Internet users in Costa Rica
87.2% of the population of Costa Rica used the internet in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.
Costa Rica, 2024
87.2%
Change from 2023
+1.8percentage points
World, 2024
71.2%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024
93.6%
Position in 2024
73rd of 182
Internet users in Costa Rica over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Costa Rica | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 73.6% |
| 2024 | 87.2% | 71.2% |
| 2023 | 85.4% | 69.2% |
| 2022 | 82.6% | 67.0% |
| 2021 | 82.7% | 63.8% |
| 2020 | 80.5% | 60.1% |
| 2019 | 81.2% | 53.9% |
| 2018 | 73.5% | 49.4% |
| 2017 | 71.6% | 46.3% |
| 2016 | 65.9% | 43.6% |
| 2015 | 59.8% | 39.9% |
| 2014 | 53.0% | 37.4% |
| 2013 | 46.0% | 35.3% |
| 2012 | 47.5% | 33.3% |
| 2011 | 39.2% | 30.9% |
| 2010 | 36.5% | 28.4% |
| 2009 | 34.3% | 25.3% |
| 2008 | 32.3% | 22.8% |
| 2007 | 28.4% | 20.2% |
| 2006 | 25.1% | 17.2% |
| 2005 | 22.1% | 15.6% |
| 2004 | 20.8% | – |
| 2003 | 20.3% | – |
| 2002 | 19.9% | – |
| 2001 | 9.6% | – |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +1.8 percentage points from 85.4% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 53.0%, the figure has changed by +34.2 percentage points.
- Among the 182 countries with data for 2024, Costa Rica has the 73rd highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 71.2%.