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Puerto Rico (US)

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At a glance

Latest published figures · reporting years differ
Internet use
Not reported

% of population·2024

The source has no observation for this selection.

Over time

Full published history
Puerto Rico (US)2022 · 87.3%
021.8243.6565.4787.291960199320251990: 0% — Source: Puerto Rico Telephone Company (PRTC).1994: 0% — Source: Puerto Rico Telephone Company (PRTC).1995: 0.1% — Source: Puerto Rico Telephone Company (PRTC).1996: 0.3% — Source: Puerto Rico Telephone Company (PRTC).1997: 1.3% — Source: Puerto Rico Telephone Company (PRTC).1998: 2.7% — Source: Puerto Rico Telephone Company (PRTC).1999: 5.3% — Source: Puerto Rico Telephone Company (PRTC).2000: 10.5% — Source and notes: Puerto Rico Telephone Company (PRTC).,2001: 15.6% — Source and notes: Puerto Rico Telephone Company (PRTC).,2002: 17.5% — Source and notes: Puerto Rico Telephone Company (PRTC).,2003: 19.7% — Source and notes: Puerto Rico Telephone Company (PRTC).,2004: 22.1% — Source and notes: Puerto Rico Telephone Company (PRTC).,2005: 23.4% — Source and notes: ITU estimate.,2006: 25.4% — Source and notes: Puerto Rico Telephone Company (PRTC).,2007: 27.9% — Source and notes: Instituto de Estadísticas de Puerto Rico,2008: 38% — Source and notes: Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics, Source: Estudios Técnicos, Inc., Internet Pulse, 2008. Reference population: All inhabitants 12 years and older.2009: 41.5% — Source and notes: ITU estimate., Population age 12+.2010: 45.3% — Source and notes: Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics, Source: Estudios Técnicos, Inc., Internet Pulse, 2010. Reference population: All inhabitants 12 years and older.2011: 48% — Source and notes: Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics, Source: Estudios Técnicos, Inc., Estudio de comportamiento sobre el uso de medios digitales y móviles, 2011. Reference population: All inhabitants 12 years and older.2012: 69% — Source and notes: Instituto de Estadisticas de Puerto Rico, Source: Connect Puerto Rico. 2012 Connect Puerto Rico Residential Technology Assessment. www.connectpr.org2013: 69% — Source and notes: Instituto de Estadisticas de Puerto Rico, Population age 18+.2014: 76.1% — Source and notes: Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics, American Community Survey2015: 63.5% — Source and notes: Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics, Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2015 ACS 1-Year Estimates – PUMS. http://dataferrett.census.gov/. User could report more than one option. Values could overlap. Laptop category include laptop, desktop, or notebook computer. Data for this category is not avail2016: 68.6% — Source and notes: Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics, Number of individuals who used the Internet in the last three months at home.2017: 68.7% — Source and notes: Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics, Data based on the ACS 2017 1 Year PUMS crosstabulation identifying the number of individuals living in a household with access to internet. Either by paying a cell phone company or Internet service provider or without paying a cell phone company or cell phone.2018: 70.9% — Source and notes: Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics, Data based on the ACS 2017 1 Year PUMS crosstabulation identifying the number of individuals living in a household with access to internet. Either by paying a cell phone company or Internet service provider or without paying a cell phone company or cell phone.2019: 77.7% — Source and notes: Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics,2021: 84.8% — Source and notes: Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics, https://data.census.gov/mdat/#/search?ds=ACSPUMS1YPR2021&cv=ACCESSINET&rv=SEX&nv=DIALUP,BROADBND,SATELLITE,HISPEED&wt=PWGTP2022: 87.3% — Source and notes: Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics, https://data.census.gov/mdat/#/search?ds=ACSPUMS1YPR2022&cv=ACCESSINET&rv=SEX&nv=DIALUP,BROADBND,SATELLITE,HISPEED&wt=PWGTP
2022 · Source notes
Provider footnote

Source and notes: Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics, https://data.census.gov/mdat/#/search?ds=ACSPUMS1YPR2022&cv=ACCESSINET&rv=SEX&nv=DIALUP,BROADBND,SATELLITE,HISPEED&wt=PWGTP

Internet users are individuals who have used the Internet (from any location) in the last 3 months. The Internet can be used via a computer, mobile phone, personal digital assistant, games machine, digital TV etc.

Country context

Puerto Rico (US) in perspective

Region
Latin America & Caribbean
Capital
San Juan
Country code
PRI