Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score was 90.87 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score in Costa Rica, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 90.87 for getting electricity: time (days) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.0% on the previous year and up 12.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: time (days) - score in Costa Rica peaked at 90.87 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 80.87, in 2009.
That places Costa Rica 35th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 80.87 | — |
| 2010 | 80.87 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 80.87 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 80.87 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 80.87 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 83.91 | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 88.26 | +5.2% |
| 2016 | 88.26 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 88.26 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 88.26 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 90.87 | +3.0% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 90.87 is above the median for high income countries, which is 83.04, 1.1× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 90.87 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 81.3, 1.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 80.87 | 80.87 | 80.87 | 1 |
| 2010s | 85.13 | 80.87 | 90.87 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 35 Honduras 90.87 compare
- 35 Switzerland 90.87 compare
- 38 Mozambique 90.43 compare
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: time (days) - score in Costa Rica?
- Getting electricity: time (days) - score in Costa Rica was 90.87 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: time (days) - score recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 90.87 in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: time (days) - score recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 80.87 in 2009.
- How does Costa Rica rank for getting electricity: time (days) - score?
- Costa Rica ranks 35th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: time (days) - score rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for time benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.