Costa Rica
Electricity generation by source · TWh
2025
12.9 TWh- Coal generation · #84 of 203 0 0%
- Other fossil generation · #182 of 205 0 <0.1%
- Gas generation · #118 of 202 0 0%
- Nuclear generation · #33 of 200 0 0%
- Hydro generation · #55 of 204 9.7 74.9%
- Solar generation · #118 of 205 0.1 0.8%
- Bioenergy generation · #93 of 205 0.1 0.4%
- Wind generation · #49 of 203 1.6 12%
- Other renewables generation · #10 of 182 1.5 11.9%
Since 2000
Table · 26 years, TWh
| Year | Coal generation | Other fossil generation | Gas generation | Nuclear generation | Hydro generation | Solar generation | Bioenergy generation | Wind generation | Other renewables generation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 12.9 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 11 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 11.7 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 12.4 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 12.7 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 11.7 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 7.8 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 11.4 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 1 | 11.4 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.6 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 11.3 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 10.9 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 10.8 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 10.2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 6.8 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 10.2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 10.1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 9.8 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 9.5 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 9.2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 9.4 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 9 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 8.6 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 8.2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 8 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 7.3 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 7.4 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1 | 6.9 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1 | 6.9 |
p = provisional. — = the source printed no value for that year.
Electricity generated in the year, by the fuel or technology that generated it (Ember). The nine sources sum to total generation; net imports are not generation and are not in the mix.
Source: Ember — Yearly Electricity Data · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved as 2026-11-11
Ember (2026), Yearly Electricity Data, ember-energy.org, CC BY 4.0.
Indicators · as of 11 Nov 2026
- Bioenergy capacity0.1 GW2025 · #66 of 205 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Coal capacity0 GW2025 · #73 of 203 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Electricity demand12.6 TWh2025 · #105 of 205 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Electricity net imports-0.4 TWh2025 · #166 of 205 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Gas capacity0 GW2025 · #116 of 202 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Hydro capacity2.3 GW2025 · #54 of 204 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Nuclear capacity0 GW2025 · #32 of 200 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Other fossil capacity0.5 GW2025 · #63 of 205 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Other renewables capacity0 GW2025 · #28 of 182 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Power sector emissions0.3 MtCO2e2025 · #159 of 205 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Power emissions intensity24.6 gCO2e/kWh2025 · #200 of 205 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Solar capacity0.1 GW2025 · #117 of 205 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Total capacity3.5 GW2025 · #95 of 205 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Total generation12.9 TWh2025 · #102 of 205 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Wind capacity0.4 GW2025 · #52 of 203 · Ember, 2026-11-11