Electricity generation from low-carbon sources in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Electricity generation from low-carbon sources was 12.81 terawatt-hours in 2025. ▲ Rising
Electricity generation from low-carbon sources in Costa Rica, 2000–2025
Source: Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in terawatt-hours.
Analysis
In 2025, electricity generation from low-carbon sources in Costa Rica stood at 12.81 terawatt-hours. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 16.6% on the previous year and up 20.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity generation from low-carbon sources in Costa Rica peaked at 12.81 terawatt-hours in 2025 and was at its lowest, 6.8 terawatt-hours, in 2000.
That places Costa Rica 67th out of 209 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.77 terawatt-hours | 6.8 terawatt-hours | 8.79 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.03 terawatt-hours | 8.87 terawatt-hours | 11.32 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.06 terawatt-hours | 10.99 terawatt-hours | 12.81 terawatt-hours | 6 |
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More climate change data for Costa Rica
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.0% (2100)
- Population growth 0.4% (2025)
- Population, total 5.15 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 1.0% (2025)
- Urban population 4.11 million (2025)
- Urban population 79.7% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 1.71 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 285.80 million tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 1.71 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 1.71 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity generation from low-carbon sources in Costa Rica?
- Electricity generation from low-carbon sources in Costa Rica was 12.81 terawatt-hours in 2025, according to Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest electricity generation from low-carbon sources recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 12.81 terawatt-hours in 2025.
- What is the lowest electricity generation from low-carbon sources recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.8 terawatt-hours in 2000.
- How does Costa Rica rank for electricity generation from low-carbon sources?
- Costa Rica ranks 67th out of 209 countries with data for 2025.
- Is electricity generation from low-carbon sources rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Electricity generation from low-carbon sources. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Measured in terawatt-hours. Low-carbon sources correspond to renewables and nuclear power, that produce significantly less greenhouse-gas emissions than fossil fuels. Renewables include solar, wind, hydropower, bioenergy, geothermal, wave, and tidal.