Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric was 26.5% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric in Costa Rica, 1990–2021
Source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA). Measured in % of total.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 26.5% for electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric in 2021.
That represents a change of down 6.2% on the previous year and up 47.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric in Costa Rica peaked at 30.2% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1990.
That places Costa Rica 23rd out of 210 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.0% | — |
| 1991 | 0.3% | — |
| 1992 | 9.9% | +3715.2% |
| 1993 | 9.9% | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 9.9% | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 9.9% | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 11.3% | +14.0% |
| 1997 | 11.3% | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 12.7% | +12.4% |
| 1999 | 14.7% | +16.3% |
| 2000 | 16.4% | +11.7% |
| 2001 | 20.0% | +21.3% |
| 2002 | 18.5% | -7.4% |
| 2003 | 18.4% | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 15.1% | -17.8% |
| 2005 | 16.1% | +6.4% |
| 2006 | 16.9% | +4.8% |
| 2007 | 17.1% | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 14.8% | -13.5% |
| 2009 | 17.5% | +18.3% |
| 2010 | 16.7% | -4.2% |
| 2011 | 18.0% | +7.3% |
| 2012 | 19.8% | +10.5% |
| 2013 | 20.5% | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 23.2% | +13.2% |
| 2015 | 23.8% | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 23.8% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 22.3% | -6.2% |
| 2018 | 25.3% | +13.2% |
| 2019 | 30.2% | +19.5% |
| 2020 | 28.2% | -6.6% |
| 2021 | 26.5% | -6.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.0% | 0.0% | 14.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 17.1% | 14.8% | 20.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.4% | 16.7% | 30.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 27.3% | 26.5% | 28.2% | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric in Costa Rica?
- Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric in Costa Rica was 26.5% in 2021, according to IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA).
- What is the highest electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 30.2% in 2019.
- What is the lowest electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1990.
- How does Costa Rica rank for electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric?
- Costa Rica ranks 23rd out of 210 countries with data for 2021.
- Is electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA), published as part of Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The share of electricity production from renewable sources of total electricity production. Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, includes geothermal, solar, tides, wind, biomass, and biofuels.