Puerto Rico/

Puerto Rico has one of the most dynamic economies in the Caribbean region. A diverse industrial sector has far surpassed agriculture as the primary locus of economic activity and income. Encouraged by duty-free access to the US and by tax incentives, US firms have invested heavily in Puerto Rico since the 1950s. US minimum wage laws apply. Sugar production has lost out to dairy production and other livestock products as the main source of income in the agricultural sector. Tourism has traditionally been an important source of income with estimated arrivals of more than 3.6 million tourists in 2008.

$64.84 billion (2010 est.)

$68.84 billion (2009 est.)

$71.51 billion (2008 est.)

$93.52 billion (2010 est.)

-5.8% (2010 est.)

-3.7% (2009 est.)

-2.8% (2008 est.)

$16,300 (2010 est.)

$17,400 (2009 est.)

$18,100 (2008 est.)

1.479 million (2007)

12% (2002)

NA%

6.5% (2003 est.)

$NA

sugarcane, coffee, pineapples, plantains, bananas; livestock products, chickens

pharmaceuticals, electronics, apparel, food products, tourism

NA%

23.72 billion kWh (2007 est.)

22.06 billion kWh (2007 est.)

0 kWh (2008 est.)

0 kWh (2008 est.)

1,783 bbl/day (2009 est.)

164,100 bbl/day (2009 est.)

16,520 bbl/day (2007 est.)

225,000 bbl/day (2007 est.)

0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)

0 cu m (2008 est.)

806.6 million cu m (2008 est.)

0 cu m (2008 est.)

806.6 million cu m (2008 est.)

0 cu m (1 January 2010 est.)

$46.9 billion (2001)

chemicals, electronics, apparel, canned tuna, rum, beverage concentrates, medical equipment

$29.1 billion (2001)

chemicals, machinery and equipment, clothing, food, fish, petroleum products

$NA

the US dollar is used