Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score was 88.9 in 2019. ▬ Flat
Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Costa Rica, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in Costa Rica stood at 88.9. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.5% on the previous year and up 5.9% over ten years.
Costa Rica ranks 25th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 83.91 | — |
| 2015 | 88.14 | +5.0% |
| 2016 | 88.17 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 88.21 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 85.1 | -3.5% |
| 2019 | 88.9 | +4.5% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 88.9 is above the median for high income countries, which is 84.1, 1.1× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 88.9 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 73.16, 1.2× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
More private sector data for Costa Rica
- Merchandise trade 52.4% (2025)
- Food imports 13.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 73.9% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 27.48 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 32.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 64.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 26.43 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 5,129 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2568 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 21.87 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in Costa Rica?
- Getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in Costa Rica was 88.9 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 88.9 in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 83.91 in 2014.
- How does Costa Rica rank for getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score?
- Costa Rica ranks 25th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for getting electricity is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the procedures, time, cost for a business to obtain a permanent electricity connection and supply for a standardized warehouse, as well as the reliability of supply and transparency of tariffs index. The score is computed based on the methodology in the DB16-20 studies.