
Some variables are easier to measure than others, but certain questions require special care, both in how they are formulated and in the instruments are used to collect them. One of the most complex is without a doubt, that related to people's ethnic and cultural origin, and also the skin color. In the most recent newsletter of the Puerto Rico State Data Center (SDC-PR) network brief notes are shared about the research on ethnic-racial identification and colorism that has been carried out from the Institute's. Access the current newsletter here, or explore previous newsletters and press releases from the SDC-PR network.
Date: October 14, 2025
To order the Puerto Rico Department of Health to amend regulation 9184, to require doctors who provide direct health services in the emergency room, in hospitals or the primary level, three (3) credit hours in each period of continuing education on issues of sexual violence.
Date: September 29, 2025
To order the Committee on Economic Development, Small Businesses, Banking, Commerce, Insurance and Cooperativism of the Senate of Puerto Rico to conduct an exhaustive investigation into the implementation, compliance and results of laws, programs and public policies aimed at economic development in Puerto Rico; to listen to the granting of incentives to young entrepreneurs, local industries, investments, industrial development, the insurance sector; to scrutinize trade, its local development and exchange with the outside world; evaluate the support for sectors such as microentrepreneurs, small and medium-sized enterprises; investigate local and international banking and the performance of the banking system; study the current conditions of cooperatives and the insurance industry in Puerto Rico; study the performance of government entities that oversee or promote the development of financial institutions in Puerto Rico; examine the inclusion, development or encouragement of cooperatives in areas such as agriculture, energy, housing, industry and workers, among others; enquire about issues related to the business development of small and medium-sized businesses, including training programs, direct technical advice and financing, as well as new business opportunities and competitiveness; and review any other issue that allows defining, implementing, directing, managing, supervising, establishing and enacting public policy on any issue aimed at sustainable and cutting-edge economic development for Puerto Rico.
Date: September 29, 2025 R. of C. 95: To order the Committee on Federal and Veterans Affairs of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico to conduct an investigation on any matter concerning relations between the Government of Puerto Rico, the federal government, the governments of other territories and states of the United States of America and their political subdivisions; to intergovernmental agreements and contracts; with the participation of Puerto Rico and the House of Representatives in public and private organizations of a nature intergovernmental; to the study of plans, organization and provision of services ordered by the “Federal Affairs Administration Act”, as well as to all the offices and activities of the instruments of the Government of Puerto Rico that are developed outside of Puerto Rico; to the services and treatment provided by federal agencies that operate on the Island or that have jurisdiction over the provision of such services to residents of Puerto Rico; to proposals to federal or international agencies or entities for the establishment of programs or projects on the Island.
To amend Article 5 of Law 3-2017, known as the “Act to Address the Economic, Fiscal and Budgetary Crisis to Ensure the Functioning of the Government of Puerto Rico”, in order to guarantee the autonomy of the Puerto Rico Statistics Institute in compliance with Law 209-2003, as amended.
Date: August 29, 2025Explanatory Memorial requested by the Puerto Rico Senate's Joint Commission on Mitigation, Adaptation and Resilience to Climate Change on the draft of the Plan for Mitigation, Adaptation and Resilience to Climate Change authored by the Committee of Experts and Advisors on Climate Change.
San Juan, Puerto Rico — August 21, 2025. The Puerto Rico Statistics Institute published foreign trade data for the month of June 2025, allowing for an analysis of performance in terms of international trade for fiscal year 2025, which covers July 2024 to June 2025. Annual exports totaled $60,652,028,821, representing a decrease of 7.23% compared to the previous fiscal year, while annual imports totaled $56,372,227,806, representing an increase of 4.64% compared to the same previous period. This results in a trade balance of $4,279,801,015, a figure that reflects a decrease of 62.8% compared to the $11,508,357,246 recorded in 2024 and constitutes the lowest value in the entire 2010-2025 series. The trade balance is the indicator that measures the difference between the value of exports and that of imports of goods from a jurisdiction. A surplus occurs when exports exceed imports; a deficit, when the opposite happens. This indicator constitutes one of the main measures of international trade, since it reflects both productive capacity and the level of dependence on foreign goods. In general terms, productive capacity refers to what Puerto Rico is able to produce and sell (reflected in exports), and the level of dependence on what Puerto Rico needs to buy abroad (is reflected in imports).