27, May 2012, CEST. Welcome to the Puerto Rico economic statistics pages provided by the beta version of EconomyWatch.com's Econ Stats database.

Economic Indicators For: Puerto Rico › Change country
National or Regional Currency: US Dollar, US$
Year of data: 2010 › Change year
Number of Indicators Listed:
Full Dataset: From Year 1980 to 2016
Date of Last Update: 1st August 2011
Population: 3,989,133 (July 2011 est.)
Area: total: 13,790 sq km land: 8,870 sq km water: 4,921 sq km
Natural Resources: some copper and nickel; potential for onshore and offshore oil
Capital: name: San Juan geographic coordinates: 18 28 N, 66 07 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
Data Sources: IMF, World Bank, UN, OECD, CIA World Factbook, Internet World Statistics, The Heritage Foundation and Transparency International

Puerto Rico has amongst the most dynamic economies in the Caribbean region. A diverse industrial sector has far surpassed agriculture, fisheries and farming as the primary locus of economic activity and income. Encouraged by duty-open or free access to the US and by taxation incentives and subsidies, US firms have invested heavily in Puerto Rico since the 1950s. Sugar production has lost out to dairy production and other livestock products as the main source of income in the agricultural, agrarian, fisheries and farming sector. Tourism and transportation are important sources of income for the country.
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