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Costa Rica — Electricity access
Access to Electricity (% of Population) for Costa Rica, 2000–2024.
Latest value · 2024
99.80%
Access to Electricity (% of Population) · % of population · +3.0% since 2000
Electricity access for Costa Rica was 99.80% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 25 years, from 2000 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 100.00% in 2021. The lowest was 96.90% in 2000 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.12% per year.
Costa Rica ranks 129 of 215 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 60%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 99.80%, so Costa Rica sits level with it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 0% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 0%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
99.80%
First (2000)
96.90%
Change
+3.0%
Highest
100.00%
in 2021
Lowest
96.90%
in 2000
Average
99.27%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.12%
Years of data
25
Recent years
| Year | % of population |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 99.8% |
| 2023 | 100% |
| 2022 | 100% |
| 2021 | 100% |
| 2020 | 99.9% |
| 2019 | 99.7% |
| 2018 | 99.7% |
| 2017 | 99.6% |
| 2016 | 99.5% |
| 2015 | 99.4% |
| 2014 | 99.4% |
| 2013 | 99.6% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the population with access to electricity. Access means the household is connected to a source that provides a reliable supply. Figures are in % of population. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS — Access to Electricity (% of Population). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.