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Costa Rica
Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output)

Renewable electricity is the share of electricity generated by renewable power plants in total electricity generated by all types of plants.

Global rank#3out of 204 countries
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Historical trend

99.495.291.186.982.7199020062021Costa Rica · 2021: 99.37%Costa Rica

Analytical takeaways

  • Costa Rica records 99.37% for Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output) in 2021, ranking #3 globally out of 204 countries.
  • Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output) increased from 97.52% in 1990 to 99.37% in 2021, a gain of 1.85%.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

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