Wealth share of the richest 1% in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Wealth share of the richest 1% was 27.6% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Wealth share of the richest 1% in Puerto Rico, 1980–2024
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, wealth share of the richest 1% in Puerto Rico stood at 27.6%.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wealth share of the richest 1% in Puerto Rico peaked at 37.1% in 1980 and was at its lowest, 27.5%, in 2020.
That places Puerto Rico 88th out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 36.8% | 36.6% | 37.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 35.3% | 33.9% | 36.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 32.9% | 31.9% | 33.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 30.0% | 28.1% | 31.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 27.6% | 27.5% | 27.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
- 86 Anguilla 27.6% compare
- 87 Aruba 27.6% compare
- 88 Turks and Caicos Islands 27.6% compare
- 90 Dominica 27.6% compare
- 91 Antigua and Barbuda 27.6% compare
More reference data data for Puerto Rico
- Summer temperature anomalies 0.4659 °C (2026)
- Spring temperature anomalies 0.2752 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month 0.7164 °C (2026)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 0.3803 °C (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies 0.4424 °C (2025)
- Civil liberties rating 1 (2015)
- Free country 2 (2015)
- Precipitation anomalies 9.32 millimeters (2025)
- Annual precipitation 1,133 millimeters (2025)
- Share of men who are overweight or obese 71.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wealth share of the richest 1% in Puerto Rico?
- Wealth share of the richest 1% in Puerto Rico was 27.6% in 2024, according to World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest wealth share of the richest 1% recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 37.1% in 1980.
- What is the lowest wealth share of the richest 1% recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.5% in 2020.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for wealth share of the richest 1%?
- Puerto Rico ranks 88th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wealth share of the richest 1% rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Puerto Rico data come from?
- The figures come from World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Wealth share of the richest 1%. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of wealth owned by the richest 1% of the population. Wealth is defined as the total value of non-financial and financial assets (housing, land, deposits, bonds, equities, etc.) held by households, minus their debts.