Distillers Puerto Rico
A one-page guide to Puerto Rico for the spirits trade: the country, its people, its economy and how it drinks.
At a glance
- Capital
- San Juan
- Official languages
- Spanish, English
- Currency
- United States dollar (USD)
- Time zone
- UTC-4 (AST, no DST)
- Area
- 8,870 km²
People
- Population
- 3.2 million (2025)
- Population growth
- -0.6% a year
- Living in towns and cities
- 94.3%
- Aged under 15
- 11.2%
- Aged 65 and over
- 25.3%
- Life expectancy
- 81.9 years
Economy
- GDP
- US$129.4 billion (2025)
- GDP per person
- US$40,620 (2025)
- Economic growth
- 0.3% (2025)
Climate
Mostly tropical rainforest. Average about 29 C at low elevations and 21 C in the mountains. Wet season April-November, dry season December-March.
Alcohol
- Alcohol is
- Legal
- Legal drinking age
- 18; Law 118 of 1984 penalises providing alcohol to minors
- Alcohol per adult a year
- 5.86 litres of pure alcohol (2022-2024 average (WHO estimate for 2024))
Sources: World Bank (population, economy and demographics), WHO Global Health Observatory (alcohol per adult and drinking mix); World Bank indicators (population, area, GDP, GDP per capita, growth, inflation); WHO Global Health Observatory, indicator SA_0000001688; UN Comtrade public API (HS 2208); Wikipedia: Legal drinking age; Wikipedia: Puerto Rico; USITC Harmonized Tariff Schedule - heading 2208; Wikipedia: Destilería Serrallés. Figures are the latest each source publishes; the year is shown beside each one.