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If Puerto Rico were your home instead of Kenya you would...
The life expectancy at birth in Puerto Rico is 79.09 while in Kenya it is 63.52.
The per capita consumption of electricity in Kenya is 136kWh while in Puerto Rico it is 5,366kWh
make 9.1 times more money
The GDP per capita in Puerto Rico is $16,300 while in Kenya it is $1,800
Kenya consumes 0.0756 gallons of oil per day per capita while Puerto Rico consumes 1.7598
Puerto Rico has an unemployment rate of 13.70% while Kenya has 40.00%
The number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in Puerto Rico is 7.73 while in Kenya it is 40.71.
be 2.8 times more likely to be in prison
335 in every 100,000 people are currently imprisoned in Puerto Rico compared to 119 in Kenya
be 4 times more likely to be murdered
26.50 in every 100,000 people are murdered annually in Puerto Rico compared to 6.60 in Kenya
The annual number of births per 1,000 people in Puerto Rico is 10.90 while in Kenya it is 28.27.
More Information about Puerto Rico
With its 3,620,897 people, Puerto Rico is the 129th largest country in the world by population. It is the 161st largest country in the world by area with 13,790 square kilometers.
Populated for centuries by aboriginal peoples, the island was claimed by the Spanish Crown in 1493 following Christopher COLUMBUS' second voyage to the Americas. In 1898, after 400 years of colonial rule that saw the indigenous population nearly exterminated and African slave labor introduced, Puerto Rico was ceded to the US as a result of the Spanish-American War. Puerto Ricans were granted US citizenship in 1917. Popularly-elected governors have served since 1948. In 1952, a constitution was enacted providing for internal self government. In plebiscites held in 1967, 1993, and 1998, voters chose not to alter the existing political status with the US, but the results of a 2012 vote left open the possibility of American statehood.
Languages spoken: Spanish, English
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