Puerto Rico
Last updated August 4, 2026
Composite GEFRI Score
Infrastructure is a strength, but Innovation lags
Puerto Rico shows progressing readiness to meet the challenges and opportunities of education in a rapidly changing world (54th percentile worldwide). Reforms are translating into broader capability, though uneven performance continues to slow system-wide alignment.
- Global percentile
- 54th
- Global rank
- #83
- Regional rank
- #9
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Country profile
Puerto Rico shows progressing readiness, with important strengths but continued gaps across the system. Most dimension scores sit close to global norms, without a single dimension standing far above the rest.
Uneven scores across dimensions show where readiness conditions are less aligned. High internet adoption enables broad participation in digital learning and innovation. Strong tertiary enrollment expands future talent pipelines and strengthens national innovation potential.
Sparse R&D investment and a small research workforce slow experimentation and delay new ideas from reaching learners. Governance effectiveness is below global norms, affecting the stability of education reforms. Girls outperform boys in secondary pathways, adding pressure to address male dropout risks.
School Access and Gender Parity presents a near-term leapfrog opportunity: performance is just below the global average, backed by enough observed data to support forward planning.
Some indicators are imputed, so the profile should be read with moderate caution.
Key insights
Places 83rd worldwide.
Holds a regional position of 9th within Latin America & Caribbean.
Scores range from Infrastructure (79.5) to Innovation (43.9), reflecting variation across dimensions.
Leads regional peers most clearly in Human Capital.
Regional peers: Latin America & Caribbean
Composite GEFRI Score