https://www.humantruth.info/puerto_rico.html
By Vexen Crabtree 2013
Puerto Rico Commonwealth of Puerto Rico | ![]() |
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Status | Dependency (Commonwealth) |
Sovereignty | USA |
Capital | San Juan |
Land Area | 8 870km21 |
Location | North America, The Americas, The Caribbean |
Groupings | Small Islands |
Population | |
GNI | |
ISO3166-1 Codes | PR, PRI, 6302 |
Internet Domain | .pr3 |
Currency | Dollar (USD)4 |
Telephone | +5 |
“Populated for centuries by aboriginal peoples, the island was claimed by the Spanish Crown in 1493 following Christopher COLUMBUS' second voyage to the Americas. In 1898, after 400 years of colonial rule that saw the indigenous population nearly exterminated and African slave labor introduced, Puerto Rico was ceded to the US as a result of the Spanish-American War. Puerto Ricans were granted US citizenship in 1917. Popularly-elected governors have served since 1948. In 1952, a constitution was enacted providing for internal self government. In plebiscites held in 1967, 1993, and 1998, voters chose not to alter the existing political status with the US, but the results of a 2012 vote left open the possibility of American statehood.”
CIA's The World Factbook (2013)6
“Puerto Rico is the fodder of many a Caribbean daydream for good reason: this natural jewel box can satisfy the lethargic beach bum, the sunrise rainforest explorer and the budding big-wave surfer. Golden sand, swashbuckling history and wildly diverse terrain make the sun-washed backyard of the United States a place fittingly hyped as the `Island of Enchantment.´ It´s the Caribbean´s only island where you can catch a wave before breakfast, hike a rainforest after lunch and race to the beat of a high-gloss, cosmopolitan city after dark.
Between blinking casinos and chirping frogs, Puerto Rico is also a land of dynamic contrasts, where the breezy gate of the Caribbean is bedeviled by the hustle of contemporary America. While modern conveniences make it simple for travelers, the condo-lined concrete jungle might seem a bit too close to home. A quick visit for Puerto Rico´s beaches, historic forts and craps tables will quicken a visitor´s pulse, but the island´s singular essence only reveals itself to those who go deeper, exploring the misty crags of the central mountains and crumbling facades of the island´s remote corners.”
As a territory of the USA I do not have many specific statistics for this territory in its own right.
#birth_control #demographics #fertility #health #overpopulation #population #yemen
Population:
This country has a fertility rate of 0.90. The fertility rate is, in simple terms, the average amount of children that each woman has. The higher the figure, the quicker the population will grow, although, to calculate the rate you also need to take into account morbidity - the rate at which people die. If people live healthy and long lives and morbidity is low, then, 2.0 approximates to the replacement rate (two new children for each set of parents who die), which would keep the population stable. If all countries had such a fertility rate, population growth would end. The actual replacement rate in most developed countries is around 2.1. The highest fertility rate ever detected in a single year was in Yemen in 1985, at 8.86.8Fertility Rate 2.0 is best9 | ||
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Pos. | 20229 | |
1 | US Virgin Islands | 2.00 |
2 | Ecuador | 2.00 |
3 | Nepal | 2.01 |
... | ||
148 | British Virgin Islands | 1.02 |
149 | Timor-Leste (E. Timor) | 3.05 |
150 | Kazakhstan | 3.05 |
151 | Puerto Rico | 0.90 |
152 | Tajikistan | 3.14 |
153 | Tuvalu | 3.14 |
154 | Papua New Guinea | 3.17 |
155 | Tonga | 3.19 |
World Avg | 2.47 | |
q=208. |
#freedom #human_rights #politics #puerto_rico
Human Rights & Tolerance:
Freedom in the World Lower is better | ||
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Pos. | 2024 Score | |
1= | Norway | 1.0 |
1= | Canada | 1.0 |
1= | Cape Verde | 1.0 |
... | ||
149 | Kuwait | 5.5 |
150= | Iraq | 5.5 |
150= | Northern Cyprus | 5.5 |
150= | Puerto Rico | 5.5 |
150= | Oman | 5.5 |
150= | S. Ossetia | 5.5 |
150= | Hong Kong | 5.5 |
150= | Guinea | 5.5 |
The Americas Avg | 2.7 | |
World Avg | 3.7 | |
q=205. |
Amnesty International's 2023-23 report on Puerto Rico was quite short: "Killings by police disproportionately affected low-income racially mixed communities. Activists protested environmental degradation. A total of five bills seeking to restrict access to abortion were defeated"10.
#birth_control #demographics #health #overpopulation #puerto_rico
Health:
Puerto Rico is a pretty unhealthy country. And finally, it does worse than average in its fertility rate9 (the highest in The Americas). The prevalence of overweight adults has increased by 14% over the last 40 years. Puerto Rico's peak fertility rate was 4.8 in 1960.Fertility Rate 2.0 is best9 | ||
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Pos. | 20229 | |
1 | US Virgin Islands | 2.00 |
2 | Ecuador | 2.00 |
3 | Nepal | 2.01 |
... | ||
148 | British Virgin Islands | 1.02 |
149 | Timor-Leste (E. Timor) | 3.05 |
150 | Kazakhstan | 3.05 |
151 | Puerto Rico | 0.90 |
152 | Tajikistan | 3.14 |
153 | Tuvalu | 3.14 |
154 | Papua New Guinea | 3.17 |
155 | Tonga | 3.19 |
The Americas Avg | 1.80 | |
World Avg | 2.47 | |
q=208. |
#biodiversity #deforestation #over-exploitation #puerto_rico #the_environment
This rank is calculated from 1 data sets. Puerto Rico comes in the best 20 when it comes to its forested percent change 2000-202011.Forest Area Change 2000-2020 Higher is better11 | ||
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Pos. | Total11 | |
1 | Guernsey | 82.6% |
2 | Bahrain | 75.2% |
3 | Iceland | 64.7% |
... | ||
14 | Ireland | 22.8% |
15 | Syria | 20.0% |
16 | Guam | 16.7% |
17 | Puerto Rico | 15.5% |
18 | Iran | 15.2% |
19 | Bulgaria | 14.9% |
20 | Chile | 14.6% |
21 | Cape Verde | 14.6% |
The Americas Avg | -2.1% | |
World Avg | -0.1% | |
q=234. |
From 2000 to 2010, Puerto Rico restored its forest cover by 15%, from 429 thousand hectares to 491 thousand, although sadly from 2010 to 2020, it only managed +1%.
#education #modernity #religion #religiosity #research #science #secularisation #technology #the_internet
Compared to The Americas (2020)12 | ||
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Pos. | Lower is better Avg Rank12 | |
1 | Canada | 21.9 |
2 | USA | 28.2 |
3 | Argentina | 43.6 |
4 | Chile | 50.8 |
5 | Barbados | 54.2 |
6 | Brazil | 54.9 |
7 | St Kitts & Nevis | 56.7 |
8 | Puerto Rico | 57.5 |
9 | Mexico | 60.7 |
10 | Uruguay | 66.8 |
11 | Costa Rica | 68.0 |
12= | Peru | 68.5 |
12= | Grenada | 68.5 |
The Americas Avg | 81.3 | |
q=41. |
Modernity & Learning (2020)12 | ||
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Pos. | Lower is better Avg Rank12 | |
1 | Finland | 7.7 |
2 | Taiwan | 10.0 |
3 | Switzerland | 14.7 |
... | ||
57 | St Kitts & Nevis | 56.7 |
58 | Kosovo | 57.0 |
59 | Moldova | 57.2 |
60 | Puerto Rico | 57.5 |
61 | Saudi Arabia | 58.1 |
62 | Palau | 59.3 |
63 | China | 60.4 |
64 | Mexico | 60.7 |
World Avg | 82.7 | |
q=205. |
Modernity and Education:
Research & Development Higher is better | ||
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Pos. | 2016 % RDP PPP | |
1 | S. Korea | 4.2913 |
2 | Israel | 4.1113 |
3 | Japan | 3.5813 |
... | ||
63= | Qatar | 0.4714 |
63= | Cuba | 0.4715 |
65 | Macedonia | 0.4415 |
66= | Puerto Rico | 0.4415 |
67 | Jordan | 0.4316 |
68 | Mozambique | 0.4217 |
69 | Thailand | 0.3918 |
70= | Tanzania | 0.3817 |
The Americas Avg | 0.47 | |
World Avg | 0.84 | |
q=126. |
Religiosity Lower is better19 | ||
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Pos. | 2018 %19 | |
1 | China | 3 |
2 | Estonia | 6 |
3 | Czechia | 7 |
... | ||
65 | S. Africa | 75 |
66= | Ecuador | 76 |
66= | Costa Rica | 76 |
68 | Puerto Rico | 77 |
69= | Malaysia | 77 |
69= | Colombia | 77 |
71 | Dominican Rep. | 78 |
72= | Iran | 78 |
The Americas Avg | 65.4 | |
World Avg | 54.3 | |
q=106. |
Technology and Information:
Internet Users Higher is better20 | ||
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Pos. | 201620 | |
1 | Iceland | 100% |
2 | Faroe Islands | 99% |
3 | Norway | 98% |
... | ||
28 | S. Korea | 86% |
29 | Australia | 85% |
30 | Bahamas | 85% |
31 | Puerto Rico | 83% |
32= | Singapore | 83% |
32= | Slovakia | 83% |
34 | Spain | 82% |
35 | Austria | 81% |
The Americas Avg | 56.4% | |
World Avg | 48.1% | |
q=201. |
IPv6 Uptake Higher is better21 | ||
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Pos. | 2017 Ratio21 | |
1 | Belgium | 55.4 |
2 | Germany | 41.8 |
3 | Switzerland | 35.1 |
... | ||
63= | Moldova | 0.3 |
64 | UAE | 0.3 |
65 | Seychelles | 0.2 |
66 | Puerto Rico | 0.2 |
67 | Indonesia | 0.2 |
68 | S. Africa | 0.1 |
69 | Jersey | 0.1 |
70= | Sudan | 0.1 |
The Americas Avg | 3.36 | |
World Avg | 3.82 | |
q=176. |
#buddhism #christianity #hinduism #islam #judaism #religion #religiosity #secularisation
Religiosity (2018)19 | ||
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Pos. | Lower is better %19 | |
1 | China | 3 |
2 | Estonia | 6 |
3 | Czechia | 7 |
... | ||
65 | S. Africa | 75 |
66= | Ecuador | 76 |
66= | Costa Rica | 76 |
68 | Puerto Rico | 77 |
69= | Malaysia | 77 |
69= | Colombia | 77 |
71 | Dominican Rep. | 78 |
72= | Iran | 78 |
72= | Tunisia | 78 |
74 | Bangladesh | 80 |
75= | India | 80 |
76 | Iraq | 82 |
77= | El Salvador | 85 |
77= | Jordan | 85 |
79 | Palestine | 86 |
80= | Uganda | 86 |
World Avg | 54.3 | |
q=106. |
Data from the Pew Forum, a professional polling outfit, states that in 2010 the religious makeup of this country was as follows in the table below22:
Christian | 96.7% |
Muslim | 0.1% |
Hindu | 0.1% |
Buddhist | 0.3% |
Folk Religion | 0.8% |
Jewish | 0.1% |
Unaffiliated | 1.9% |
It appears that when asked "What religion are you" many give pollsters the 'correct' answer despite how they actually feel, and despite what they actually believe. Although 98.1% of the populace say they belong to a religion, only 77% say that they are religious when the question is phrased as "Is religion an important part of your daily life?".
For more on this phenomenon, see:
The CIA World Factbook has slightly different data, and states simply: Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant and other 15%23.
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