Costa Rica vs Netherlands: Water accounts - supply and use — Losses in distribution
Water accounts - supply and use — Losses in distribution over time
- Costa Rica
- Netherlands
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 758.81 Cubic metres against 41.24 Cubic metres in Netherlands, a difference of 717.57 Cubic metres.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 18.4 times Netherlands's.
Across all 8 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 7th and Netherlands ranks 3rd of 18 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 921.8 Cubic metres | 44 Cubic metres | 877.8 Cubic metres | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 860.8 Cubic metres | 42.62 Cubic metres | 818.17 Cubic metres | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher water accounts - supply and use — losses in distribution, Costa Rica or Netherlands?
- Costa Rica, at 758.81 Cubic metres against 41.24 Cubic metres in Netherlands as of 2023.
- What is the difference in water accounts - supply and use — losses in distribution between Costa Rica and Netherlands?
- 717.57 Cubic metres, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Netherlands?
- 8 years are reported by both, from 2016 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Netherlands rank globally for water accounts - supply and use — losses in distribution?
- Costa Rica ranks 7th and Netherlands ranks 3rd of 18 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Water accounts - supply and use — Losses in distribution. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Water flow accounts describe flows of water, in physical units, encompassing the initial abstraction of water resources from the environment into the economy, to the water flows within the economy in the form of supply and use by industries and households, and finally, flows of water back to the environment. Physical supply and use tables can be compiled at various levels of detail, depending on the required policy and analytical focus and data availability. A basic PSUT for water contains information on the supply and use of water and provides an overview of water flows. The PSUT is divided into five sections which organize information on (a) abstraction of water from the environment; (b) distribution and use of abstracted water across enterprises and households; (c) flows of wastewater and reused water (between households and enterprises); (d) return flows of water to the environment; and (e) evaporation, transpiration and water incorporated into products. Data source(s): Joint OECD/Eurostat questionnaire on Inland Waters. Data for non-OECD countries is sourced from UNSD (https://unstats.un.org/unsd/envstats/country_files) Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Dataset release date: April 15, 2026 Database documentation