Costa Rica - Internet Users 2016
65.88%
+6.12% from 2015
Costa Rica's internet users was 65.88% in 2016, increased +6.12% from 59.76% in 2015. This was the 78th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2016▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Iceland | 98.24% | 0.0% |
| 2nd | Luxembourg | 98.14% | 1.8% |
| 3rd | Liechtenstein | 98.09% | 1.5% |
| 4th | Bahrain | 98.00% | 4.8% |
| 5th | Bermuda | 98.00% | -0.3% |
| 6th | Norway | 97.30% | 0.5% |
| 7th | Denmark | 96.97% | 0.7% |
| 8th | Monaco | 95.21% | 2.0% |
| 9th | Qatar | 95.12% | 2.4% |
| 10th | Faroe Islands | 95.11% | 1.0% |
| 11th | United Kingdom | 94.78% | 3.0% |
| 12th | Gibraltar | 94.44% | 45.3% |
| 13th | Aruba | 93.54% | 5.5% |
| 14th | Japan | 93.18% | 2.3% |
| 15th | Korea | 92.84% | 3.3% |
| 16th | Canada | 91.16% | 1.3% |
| 17th | United Arab Emirates | 90.60% | 0.1% |
| 18th | Netherlands | 90.41% | -1.4% |
| 19th | Brunei Darussalam | 90.00% | 26.4% |
| 20th | Andorra | 89.70% | 2.0% |
| 21st | Sweden | 89.65% | -1.1% |
| 22nd | Switzerland | 89.13% | 1.9% |
| 23rd | Finland | 87.70% | 1.5% |
| 24th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 87.48% | 3.0% |
| 25th | Estonia | 87.24% | -1.3% |
| 26th | Australia | 86.54% | 2.3% |
| 27th | Belgium | 86.52% | 1.7% |
| 28th | New Zealand | 86.50% | 1.5% |
| 29th | Kuwait | 85.60% | 4.4% |
| 30th | United States | 85.54% | 14.7% |
| 31st | Singapore | 84.45% | 6.9% |
| 32nd | Austria | 84.32% | 0.5% |
| 33rd | Germany | 84.17% | -3.9% |
| 34th | Chile | 83.56% | 9.0% |
| 35th | Ireland | 83.50% | 0.0% |
| 36th | Macao SAR, China | 81.64% | 5.2% |
| 37th | Spain | 80.56% | 2.4% |
| 38th | Slovak Republic | 80.48% | 3.7% |
| 39th | Bahamas, The | 80.00% | 2.6% |
| 40th | Latvia | 79.84% | 0.8% |
| 41st | Israel | 79.65% | 3.0% |
| 42nd | France | 79.27% | 1.6% |
| 43rd | Hungary | 79.26% | 8.8% |
| 44th | Cayman Islands | 79.00% | 2.6% |
| 45th | Malaysia | 78.79% | 10.9% |
| 46th | Azerbaijan | 78.20% | 1.6% |
| 47th | Malta | 78.08% | 2.8% |
| 48th | British Virgin Islands | 77.70% | 106.7% |
| 49th | Guam | 77.01% | 5.3% |
| 50th | Oman | 76.85% | 4.5% |
| 51st | Czechia | 76.48% | 1.1% |
| 52nd | Lebanon | 76.11% | 2.9% |
| 53rd | Cyprus | 75.90% | 5.8% |
| 54th | Slovenia | 75.50% | 3.3% |
| 55th | Saudi Arabia | 74.88% | 7.6% |
| 56th | Kazakhstan | 74.59% | 5.3% |
| 57th | Lithuania | 74.38% | 4.2% |
| 58th | Poland | 73.30% | 7.8% |
| 59th | Russian Federation | 73.09% | 4.3% |
| 60th | Croatia | 72.70% | 4.1% |
| 61st | Barbados | 72.20% | 0.3% |
| 62nd | North Macedonia | 72.16% | 2.5% |
| 63rd | Belarus | 71.11% | 14.3% |
| 64th | Moldova | 71.00% | 2.9% |
| 65th | Antigua and Barbuda | 70.97% | 1.4% |
| 66th | Argentina | 70.97% | 4.3% |
| 67th | Portugal | 70.42% | 2.6% |
| 68th | Montenegro | 69.88% | 2.6% |
| 69th | Greece | 69.09% | 3.4% |
| 70th | Puerto Rico (US) | 68.64% | 8.2% |
| 71st | Greenland | 68.50% | 1.3% |
| 72nd | French Polynesia | 68.44% | 6.0% |
| 73rd | Trinidad and Tobago | 67.80% | 4.1% |
| 74th | Serbia | 67.06% | 2.7% |
| 75th | Dominica | 67.03% | 3.1% |
| 76th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 67.00% | 1.2% |
| 77th | Uruguay | 66.40% | 2.8% |
| 78th | Costa Rica | 65.88% | 10.2% |
| 79th | Armenia | 64.35% | 8.9% |
| 80th | Dominican Republic | 63.87% | 17.8% |
| 81st | Curaçao | 61.86% | - |
| 82nd | Italy | 61.32% | 5.5% |
| 83rd | Brazil | 60.87% | 4.4% |
| 84th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 60.26% | 14.6% |
| 85th | West Bank and Gaza | 59.90% | 5.6% |
| 86th | Bulgaria | 59.83% | 5.6% |
| 87th | Virgin Islands (US) | 59.61% | 8.7% |
| 88th | Albania | 59.60% | 4.7% |
| 89th | Mexico | 59.54% | 3.7% |
| 90th | Romania | 59.50% | 6.7% |
| 91st | Maldives | 59.50% | 9.3% |
| 92nd | Georgia | 58.46% | 22.9% |
| 93rd | Türkiye | 58.35% | 8.6% |
| 94th | Morocco | 58.27% | 2.1% |
| 95th | St. Lucia | 58.22% | 1.6% |
| 96th | Colombia | 58.14% | 4.0% |
| 97th | Seychelles | 56.51% | 4.2% |
| 98th | Jordan | 56.15% | 3.6% |
| 99th | Ecuador | 54.06% | 10.5% |
| 100th | Panama | 54.00% | 5.5% |
| 101st | South Africa | 54.00% | 4.0% |
| 102nd | Paraguay | 53.40% | 7.4% |
| 103rd | Grenada | 53.30% | 1.5% |
| 104th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 53.23% | 17.4% |
| 105th | China | 53.20% | 5.8% |
| 106th | Ukraine | 53.00% | 8.4% |
| 107th | Viet Nam | 53.00% | 17.8% |
| 108th | Mauritius | 52.19% | 4.1% |
| 109th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 51.50% | 4.3% |
| 110th | Cabo Verde | 50.32% | 17.9% |
| 111th | Tunisia | 49.60% | 6.7% |
| 112th | Fiji | 49.42% | 16.3% |
| 113th | Gabon | 48.05% | 5.0% |
| 114th | Thailand | 47.51% | 20.8% |
| 115th | Uzbekistan | 46.79% | 9.3% |
| 116th | Bhutan | 46.50% | 16.8% |
| 117th | Peru | 45.46% | 11.3% |
| 118th | Suriname | 45.40% | 6.2% |
| 119th | Belize | 44.58% | 7.2% |
| 120th | Jamaica | 44.37% | 5.1% |
| 121st | Cuba | 42.98% | 15.2% |
| 122nd | Algeria | 42.95% | 12.4% |
| 123rd | Botswana | 42.26% | 13.3% |
| 124th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 41.25% | 9.1% |
| 125th | Côte d'Ivoire | 41.21% | 7.2% |
| 126th | Kyrgyz Republic | 40.50% | 33.9% |
| 127th | Tonga | 39.95% | 3.4% |
| 128th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 39.70% | 5.9% |
| 129th | Philippines | 39.20% | 6.2% |
| 130th | Guyana | 35.66% | 4.9% |
| 131st | Guatemala | 34.51% | 19.8% |
| 132nd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 33.35% | 5.9% |
| 133rd | Lesotho | 32.45% | 29.8% |
| 134th | Cambodia | 32.40% | 403.6% |
| 135th | Syrian Arab Republic | 31.87% | 6.3% |
| 136th | Samoa | 31.70% | 24.8% |
| 137th | Namibia | 31.03% | 20.8% |
| 138th | Tuvalu | 31.00% | 13.6% |
| 139th | Djibouti | 30.80% | 34.5% |
| 140th | Marshall Islands | 29.79% | 54.5% |
| 141st | Honduras | 29.53% | 8.8% |
| 142nd | El Salvador | 29.00% | 8.2% |
| 143rd | Eswatini | 28.57% | 11.4% |
| 144th | Ghana | 28.00% | 21.7% |
| 145th | São Tomé and Principe | 28.00% | 8.4% |
| 146th | Senegal | 25.66% | 18.3% |
| 147th | Indonesia | 25.45% | 15.3% |
| 148th | Yemen, Republic of | 24.58% | 2.1% |
| 149th | Nicaragua | 24.57% | 24.7% |
| 150th | Nigeria | 24.10% | 7.1% |
| 151st | Vanuatu | 24.00% | 7.4% |
| 152nd | Equatorial Guinea | 23.78% | 11.5% |
| 153rd | Angola | 23.20% | 5.5% |
| 154th | Zimbabwe | 23.12% | 1.7% |
| 155th | Haiti | 22.80% | 60.6% |
| 156th | Mongolia | 22.27% | -1.0% |
| 157th | Sri Lanka | 22.19% | 45.4% |
| 158th | Lao PDR | 21.87% | 20.2% |
| 159th | Timor-Leste | 21.20% | 14.0% |
| 160th | Nepal | 20.70% | 17.7% |
| 161st | Cameroon | 20.60% | 12.6% |
| 162nd | Tajikistan | 20.47% | 7.9% |
| 163rd | Gambia, The | 19.90% | 13.1% |
| 164th | Iraq | 19.90% | 30.9% |
| 165th | Kiribati | 19.42% | 30.3% |
| 166th | Mauritania | 19.23% | 9.3% |
| 167th | Bangladesh | 18.10% | 40.3% |
| 168th | Turkmenistan | 17.99% | 20.0% |
| 169th | Kenya | 16.60% | 0.1% |
| 170th | India | 16.50% | 10.7% |
| 171st | Myanmar | 16.00% | 46.8% |
| 172nd | Liberia | 15.70% | 57.0% |
| 173rd | Rwanda | 14.60% | 16.8% |
| 174th | Benin | 14.50% | 28.8% |
| 175th | Sudan | 14.10% | 62.8% |
| 176th | Mali | 14.00% | 35.5% |
| 177th | Guinea-Bissau | 13.80% | 126.2% |
| 178th | Tanzania | 13.50% | 35.0% |
| 179th | Guinea | 13.10% | 42.4% |
| 180th | Pakistan | 12.39% | 12.6% |
| 181st | Sierra Leone | 11.77% | 85.6% |
| 182nd | Togo | 11.31% | 58.8% |
| 183rd | Solomon Islands | 11.00% | 10.0% |
| 184th | Afghanistan | 11.00% | 33.2% |
| 185th | Zambia | 10.30% | 17.0% |
| 186th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 10.10% | 165.8% |
| 187th | Papua New Guinea | 9.60% | 21.5% |
| 188th | Congo, Republic of | 8.12% | 6.6% |
| 189th | Comoros | 7.94% | 6.4% |
| 190th | Burkina Faso | 7.14% | 9.0% |
| 191st | Mozambique | 7.00% | 7.7% |
| 192nd | Malawi | 6.30% | 5.0% |
| 193rd | Uganda | 5.90% | 1.7% |
| 194th | Chad | 5.80% | 65.7% |
| 195th | Madagascar | 4.71% | 12.9% |
| 196th | Niger | 4.32% | 74.6% |
| 197th | South Sudan | 3.50% | 16.7% |
| 198th | Central African Republic | 3.10% | 6.9% |
| 199th | Burundi | 2.20% | 10.0% |
| 200th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 1.88% | 6.8% |
| 201st | Eritrea | 1.18% | 8.6% |
FAQ
What was Costa Rica's internet users in 2016?▾
Costa Rica's internet users in 2016 was 65.88%. This ranked 78th globally.
How did Costa Rica's internet users change in 2016?▾
Costa Rica's internet users increased by 10.2% in 2016 compared to 2015.
Which country had the highest internet users in 2016?▾
Iceland had the highest internet users in 2016 at 98.24%.
What is the internet users of Costa Rica in 2016?▾
The internet users of Costa Rica in 2016 was 65.88%. This ranked 78th globally.
How does 2016 compare to 2015 for Costa Rica's internet users?▾
Costa Rica's internet users went from 59.76% in 2015 to 65.88% in 2016, a 10.2% increase.
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