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Electricity demand in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Electricity demand was 12.45 terawatt-hours in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
12.45 terawatt-hours
Change on year
up 11.0%
World rank
106th
of 214 countries
All-time high
12.45 terawatt-hours
in 2025
All-time low
6.39 terawatt-hours
in 2000
Years of data
26
2000–2025

Electricity demand in Costa Rica, 2000–2025

02.557.51012.52000201220252000: 6.4 terawatt-hours2001: 6.7 terawatt-hours2002: 7 terawatt-hours2003: 7.2 terawatt-hours2004: 7.7 terawatt-hours2005: 8.2 terawatt-hours2006: 8.7 terawatt-hours2007: 9.1 terawatt-hours2008: 9.3 terawatt-hours2009: 9.3 terawatt-hours2010: 9.5 terawatt-hours2011: 9.7 terawatt-hours2012: 10.1 terawatt-hours2013: 10.2 terawatt-hours2014: 10.4 terawatt-hours2015: 10.7 terawatt-hours2016: 11 terawatt-hours2017: 11.1 terawatt-hours2018: 11.2 terawatt-hours2019: 11.4 terawatt-hours2020: 11.2 terawatt-hours2021: 11.7 terawatt-hours2022: 11.7 terawatt-hours2023: 12.1 terawatt-hours2024: 11.2 terawatt-hours2025: 12.4 terawatt-hours

Source: Ember (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in terawatt-hours.

Analysis

The most recent figure for electricity demand in Costa Rica is 12.45 terawatt-hours, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.

That represents a change of up 11.0% on the previous year and up 16.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, electricity demand in Costa Rica peaked at 12.45 terawatt-hours in 2025 and was at its lowest, 6.39 terawatt-hours, in 2000.

That places Costa Rica 106th out of 214 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 7.96 terawatt-hours 6.39 terawatt-hours 9.33 terawatt-hours 10
2010s 10.54 terawatt-hours 9.54 terawatt-hours 11.44 terawatt-hours 10
2020s 11.73 terawatt-hours 11.21 terawatt-hours 12.45 terawatt-hours 6

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 103 Panama 13.29 terawatt-hours compare
  2. 104 Honduras 12.63 terawatt-hours compare
  3. 105 Bhutan 12.46 terawatt-hours compare
  4. 107 Mongolia 12.41 terawatt-hours compare
  5. 108 Lithuania 12.32 terawatt-hours compare
  6. 109 Zimbabwe 12.1 terawatt-hours compare

See the full ranking of 214 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is electricity demand in Costa Rica?
Electricity demand in Costa Rica was 12.45 terawatt-hours in 2025, according to Ember (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest electricity demand recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 12.45 terawatt-hours in 2025.
What is the lowest electricity demand recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 6.39 terawatt-hours in 2000.
How does Costa Rica rank for electricity demand?
Costa Rica ranks 106th out of 214 countries with data for 2025.
Is electricity demand rising or falling in Costa Rica?
Over the last ten years it is up 16.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
The figures come from Ember (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Electricity demand. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Electricity demand
Unit
terawatt-hours
Source
Ember (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
214 places, 5,717 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed

Measured in terawatt-hours.