Water accounts - supply and use — Losses in distribution in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Water accounts - supply and use — Losses in distribution was 758.81 Cubic metres in 2023. ▼ Falling
Water accounts - supply and use — Losses in distribution in Costa Rica, 2016–2023
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Cubic metres.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 758.81 Cubic metres for water accounts - supply and use — losses in distribution in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 8 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.8% on the previous year and down 20.2% over ten years.
Water accounts - supply and use — Losses in distribution in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | Cubic metres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 951.23 Cubic metres | — |
| 2017 | 872.78 Cubic metres | -8.2% |
| 2018 | 1,028 Cubic metres | +17.8% |
| 2019 | 835.12 Cubic metres | -18.8% |
| 2020 | 786.87 Cubic metres | -5.8% |
| 2021 | 1,125 Cubic metres | +42.9% |
| 2022 | 772.92 Cubic metres | -31.3% |
| 2023 | 758.81 Cubic metres | -1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 921.8 Cubic metres | 835.12 Cubic metres | 1,028 Cubic metres | 4 |
| 2020s | 860.8 Cubic metres | 758.81 Cubic metres | 1,125 Cubic metres | 4 |
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More environment data for Costa Rica
- 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)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, per capita 0.0769 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate -3.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, per capita 0.006 t per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is water accounts - supply and use — losses in distribution in Costa Rica?
- Water accounts - supply and use — losses in distribution in Costa Rica was 758.81 Cubic metres in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest water accounts - supply and use — losses in distribution recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 1,125 Cubic metres in 2021.
- What is the lowest water accounts - supply and use — losses in distribution recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 758.81 Cubic metres in 2023.
- How does Costa Rica rank for water accounts - supply and use — losses in distribution?
- Costa Rica ranks 7th out of 18 countries with data for 2023.
- Is water accounts - supply and use — losses in distribution rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Water accounts - supply and use — Losses in distribution. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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