Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) was 14.4 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▼ Falling
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Costa Rica, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
The most recent figure for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Costa Rica is 14.4 DB16-20 methodology, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of down 42.9% over ten years.
Costa Rica ranks 100th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 25.2 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 25.7 DB16-20 methodology | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 24.5 DB16-20 methodology | -4.7% |
| 2017 | 14.6 DB16-20 methodology | -40.4% |
| 2018 | 14.4 DB16-20 methodology | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 14.4 DB16-20 methodology | +0.0% |
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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: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Costa Rica?
- Getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Costa Rica was 14.4 DB16-20 methodology in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 25.7 DB16-20 methodology in 2015.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.4 DB16-20 methodology in 2018.
- How does Costa Rica rank for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh)?
- Costa Rica ranks 100th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) (DB16-20 methodology). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The price of electricity is measured in U.S. cents per kWh. A monthly electricity consumption is assumed, for which a bill is then computed for a warehouse based in the largest business city of the economy for the month of March. The bill is then expressed back as a unit of kWh. The index is computed based on the methodology in the DB16-20 studies.