What Puerto Rico Portends for Open Borders

Almost two-thirds of all Puerto Ricans now live on the American mainland.

Puerto Rico has open borders with the 50 States, so it is the world’s best test case of what open borders on a global scale would portend.

Puerto Rico’s GDP per capita is almost three times the global average, but almost two-thirds of Puerto Ricans now live on the American mainland (or Hawaii).

Puerto Rico’s GDP per capita is $39,300 compared to the world average of $13,300, Mexico’s $14,200, Colombia’s $8,000, India’s $2,700, Nigeria’s $1,100 and America’s $84,500. And yet, Puerto Ricans keep on coming.

Granted, Puerto Rico’s GDP is so high only because it’s an American territory. When Puerto Rico took the PISA school achievement test in 2015, it scored down around Jordan ($4,600), Brazil ($10,300), Indonesia ($4,900), and Peru ($8,400). As Bad Bunny pointed out at his Super Bowl halftime show by climbing a fake power pole, Puerto Ricans have a hard time keeping their lights on, especially as the more employable Puerto Ricans move to Orlando.

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