Costa Rica
Access to electricity in Costa Rica
Access to electricity in Costa Rica: 96.9% in 2000 and 99.8% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 99.8%
- Since 2000
- +2.9 percentage points
- World, 2024
- 91.9%
% of people · World Bank
What the numbers say
- The highest was 100% in 2021, the lowest 96.9% in 2000.
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Costa Rica | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 99.8 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 100 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 100 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 100 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 99.9 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 99.7 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 99.7 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 99.6 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 99.5 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 99.4 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 99.4 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 99.6 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 99.5 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 99.2 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 99 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 99.4 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 99.3 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 99.2 | 82 |
| 2006 | 99.1 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 99.1 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 99 | 80 |
| 2003 | 98.7 | 80 |
| 2002 | 98.5 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 98.2 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 96.9 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | – | 74.5 |
| 1998 | – | 73.2 |
Good to know
- The share of people with access to electricity, from national surveys and the power industry.
- Source: Tracking SDG 7 (World Bank ESMAP), via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 213 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Costa Rica in numbers
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- Military spending0% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$0 in 2025
- Military spending per person$0 in 2025
- Military share of state spending0% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel10,000 people in 2020
- National power0.03% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.41% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports8 million TIV in 2019
- Arms exports3 million TIV in 2009