Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services was 100 % in 2024. β² Rising
Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Costa Rica, 2000β2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Costa Rica stood at 100 %. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Costa Rica peaked at 100 % in 2017 and was at its lowest, 95 %, in 2000.
Costa Rica ranks 1st of 183 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 96.4 % | 95 % | 98 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 99 % | 98 % | 100 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 5 |
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More environment data for Costa Rica
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.257 Β°C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.61 Β°C (2025)
- Recovered paper β Production 110,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish β Production 281,000 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified β Import value 971 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified β Import quantity 221 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Export value 21,862 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Export quantity 37,676 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Import value 353,976 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Costa Rica?
- Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Costa Rica was 100 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 100 % in 2017.
- What is the lowest percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 95 % in 2000.
- How does Costa Rica rank for percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services?
- Costa Rica ranks 1st out of 183 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services (percent) β Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.