Percentage of population using at least basic sanitation services in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Percentage of population using at least basic sanitation services was 99 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of population using at least basic sanitation services in Costa Rica, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of population using at least basic sanitation services in Costa Rica is 99 %, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of population using at least basic sanitation services in Costa Rica peaked at 99 % in 2023 and was at its lowest, 94 %, in 2000.
Costa Rica ranks 32nd of 186 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Percentage of population using at least basic sanitation services in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 94 % | — |
| 2001 | 94 % | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 94 % | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 94 % | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 95 % | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 95 % | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 95 % | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 95 % | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 95 % | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 96 % | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 96 % | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 96 % | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 96 % | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 97 % | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 97 % | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 97 % | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 97 % | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 98 % | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 98 % | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 98 % | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 98 % | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 98 % | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 98 % | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 99 % | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 99 % | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 94.7 % | 94 % | 96 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 97 % | 96 % | 98 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 98.4 % | 98 % | 99 % | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Costa Rica
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.56 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0337 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 672.15 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.57 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2027 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of population using at least basic sanitation services in Costa Rica?
- Percentage of population using at least basic sanitation services in Costa Rica was 99 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest percentage of population using at least basic sanitation services recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 99 % in 2023.
- What is the lowest percentage of population using at least basic sanitation services recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 94 % in 2000.
- How does Costa Rica rank for percentage of population using at least basic sanitation services?
- Costa Rica ranks 32nd out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of population using at least basic sanitation services rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. 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 sanitation 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.