Energy & Mining in Costa Rica 275 indicators covering energy & mining for Costa Rica. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Share of electricity generation from bioenergy 0.5% 2025 down 72.0% 100th Share of electricity production by source 5.1% 2023 down 56.7% 192nd Renewable electricity-generating capacity per person 618.19 watts per capita 2024 up 28.3% 63rd Proportion of population with primary reliance on clean fuels and 97.0% 2024 up 3.2% 79th International financial flows to developing countries in support of 0.87 2024 down 99.3% 118th Installed renewable electricity-generating capacity 618.19 2024 up 28.3% 69th Proportion of population with access to electricity, by urban/rural 99.8% 2024 up 0.4% 136th Share of energy used in agriculture, forestry and fishing 1.8% 2023 down 19.5% 91st Electricity production by source 26.5% 2021 up 47.4% 23rd Solar (photovoltaic) panels cumulative capacity 0.0822 gigawatts 2025 up 908.5% 126th Fossil-fuel subsidies (consumption and production) as a proportion of 0.2% 2023 up 31.6% 81st Oil yields by crop type 0.1559 tonnes per hectare 2023 down 7.9% 34th Energy intensity by sector 2.25 MJ/2011 USD PPP 2012 down 11.4% 158th Fossil-fuel subsidies (consumption and production) 0.1808 2023 up 68.4% 85th Fossil-fuel subsidies (consumption and production) per capita 35.41 2023 up 60.6% 69th Fossil-fuel subsidies 180.00 million billions of current united states dollars 2023 up 63.6% 77th Fossil-fuel subsidies per capita 35.41 usd 2023 up 60.5% 67th Explicit fossil fuel subsidies as a share of GDP 0.2% 2023 up 33.3% 76th Product market, S2 - Electricity regulation 0 2014 — 56th Product market, S2 - Electricity unbundling 1 2014 unchanged 1st Product market, S2 - Electricity wholesale 0 2014 — 65th Product market, S2 - Electricity access 0 2014 — 46th Product market, S1 - Electricity 0.1667 2014 unchanged 72nd Investment in energy with private participation 46.00 million current US$ 2016 down 42.5% 51st Renewable energy consumption 34.2% 2021 down 10.7% 72nd Vegetable oil production 167.26 tonnes 2023 down 15.9% 56th Annual patents filed for renewable energy technologies 1 patents 2022 unchanged 50th Energy use — Total final energy consumption 3,993 Tonnes of oil equivalent 2023 up 12.0% 39th Energy use — Direct on-farm energy consumption 45.64 Tonnes of oil equivalent 2023 down 39.5% 40th Share of schools with access to electricity 99.4% 2020 up 15.0% 82nd Oil palm fruit yields 16.4 tonnes per hectare 2024 up 44.2% 7th Land use for vegetable oil crops 74,742 hectares 2024 down 3.9% 18th Oil palm production 280,463 tonnes 2023 down 6.5% 17th Fossil Fuel Support - Detailed Indicators 0.156 Percentage of GDP 2024 up 30.3% 33rd Annual patents filed in sustainable energy 1 patents 2023 down 96.2% 61st ← Previous Page 5 of 5