Costa Rica vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding

Costa Rica
66,027 kWh per square kilometre
in 2021
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
894.99 kWh per square kilometre
in 2021
Costa Rica rank
43rd
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
41st

Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
020.0k40.0k60.0k199020052021

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 66,027 kWh per square kilometre against 894.99 kWh per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 65,132 kWh per square kilometre.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 73.8 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 32 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.

Costa Rica ranks 43rd and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 41st of 208 countries.

Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1990s 9,244 kWh per square kilometre -141.69 kWh per square kilometre 9,386 kWh per square kilometre Costa Rica
2000s 27,128 kWh per square kilometre 174.68 kWh per square kilometre 26,954 kWh per square kilometre Costa Rica
2010s 46,933 kWh per square kilometre 380.36 kWh per square kilometre 46,552 kWh per square kilometre Costa Rica
2020s 65,435 kWh per square kilometre 819.39 kWh per square kilometre 64,616 kWh per square kilometre Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher electricity production from renewable sources, excluding, Costa Rica or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Costa Rica, at 66,027 kWh per square kilometre against 894.99 kWh per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2021.
What is the difference in electricity production from renewable sources, excluding between Costa Rica and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
65,132 kWh per square kilometre, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
32 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2021.
How do Costa Rica and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for electricity production from renewable sources, excluding?
Costa Rica ranks 43rd and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 41st of 208 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh), per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh), per square kilometre
Unit
kWh per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
255 places, 7,259 data points, 1990–2021
Last refreshed

Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.