Puerto Rico vs Upper middle income: Industry (including construction), value added
Industry (including construction), value added over time
- Puerto Rico
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Puerto Rico currently reports 47.0% against 32.7% in Upper middle income, a difference of 14.3%.
That makes Puerto Rico's figure about 1.4 times Upper middle income's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Upper middle income ahead.
Puerto Rico ranks 8th and Upper middle income ranks 8th of 209 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Puerto Rico averaged higher in 5 and Upper middle income in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Puerto Rico | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 31.2% | 41.0% | 9.8% | Upper middle income |
| 1970s | 34.9% | 41.8% | 6.9% | Upper middle income |
| 1980s | 40.1% | 36.5% | 3.6% | Puerto Rico |
| 1990s | 43.1% | 34.9% | 8.2% | Puerto Rico |
| 2000s | 47.8% | 37.0% | 10.8% | Puerto Rico |
| 2010s | 50.3% | 36.1% | 14.2% | Puerto Rico |
| 2020s | 48.4% | 34.3% | 14.1% | Puerto Rico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher industry (including construction), value added, Puerto Rico or Upper middle income?
- Puerto Rico, at 47.0% against 32.7% in Upper middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in industry (including construction), value added between Puerto Rico and Upper middle income?
- 14.3%, with Puerto Rico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Puerto Rico and Upper middle income?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Puerto Rico and Upper middle income rank globally for industry (including construction), value added?
- Puerto Rico ranks 8th and Upper middle income ranks 8th of 209 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Industry (including construction) corresponds to ISIC (Rev.4) divisions 05-43. It is comprised of mining, manufacturing, construction, electricity, water, and gas industries. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. 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.