Puerto Rico vs Upper middle income: Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure
Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure over time
- Puerto Rico
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Puerto Rico currently reports 78.7% against 48.8% in Upper middle income, a difference of 29.9%.
That makes Puerto Rico's figure about 1.6 times Upper middle income's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Puerto Rico ahead.
Puerto Rico ranks 38th and Upper middle income ranks 39th of 190 countries.
Puerto Rico has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Puerto Rico | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 76.4% | 64.1% | 12.3% | Puerto Rico |
| 1970s | 77.2% | 60.1% | 17.1% | Puerto Rico |
| 1980s | 72.8% | 60.8% | 12.0% | Puerto Rico |
| 1990s | 61.6% | 60.8% | 0.8% | Puerto Rico |
| 2000s | 56.4% | 54.6% | 1.9% | Puerto Rico |
| 2010s | 60.5% | 48.7% | 11.8% | Puerto Rico |
| 2020s | 74.1% | 47.2% | 26.8% | Puerto Rico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher households and npishs final consumption expenditure, Puerto Rico or Upper middle income?
- Puerto Rico, at 78.7% against 48.8% in Upper middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in households and npishs final consumption expenditure between Puerto Rico and Upper middle income?
- 29.9%, with Puerto Rico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Puerto Rico and Upper middle income?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Puerto Rico and Upper middle income rank globally for households and npishs final consumption expenditure?
- Puerto Rico ranks 38th and Upper middle income ranks 39th of 190 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks, published as Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This field includes expenditure on goods and services by the Household and NPISH sector for the direct satisfaction of human needs or wants, whether individual or collective. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.