Population with tertiary education — all countries

Population with tertiary education — Puerto Rico

Population with tertiary education in Puerto Rico in 2024 — 29.57%. Ranked 11 in the world out of 41. Since 2012, the indicator has risen by 14.86 pp.

2024 29.57% −1.26 pp vs 2023
World rank 11of 41
Period maximum 30.83%2023
Period minimum 7.59%2017

Trend over time

2012–2024 · % of population aged 25+

Population with tertiary education — Puerto Rico, 2012–202401020304020122014201620182020202220242012: 14.71%2017: 7.59%2020: 27.59%2022: 29.84%2023: 30.83%2024: 29.57%
Change over the period: +14.86 pp Annual average: 1.24 pp
Population with tertiary education — Puerto Rico, by year Puerto Rico All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 29.57 −1.26 pp
2023 30.83 +1 pp
2022 29.84
2020 27.59
2017 7.59
2012 14.71

Caribbean, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

PR Puerto Rico 29.57 DO Dominican Republic 19.21

About the indicator

The share of the population aged 25 and older that has completed education at the bachelor's level or above. It differs fundamentally from tertiary enrollment: enrollment counts current students, while this indicator is the accumulated result of past decades, so it changes slowly and reflects not the policy of today but the state of the system twenty or thirty years ago.

Important: An accumulated stock, not the current flow: a country whose tertiary enrollment has grown quickly will keep catching up on this indicator for another generation.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.