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Dependency status Puerto Rico, in 29 editions.

The entry for Puerto Rico published Dependency status in 29 editions of 36, from 1997 to 2025. The text changed in 3 editions. Each is shown as published. Dependency status in every entry.

editions changed the text
3
the first edition with it
1997
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Dependency status” (1997 to 2025).

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2025 edition

Same as 2024

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The same text in 4 editions, 2022 to 2025.

  • unincorporated organized territory of the US with commonwealth status;
  • policy relations between Puerto Rico and the US conducted under the jurisdiction of the Office of the President

unincorporated organized territory of the US; US with commonwealth status; policy relations between Puerto Rico and the US conducted under the jurisdiction of the Office of the President

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Central Intelligence Agency. “Puerto Rico: Dependency status.” The World Factbook, 1997–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/puerto-rico/dependency-status.

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