Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Puerto Rico instead of Portugal, you would:
Economy
pay a 41.6% lower top tax rate
Portugal has a top tax rate of 56.5% as of 2016. In Puerto Rico, the top tax rate is 33.0% as of 2016.
be 64.9% more likely to be unemployed
In Portugal, 6.5% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Puerto Rico, that number is 10.8% as of 2017.
Life
be 2.6 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Portugal, approximately 8.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Puerto Rico, 21.0 women do as of 2017.
be 2.4 times more likely to die during infancy
In Portugal, approximately 2.5 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Puerto Rico, on the other hand, 6.0 children do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 29.8% more on education
Portugal spends 4.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Puerto Rico spends 6.1% of total GDP on education as of 2014.
Geography
see 72.1% less coastline
Portugal has a total of 1,793 km of coastline. In Puerto Rico, that number is 501 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Puerto Rican Department of Treasury, Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira.
Puerto Rico: At a glance
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