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The most common level of education in Puertego is a 5th grade education as most citizens drop out at this point to begin working, the literacy rate in Puertego is currently sitting at around 85% though for youths in the nation it has been reported at around 92% while for the elderly literacy rates were reported at just over 50%, the government made it mandatory in 2011 for all children to attend school though this law is often ignored in rural areas of Puertego where children are often tasked with working on plantations with their parents. Public schooling in Puertego is free and compulsory for all children to attend until 6th grade where they are allowed to drop out.

The average lifespan in Puertego is 70.8 years old with the average being 67.8 for men and 73.8 for women, this number has gone up from 64 years old in 2000 and has shown a steady trend upwards ever since. The government of Puertego has mandated that all adults and children in the nation must be vaccinated and has made the process free with parents who refuse the process being charged with child abuse, in 2030 the rates of Tuberculosis went down by almost half and there were only 17 reported cases of Polio alongside the sanitation campaigns the government rolled out and the infrastructure they built which have been credited for reducing cholera cases by two thirds. The infant mortality rate in Puertego was reported at 19.5 deaths per 1,000 down from 34 deaths per 1,000 in 2000, teen pregnancy stays a large issue in Puertego with the average age at a woman having her first child being 17.6, the main reasons attributed for this issue are the lack of sexual education in Puertegan schools, the lack of availability of abortion in the country with it only being available if it can be proven the mother would die from having the child, and the artificial inflation of contraceptives in Puertego with all forms of birth control for both men and women being subjected to a 75% sales tax.