Costa Rica - Electricity Access 2002
98.50%
+0.30pp from 2001
Costa Rica's electricity access was 98.50% in 2002, increased +0.30pp from 98.20% in 2001. This was the 94th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2002▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Aruba | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 2nd | Andorra | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 3rd | United Arab Emirates | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 4th | Antigua and Barbuda | 100.00% | 2.4% |
| 5th | Australia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 6th | Austria | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 7th | Azerbaijan | 100.00% | 1.4% |
| 8th | Belgium | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 9th | Bahrain | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 10th | Bahamas, The | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 11th | Bermuda | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 12th | Barbados | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 13th | Brunei Darussalam | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 14th | Canada | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 15th | Switzerland | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 16th | Channel Islands | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 17th | Cayman Islands | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 18th | Cyprus | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 19th | Czechia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 20th | Germany | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 21st | Denmark | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 22nd | Spain | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 23rd | Estonia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 24th | Finland | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 25th | France | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 26th | Faroe Islands | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 27th | United Kingdom | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 28th | Greece | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 29th | Greenland | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 30th | Guam | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 31st | Hong Kong SAR, China | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 32nd | Croatia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 33rd | Hungary | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 34th | Isle of Man | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 35th | Ireland | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 36th | Iceland | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 37th | Israel | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 38th | Italy | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 39th | Japan | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 40th | Kyrgyz Republic | 100.00% | 0.5% |
| 41st | Korea | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 42nd | Kuwait | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 43rd | Liechtenstein | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 44th | Luxembourg | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 45th | Macao SAR, China | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 46th | Monaco | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 47th | Malta | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 48th | New Caledonia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 49th | Netherlands | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 50th | Norway | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 51st | New Zealand | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 52nd | Oman | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 53rd | Poland | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 54th | Puerto Rico (US) | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 55th | Portugal | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 56th | French Polynesia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 57th | Qatar | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 58th | Saudi Arabia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 59th | Singapore | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 60th | San Marino | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 61st | Serbia | 100.00% | 0.2% |
| 62nd | Slovak Republic | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 63rd | Slovenia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 64th | Sweden | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 65th | United States | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 66th | Virgin Islands (US) | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 67th | Curaçao | 99.90% | 0.0% |
| 68th | Georgia | 99.90% | 0.1% |
| 69th | St. Martin (French part) | 99.90% | 0.0% |
| 70th | Northern Mariana Islands | 99.90% | -0.1% |
| 71st | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 99.90% | 0.0% |
| 72nd | Gibraltar | 99.80% | -0.1% |
| 73rd | Kazakhstan | 99.80% | 0.1% |
| 74th | Latvia | 99.80% | -0.1% |
| 75th | Türkiye | 99.80% | -0.1% |
| 76th | Uzbekistan | 99.70% | 0.1% |
| 77th | Turkmenistan | 99.60% | 0.0% |
| 78th | European Union | 99.54% | 0.0% |
| 79th | Jordan | 99.50% | 0.5% |
| 80th | Albania | 99.40% | 0.0% |
| 81st | Lithuania | 99.40% | -0.1% |
| 82nd | Mauritius | 99.40% | 0.2% |
| 83rd | Lebanon | 99.30% | 0.0% |
| 84th | Ukraine | 99.30% | 0.1% |
| 85th | West Bank and Gaza | 99.20% | 0.1% |
| 86th | Moldova | 99.00% | 0.2% |
| 87th | North Macedonia | 99.00% | 0.0% |
| 88th | Montenegro | 99.00% | -0.1% |
| 89th | Nauru | 99.00% | 0.0% |
| 90th | Tajikistan | 99.00% | 0.4% |
| 91st | Algeria | 98.60% | 0.0% |
| 92nd | Malaysia | 98.60% | 0.0% |
| 93rd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 98.50% | -0.9% |
| 94th | Costa Rica | 98.50% | 0.3% |
| 95th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 98.10% | 0.0% |
| 96th | Armenia | 98.00% | -2.0% |
| 97th | Palau | 98.00% | 0.0% |
| 98th | Mexico | 97.90% | 0.8% |
| 99th | Russian Federation | 97.90% | 0.0% |
| 100th | Tunisia | 97.80% | 0.5% |
| 101st | Uruguay | 97.80% | 0.1% |
| 102nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 97.50% | 0.1% |
| 103rd | Chile | 97.30% | 0.2% |
| 104th | British Virgin Islands | 97.30% | 0.1% |
| 105th | China | 97.20% | 0.2% |
| 106th | Iraq | 97.10% | 0.2% |
| 107th | Brazil | 96.70% | 0.7% |
| 108th | Trinidad and Tobago | 96.50% | 0.2% |
| 109th | Argentina | 96.10% | 0.6% |
| 110th | Seychelles | 96.10% | 1.8% |
| 111th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 95.80% | 2.5% |
| 112th | Cuba | 95.50% | -0.7% |
| 113th | Libya | 95.20% | -1.8% |
| 114th | Suriname | 95.20% | -0.1% |
| 115th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 95.20% | 0.3% |
| 116th | Colombia | 94.90% | -3.7% |
| 117th | Romania | 94.90% | 0.3% |
| 118th | Tuvalu | 94.60% | -0.2% |
| 119th | Ecuador | 94.20% | 0.2% |
| 120th | Paraguay | 91.70% | 0.8% |
| 121st | Thailand | 91.00% | 0.7% |
| 122nd | Belarus | 90.00% | 0.6% |
| 123rd | Dominican Republic | 89.70% | -0.1% |
| 124th | Samoa | 89.30% | 0.7% |
| 125th | Bulgaria | 89.10% | 0.6% |
| 126th | Viet Nam | 89.10% | 0.2% |
| 127th | Maldives | 88.30% | 0.9% |
| 128th | Dominica | 87.70% | 6.8% |
| 129th | St. Lucia | 87.70% | -2.4% |
| 130th | Indonesia | 87.60% | 1.5% |
| 131st | El Salvador | 87.50% | 0.5% |
| 132nd | Tonga | 87.00% | 0.8% |
| 133rd | Jamaica | 86.70% | -1.1% |
| 134th | Grenada | 86.60% | 0.3% |
| 135th | Syrian Arab Republic | 86.60% | -7.0% |
| 136th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 82.40% | 0.0% |
| 137th | Panama | 82.10% | 0.7% |
| 138th | Belize | 81.00% | 1.0% |
| 139th | Sri Lanka | 80.70% | 26.9% |
| 140th | Fiji | 79.60% | 2.4% |
| 141st | Guatemala | 78.70% | 6.8% |
| 142nd | Gabon | 77.80% | 0.8% |
| 143rd | Philippines | 76.70% | 1.3% |
| 144th | South Africa | 76.70% | 9.3% |
| 145th | Guyana | 75.70% | 0.8% |
| 146th | Pakistan | 74.90% | 1.4% |
| 147th | Peru | 74.40% | 3.2% |
| 148th | Nicaragua | 74.10% | 2.6% |
| 149th | Morocco | 73.30% | 2.4% |
| 150th | Mongolia | 72.80% | 1.5% |
| 151st | Marshall Islands | 71.50% | 2.0% |
| 152nd | Equatorial Guinea | 64.90% | 0.0% |
| 153rd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 64.00% | -7.6% |
| 154th | Honduras | 63.10% | -1.7% |
| 155th | India | 62.30% | 0.5% |
| 156th | Kiribati | 59.00% | 3.0% |
| 157th | Cabo Verde | 58.60% | -2.8% |
| 158th | São Tomé and Principe | 52.50% | 1.9% |
| 159th | Yemen, Republic of | 51.50% | 2.2% |
| 160th | Côte d'Ivoire | 51.40% | 3.4% |
| 161st | Micronesia, Federated States of | 50.10% | 3.5% |
| 162nd | Djibouti | 49.70% | -11.4% |
| 163rd | Myanmar | 47.00% | 9.3% |
| 164th | Ghana | 46.80% | 4.5% |
| 165th | Lao PDR | 46.30% | 2.2% |
| 166th | Comoros | 44.80% | 6.7% |
| 167th | Nigeria | 44.60% | 1.6% |
| 168th | Bhutan | 44.10% | 9.7% |
| 169th | Cameroon | 44.00% | -4.8% |
| 170th | Bangladesh | 37.80% | 8.0% |
| 171st | Namibia | 36.90% | 2.5% |
| 172nd | Senegal | 36.80% | -5.4% |
| 173rd | Nepal | 36.40% | 48.0% |
| 174th | Zimbabwe | 34.20% | 0.0% |
| 175th | Haiti | 33.10% | 5.1% |
| 176th | Eritrea | 32.20% | 6.3% |
| 177th | Gambia, The | 31.50% | 5.4% |
| 178th | Congo, Republic of | 31.20% | 3.0% |
| 179th | Sudan | 29.70% | 1.0% |
| 180th | Botswana | 27.00% | 8.9% |
| 181st | Angola | 26.30% | 31.5% |
| 182nd | Eswatini | 25.90% | -3.7% |
| 183rd | Vanuatu | 25.70% | 7.1% |
| 184th | Timor-Leste | 24.10% | -5.9% |
| 185th | Benin | 23.40% | 6.8% |
| 186th | Mauritania | 21.70% | -2.3% |
| 187th | Togo | 21.30% | 8.7% |
| 188th | Kenya | 18.90% | 11.2% |
| 189th | Guinea | 17.70% | 7.9% |
| 190th | Zambia | 17.40% | -13.9% |
| 191st | Afghanistan | 14.10% | 51.6% |
| 192nd | Madagascar | 14.00% | -5.4% |
| 193rd | Cambodia | 13.10% | 37.9% |
| 194th | Papua New Guinea | 13.10% | 3.1% |
| 195th | Mali | 13.00% | 20.4% |
| 196th | Tanzania | 10.70% | 10.3% |
| 197th | Solomon Islands | 10.50% | 38.2% |
| 198th | Burkina Faso | 9.90% | 4.2% |
| 199th | Sierra Leone | 9.20% | 8.2% |
| 200th | Niger | 8.80% | 4.8% |
| 201st | Mozambique | 8.40% | 47.4% |
| 202nd | Uganda | 7.80% | -9.3% |
| 203rd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 7.70% | 8.5% |
| 204th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 7.40% | 57.4% |
| 205th | Central African Republic | 6.10% | 7.0% |
| 206th | Rwanda | 6.00% | 27.7% |
| 207th | Malawi | 5.60% | 7.7% |
| 208th | Chad | 3.80% | 11.8% |
| 209th | Lesotho | 3.40% | 161.5% |
| 210th | Burundi | 3.10% | 10.7% |
| 211th | Guinea-Bissau | 1.30% | - |
FAQ
What was Costa Rica's electricity access in 2002?▾
Costa Rica's electricity access in 2002 was 98.50%. This ranked 94th globally.
How did Costa Rica's electricity access change in 2002?▾
Costa Rica's electricity access increased by 0.3% in 2002 compared to 2001.
Which country had the highest electricity access in 2002?▾
Aruba had the highest electricity access in 2002 at 100.00%.
What is the electricity access of Costa Rica in 2002?▾
The electricity access of Costa Rica in 2002 was 98.50%. This ranked 94th globally.
How does 2002 compare to 2001 for Costa Rica's electricity access?▾
Costa Rica's electricity access went from 98.20% in 2001 to 98.50% in 2002, a 0.3% increase.
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