Getting electricity: Reliability of supply and transparency of tariff in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Getting electricity: Reliability of supply and transparency of tariff was 8 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▬ Flat
Getting electricity: Reliability of supply and transparency of tariff in Costa Rica, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 8 DB16-20 methodology for getting electricity: reliability of supply and transparency of tariff in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
The figure is up 14.3% on the previous year and up 14.3% over ten years.
Costa Rica ranks 1st of 187 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Getting electricity: Reliability of supply and transparency of tariff in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 7 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 8 DB16-20 methodology | +14.3% |
| 2016 | 8 DB16-20 methodology | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 8 DB16-20 methodology | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 7 DB16-20 methodology | -12.5% |
| 2019 | 8 DB16-20 methodology | +14.3% |
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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: reliability of supply and transparency of tariff in Costa Rica?
- Getting electricity: reliability of supply and transparency of tariff in Costa Rica was 8 DB16-20 methodology in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: reliability of supply and transparency of tariff recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 8 DB16-20 methodology in 2015.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: reliability of supply and transparency of tariff recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
- How does Costa Rica rank for getting electricity: reliability of supply and transparency of tariff?
- Costa Rica ranks 1st out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: reliability of supply and transparency of tariff rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.3%. 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: Reliability of supply and transparency of tariff index (0-8) (DB16-20 methodology). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The reliability of supply and transparency of tariff index is calculated on the basis of the following six components: (i) duration and frequency of power outages, (ii) tools to monitor power outages, (iii) tools to restore power supply, (iv) regulatory monitoring of utilities’ performance, (v) financial deterrents aimed at limiting outages, and (vi) transparency and accessibility of tariffs. An economy is eligible to obtain a score on the reliability of supply and transparency of tariffs index only if (i) the utility collects data on all types of outages (average total duration of outages per customer and the average number of outages per customer), including planned and unplanned outages, as well as load shedding, with the minimum outage time of not more than 5 minutes; and (ii) the SAIDI value is below a threshold of 100 hours and the SAIFI value is under 100 outages. The component indicator is computed based on the methodology in the DB16-20 studies.