Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural was 90.3% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Costa Rica, 2000–2023
Source: Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report, International Energy Agency (IEA), note: License: Creative Commons Attribution—NonCommercial 3.0 IGO (CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO). Measured in % of rural population.
Analysis
The most recent figure for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Costa Rica is 90.3%, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Costa Rica peaked at 90.3% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 77.2%, in 2000.
Costa Rica ranks 83rd of 189 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 77.2% | — |
| 2001 | 77.6% | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 78.0% | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 78.1% | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 78.4% | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 78.6% | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 78.8% | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 79.1% | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 79.5% | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 79.7% | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 80.3% | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 80.9% | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 81.7% | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 82.6% | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 83.4% | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 84.1% | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 85.1% | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 85.9% | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 86.8% | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 87.5% | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 88.4% | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 89.1% | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 89.7% | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 90.3% | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 78.5% | 77.2% | 79.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 83.8% | 80.3% | 87.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 89.4% | 88.4% | 90.3% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 80 Saint Lucia 91.3% compare
- 81 Cuba 90.9% compare
- 81 Kazakhstan 90.9% compare
- 84 Jamaica 89.7% compare
- 85 Syrian Arab Republic 89.0% compare
- 86 Tonga 88.7% compare
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- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.257 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.61 °C (2025)
- Roundwood — Import value, annual growth rate -42.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roundwood — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Roundwood — Import value, per capita 0.0003 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Roundwood — Export quantity, annual growth rate 17.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roundwood — Export quantity, per capita 0.0234 m3 per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Costa Rica?
- Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Costa Rica was 90.3% in 2023, according to Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report, International Energy Agency (IEA), note: License: Creative Commons Attribution—NonCommercial 3.0 IGO (CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO).
- What is the highest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 90.3% in 2023.
- What is the lowest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 77.2% in 2000.
- How does Costa Rica rank for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural?
- Costa Rica ranks 83rd out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report, International Energy Agency (IEA), note: License: Creative Commons Attribution—NonCommercial 3.0 IGO (CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO), published as part of Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural is the proportion of rural population primarily using clean cooking fuels and technologies for cooking. Under WHO guidelines, kerosene is excluded from clean cooking fuels.