Percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services was 80 % in 2024. ▬ Flat
Percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in Costa Rica, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in Costa Rica stood at 80 %. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in Costa Rica peaked at 80 % in 2012 and was at its lowest, 77 %, in 2000.
That places Costa Rica 67th out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 77 % | — |
| 2001 | 77 % | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 77 % | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 78 % | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 78 % | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 78 % | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 78 % | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 78 % | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 79 % | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 79 % | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 79 % | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 79 % | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 80 % | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 80 % | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 80 % | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 80 % | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 80 % | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 80 % | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 80 % | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 80 % | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 80 % | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 80 % | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 80 % | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 80 % | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 80 % | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 77.9 % | 77 % | 79 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 79.8 % | 79 % | 80 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 80 % | 80 % | 80 % | 5 |
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- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 2.9 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.71 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.257 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.61 °C (2025)
- Newsprint — Import quantity, gaps filled 2,523 t (2024)
- Newsprint — Import quantity, annual growth rate -3.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Newsprint — Import value, gaps filled 1,948 1000 USD (2024)
- Newsprint — Import value, annual growth rate -11.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate -3.56 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in Costa Rica?
- Percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services in Costa Rica was 80 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 80 % in 2012.
- What is the lowest percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 77 % in 2000.
- How does Costa Rica rank for percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services?
- Costa Rica ranks 67th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of population using safely managed drinking water services rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- 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 safely managed drinking water services (percent) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.