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===== Economy (Nominal GDP) =====
* Puerto Rico’s nominal gross domestic product (GDP) is roughly US$ ~118 billion in recent years. Federal Reserve Bank of New York<ref>{{cite web|title=Federal Reserve Bank of New York|url=https://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/media/research/regional_economy/charts/Regional_PuertoRico|publisher=Federal Reserve Bank of New York|access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref>
* For comparison, U.S. states’ GDPs: the lowest-GDP states (by nominal GDP) are in the tens of billions range. For example, one list shows that a U.S. territory with ~US$ 125 billion GDP is ranked at “#100” if it were treated like a country. Wikipedia<ref>{{cite web|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_GDP|publisher=en.wikipedia.org|access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref>
* A breakdown of states by GDP shows states like Vermont (~US$ 45.7 billion) and Wyoming (~US$ 53 billion) at the bottom. Wikipedia<ref>{{cite web|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_GDP|publisher=en.wikipedia.org|access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref>
* Thus, if Puerto Rico were treated as a state, with ~US$ 118 billion GDP, it would exceed those smaller-economy states and likely rank around the mid-40s to low-40s in GDP among the 50 states. For example, if the smallest states have GDPs ~45–60 billion, and states slightly higher have 100 billion+, then Puerto Rico’s ~118 billion would slot above those smallest few.