (Jobs Created)
PRNFP
Population
PRPOP
Unemployed Persons
PRUP
Unemployment Rate
PRUR

Frequently Asked Questions


To calculate Puerto Rico Unemployment Rate you need to take the number of the country residents without a job and looking for work divided by the total number of residents in the labor force.
The lowest ever Puerto Rico Unemployment Rate is 5.20%.
The highest figure Puerto Rico Unemployment Rate has ever reached is 25.30%.
Last month Puerto Rico Unemployment Rate was 5.70%, and the month before it reached 5.70%.