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Costa Rica - Renewable Energy 2017

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Renewable energy consumption as % of total · World Bank

33.30% −0.80% from 2016 Global rank: 72nd

Costa Rica's renewable energy was 33.30% in 2017, decreased +0.80% from 34.10% in 2016. This was the 72nd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2017▾

Renewable Energy by Country - 2017
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Congo, Democratic Republic of	96.70%	-0.3%
2nd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	94.90%	0.1%
3rd	Liberia	93.60%	0.9%
4th	Central African Republic	91.60%	-0.5%
5th	Uganda	91.30%	-0.1%
6th	Gabon	90.20%	10.7%
7th	Burundi	88.20%	-1.6%
8th	Guinea-Bissau	86.80%	0.0%
9th	Rwanda	84.50%	-1.2%
10th	Zambia	83.50%	-0.6%
11th	Niger	82.00%	2.2%
12th	Tanzania	82.00%	0.4%
13th	Zimbabwe	82.00%	0.4%
14th	Madagascar	81.90%	-2.3%
15th	Eritrea	81.60%	0.2%
16th	Nigeria	81.60%	0.6%
17th	Iceland	80.80%	-0.1%
18th	Bhutan	79.70%	-1.4%
19th	Cameroon	79.20%	0.5%
20th	Togo	78.40%	-2.9%
21st	Mozambique	78.20%	1.0%
22nd	Mali	77.00%	-1.2%
23rd	Malawi	76.90%	-2.5%
24th	Nepal	76.80%	-3.3%
25th	Haiti	76.20%	0.1%
26th	Burkina Faso	74.60%	-3.2%
27th	Sierra Leone	74.60%	1.4%
28th	Chad	72.80%	0.1%
29th	Guinea	72.00%	-4.4%
30th	Congo, Republic of	69.80%	3.1%
31st	Kenya	68.10%	-0.3%
32nd	Eswatini	65.30%	1.6%
33rd	Guatemala	65.00%	2.8%
34th	Côte d'Ivoire	62.50%	-2.3%
35th	Uruguay	60.80%	0.8%
36th	Paraguay	60.10%	-3.8%
37th	Comoros	59.50%	-7.0%
38th	Myanmar	59.50%	-13.5%
39th	Sudan	59.40%	0.8%
40th	Norway	58.90%	2.1%
41st	Cambodia	56.30%	-2.9%
42nd	Liechtenstein	55.30%	-0.9%
43rd	Papua New Guinea	54.70%	-0.2%
44th	Angola	52.50%	9.1%
45th	Sweden	51.80%	1.8%
46th	Lao PDR	50.60%	-2.1%
47th	Solomon Islands	49.00%	0.6%
48th	Nicaragua	48.90%	-1.2%
49th	Gambia, The	48.00%	-1.2%
50th	Sri Lanka	45.80%	1.6%
51st	Honduras	45.60%	-13.5%
52nd	Benin	45.40%	0.0%
53rd	Brazil	45.30%	-0.2%
54th	Ghana	45.30%	0.2%
55th	Finland	44.40%	4.7%
56th	Tajikistan	44.20%	1.1%
57th	Latvia	42.60%	10.6%
58th	Kiribati	42.50%	-11.6%
59th	Pakistan	42.10%	-3.7%
60th	Lesotho	41.50%	-8.0%
61st	São Tomé and Principe	39.20%	2.9%
62nd	Montenegro	37.80%	-13.9%
63rd	Belize	37.20%	11.7%
64th	Albania	36.90%	-6.3%
65th	Senegal	36.80%	0.3%
66th	Samoa	35.80%	-2.7%
67th	Vanuatu	35.70%	7.9%
68th	South Sudan	35.10%	22.3%
69th	Denmark	35.00%	9.4%
70th	Austria	34.00%	-1.7%
71st	Lithuania	33.80%	7.3%
72nd	Costa Rica	33.30%	-2.3%
73rd	India	32.50%	-1.5%
74th	Colombia	32.20%	5.6%
75th	Namibia	30.20%	3.4%
76th	Croatia	29.80%	-6.3%
77th	Fiji	28.60%	3.2%
78th	New Zealand	28.40%	-5.6%
79th	Viet Nam	28.30%	5.6%
80th	Bangladesh	28.10%	-7.0%
81st	Philippines	27.80%	-2.8%
82nd	Peru	27.60%	1.5%
83rd	Estonia	27.50%	1.1%
84th	Georgia	27.50%	1.1%
85th	Botswana	26.70%	0.0%
86th	Moldova	26.10%	3.2%
87th	Mauritania	25.50%	-19.6%
88th	Indonesia	25.20%	-9.4%
89th	Switzerland	25.00%	3.7%
90th	El Salvador	25.00%	20.8%
91st	Kyrgyz Republic	24.70%	11.3%
92nd	Portugal	24.40%	-15.9%
93rd	Chile	24.10%	-2.0%
94th	Panama	23.60%	6.8%
95th	Romania	23.40%	-4.1%
96th	Djibouti	23.30%	-1.3%
97th	Canada	22.80%	3.2%
98th	Thailand	22.20%	-0.9%
99th	Guyana	22.10%	3.8%
100th	Cuba	22.00%	14.6%
101st	Cabo Verde	21.80%	-8.8%
102nd	Serbia	20.00%	-4.3%
103rd	Slovenia	19.70%	-6.2%
104th	Afghanistan	19.50%	-3.5%
105th	North Macedonia	19.00%	-11.2%
106th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	18.50%	-19.6%
107th	Andorra	18.00%	-4.8%
108th	European Union	17.69%	0.9%
109th	Bulgaria	17.10%	-3.4%
110th	Ecuador	17.00%	14.9%
111th	Dominican Republic	16.90%	10.5%
112th	Greece	16.40%	0.0%
113th	Italy	16.40%	1.9%
114th	Suriname	15.50%	39.6%
115th	Luxembourg	15.30%	13.3%
116th	Germany	15.20%	7.0%
117th	Spain	15.20%	-9.0%
118th	Hungary	14.60%	-4.6%
119th	Czechia	14.50%	-2.0%
120th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	14.30%	5.1%
121st	France	14.10%	-0.7%
122nd	Timor-Leste	13.20%	3.9%
123rd	China	13.10%	4.0%
124th	Armenia	12.60%	-4.5%
125th	Slovak Republic	12.40%	-5.3%
126th	Marshall Islands	12.00%	-0.8%
127th	Tunisia	11.80%	-4.8%
128th	Türkiye	11.40%	-13.6%
129th	Greenland	11.30%	-8.9%
130th	Poland	11.10%	-1.8%
131st	Jamaica	11.00%	-0.9%
132nd	Cyprus	10.90%	5.8%
133rd	West Bank and Gaza	10.50%	-14.6%
134th	Argentina	10.40%	10.6%
135th	Morocco	10.40%	-6.3%
136th	Grenada	10.20%	-1.9%
137th	St. Lucia	10.20%	-8.9%
138th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	10.20%	-57.5%
139th	Ireland	10.10%	17.4%
140th	Mexico	10.10%	9.8%
141st	Australia	9.90%	3.1%
142nd	Belgium	9.70%	5.4%
143rd	Dominica	9.70%	-9.3%
144th	United States	9.70%	4.3%
145th	Mauritius	9.40%	-8.7%
146th	United Kingdom	8.80%	14.3%
147th	French Polynesia	8.10%	0.0%
148th	South Africa	7.90%	1.3%
149th	Belarus	7.30%	9.0%
150th	Malta	7.30%	-20.7%
151st	Tuvalu	7.00%	-4.1%
152nd	Japan	6.90%	7.8%
153rd	Aruba	6.80%	-2.9%
154th	Ukraine	6.50%	18.2%
155th	Netherlands	6.40%	14.3%
156th	Faroe Islands	6.00%	-4.8%
157th	Jordan	5.30%	12.8%
158th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	5.30%	29.3%
159th	Virgin Islands (US)	5.30%	-7.0%
160th	Malaysia	5.20%	18.2%
161st	New Caledonia	5.10%	37.8%
162nd	Equatorial Guinea	5.00%	4.2%
163rd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	4.90%	-3.9%
164th	Barbados	4.30%	53.6%
165th	Lebanon	4.00%	0.0%
166th	Guam	3.90%	-11.4%
167th	Israel	3.90%	-2.5%
168th	Macao SAR, China	3.90%	-27.8%
169th	Russian Federation	3.20%	-5.9%
170th	Yemen, Republic of	3.00%	15.4%
171st	Libya	2.90%	3.6%
172nd	Korea	2.80%	7.7%
173rd	Puerto Rico (US)	2.30%	21.1%
174th	Kazakhstan	2.00%	-4.8%
175th	Tonga	2.00%	0.0%
176th	Azerbaijan	1.90%	0.0%
177th	Curaçao	1.90%	35.7%
178th	Isle of Man	1.90%	0.0%
179th	Mongolia	1.80%	-47.1%
180th	Micronesia, Federated States of	1.70%	-10.5%
181st	Uzbekistan	1.70%	6.2%
182nd	St. Kitts and Nevis	1.30%	-23.5%
183rd	Maldives	1.30%	8.3%
184th	Seychelles	1.20%	0.0%
185th	Bahamas, The	1.10%	-8.3%
186th	Syrian Arab Republic	1.10%	-15.4%
187th	British Virgin Islands	1.10%	10.0%
188th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	1.00%	0.0%
189th	Singapore	0.70%	0.0%
190th	Bermuda	0.60%	-45.5%
191st	Nauru	0.60%	200.0%
192nd	Palau	0.60%	0.0%
193rd	Iraq	0.50%	-44.4%
194th	Antigua and Barbuda	0.40%	0.0%
195th	Trinidad and Tobago	0.40%	0.0%
196th	American Samoa	0.30%	50.0%
197th	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.30%	-25.0%
198th	United Arab Emirates	0.20%	100.0%
199th	Hong Kong SAR, China	0.20%	0.0%
200th	Algeria	0.10%	0.0%
201st	Qatar	0.10%	0.0%
202nd	Turkmenistan	0.10%	0.0%
203rd	Bahrain	0.00%	-
204th	Brunei Darussalam	0.00%	-
205th	Cayman Islands	0.00%	-
206th	Gibraltar	0.00%	-
207th	Kuwait	0.00%	-
208th	Northern Mariana Islands	0.00%	-
209th	Oman	0.00%	-
210th	Saudi Arabia	0.00%	-
211th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	0.00%	-

FAQ

What was Costa Rica's renewable energy in 2017?▾

Costa Rica's renewable energy in 2017 was 33.30%. This ranked 72nd globally.

How did Costa Rica's renewable energy change in 2017?▾

Costa Rica's renewable energy decreased by 2.3% in 2017 compared to 2016.

Which country had the highest renewable energy in 2017?▾

Congo, Democratic Republic of had the highest renewable energy in 2017 at 96.70%.

What is the renewable energy of Costa Rica in 2017?▾

The renewable energy of Costa Rica in 2017 was 33.30%. This ranked 72nd globally.

How does 2017 compare to 2016 for Costa Rica's renewable energy?▾

Costa Rica's renewable energy went from 34.10% in 2016 to 33.30% in 2017, a 2.3% decrease.

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