Lower middle income vs Puerto Rico: Gross national expenditure (current US$), per capita
Lower middle income
2,779 current US$ per person
in 2025
Puerto Rico
40,883 current US$ per person
in 2025
Lower middle income rank
34th
Puerto Rico rank
31st
Gross national expenditure (current US$), per capita over time
- Lower middle income
- Puerto Rico
How they compare
Puerto Rico currently reports 40,883 current US$ per person against 2,779 current US$ per person in Lower middle income, a difference of 38,104 current US$ per person.
That makes Puerto Rico's figure about 14.7 times Lower middle income's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Puerto Rico has been ahead every year.
Lower middle income ranks 34th and Puerto Rico ranks 31st of 43 groups.
Puerto Rico has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lower middle income | Puerto Rico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 153.29 current US$ per person | 1,451 current US$ per person | 1,298 current US$ per person | Puerto Rico |
| 1970s | 261.4 current US$ per person | 3,243 current US$ per person | 2,982 current US$ per person | Puerto Rico |
| 1980s | 477.67 current US$ per person | 6,085 current US$ per person | 5,608 current US$ per person | Puerto Rico |
| 1990s | 533.15 current US$ per person | 10,590 current US$ per person | 10,056 current US$ per person | Puerto Rico |
| 2000s | 945.43 current US$ per person | 17,588 current US$ per person | 16,642 current US$ per person | Puerto Rico |
| 2010s | 1,921 current US$ per person | 23,352 current US$ per person | 21,431 current US$ per person | Puerto Rico |
| 2020s | 2,490 current US$ per person | 34,771 current US$ per person | 32,281 current US$ per person | Puerto Rico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher gross national expenditure (current us$), per capita, Lower middle income or Puerto Rico?
- Puerto Rico, at 40,883 current US$ per person against 2,779 current US$ per person in Lower middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in gross national expenditure (current us$), per capita between Lower middle income and Puerto Rico?
- 38,104 current US$ per person, with Puerto Rico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Puerto Rico?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1963 to 2025.
- How do Lower middle income and Puerto Rico rank globally for gross national expenditure (current us$), per capita?
- Lower middle income ranks 34th and Puerto Rico ranks 31st of 43 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Gross national expenditure (current US$), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Gross national expenditure (current US$) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.