Puerto Rico

Inflation in Puerto Rico

Inflation in Puerto Rico: 9.5% a year in 1981 and 1.5% a year in 2025, by IMF estimates.

Latest, 2025
1.5% a year
Since 1981
−8 percentage points
Rank, 2025
132 of 179
counting from the highest
Projected, 2031
2.5% a year
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
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% a year · IMF

Inflation in Puerto RicoInflation in Puerto Rico: 9.5% a year in 1981 and 1.5% a year in 2025, by IMF estimates. The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 2.5% a year in 2031.
Estimates, IMFIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 2.5% a year in 2031.
  • The highest was 9.5% a year in 1981, the lowest -0.8% a year in 2015.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearPuerto Rico
20251.5
20242
20233.5
20226
20212.4
2020-0.5
20190.1
20181.3
20171.8
2016-0.3
2015-0.8
20140.6
20131.1
20121.3
20112.9
20102.5
20090.3
20085.2
20074.2
20065.2
20055.6
20042.5
20031.4
20020.2
20010.6
20003.1
19990.7
19980.1
19971.9
19963.3
19951.9
19941.4
19931
19921.5
19912.2
19904.4
19892.8
19882.6
19872.1
1986-0.2
19850.2
19841.7
19830.3
19823.2
19819.5
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearPuerto Rico
20263.1
20273.6
20282.5
20292.4
20302.5
20312.5

Good to know

  • How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
  • Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
  • The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
  • Ranks count the 179 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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