# Electricity consumption in Costa Rica

Electricity consumption in Costa Rica was 10.1 TWh in 2024. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration.

- Indicator id: `electricity_consumption`
- Place id: `cr`
- Unit: TWh
- Definition: Net electricity consumption in the country in the year: net generation plus imports, minus exports and transmission and distribution losses, in terawatt hours (billion kilowatt hours), as estimated by the U.S. Energy Information Administration in its International Energy Statistics.
- Note: Countries only. EIA publishes 0 for some small economies in years it has no estimate, and a few tiny negative values where losses exceed supply.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, International Energy Statistics: electricity net consumption, billion kilowatt hours (series INTL.2-2-BKWH.A) (https://www.eia.gov/international/data/world), via Data Commons (https://datacommons.org)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-energy-information-administration
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: Public domain (US federal government work, attribution requested)
- Citation: Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration. International Energy Statistics: electricity net consumption, billion kilowatt hours (series INTL.2-2-BKWH.A). Retrieved through Data Commons (datacommons.org). https://www.eia.gov/international/data/world. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/electricity-consumption/costa-rica
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=electricity_consumption&place=cr

| Period | TWh |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 10.1 |
| 2023 | 11.1 |
| 2022 | 10.7 |
| 2021 | 10.7 |
| 2020 | 10.2 |
| 2019 | 10.4 |
| 2018 | 10.2 |
| 2017 | 10.1 |
| 2016 | 10 |
| 2015 | 9.5 |
| 2014 | 9.3 |
| 2013 | 9.1 |
| 2012 | 9 |
| 2011 | 8.7 |
| 2010 | 8.6 |
| 2009 | 8.3 |
| 2008 | 8.4 |
| 2007 | 8.2 |
| 2006 | 7.9 |
| 2005 | 7.3 |
| 2004 | 6.9 |
| 2003 | 6.7 |
| 2002 | 6.3 |
| 2001 | 6.1 |
| 2000 | 5.9 |
| 1999 | 5.5 |
| 1998 | 4.8 |
| 1997 | 5 |
| 1996 | 4.5 |
| 1995 | 4.3 |
| 1994 | 4.8 |
| 1993 | 4.5 |
| 1992 | 4.2 |
| 1991 | 3.6 |
| 1990 | 3.3 |
| 1989 | 3.2 |
| 1988 | 3 |
| 1987 | 3.1 |
| 1986 | 2.7 |
| 1985 | 2.5 |
| 1984 | 2.4 |
| 1983 | 2.2 |
| 1982 | 2.1 |
| 1981 | 2.1 |
| 1980 | 1.9 |