Safely managed drinking water in Costa Rica

80.5% of people in Costa Rica used safely managed drinking water in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2018.

Measure: People using safely managed drinking water services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Costa Rica, 2024 80.5% % of population
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 80.5%
World, 2024 73.7% Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024 99.0% Middle value of 36 countries
Position in 2024 76th of 148 See the full ranking

Safely managed drinking water in Costa Rica over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

People using safely managed drinking water services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period Costa RicaWorld
2024 80.5% 73.7%
2023 80.5% 72.0%
2022 80.5% 71.5%
2021 80.5% 71.0%
2020 80.5% 70.5%
2019 80.5% 69.9%
2018 80.4% 69.4%
2017 80.3% 68.8%
2016 80.2% 68.2%
2015 80.0% 67.7%
2014 79.9% 67.1%
2013 79.7% 66.5%
2012 79.6% 65.9%
2011 79.4% 65.3%
2010 79.2% 64.8%
2009 79.0% 64.3%
2008 78.8% 63.8%
2007 78.5% 63.4%
2006 78.3% 63.1%
2005 78.0% 62.8%
2004 77.8% 62.5%
2003 77.5% 62.1%
2002 77.2% 61.8%
2001 76.9% 61.5%
2000 76.6% 61.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 80.5% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 79.9%, the figure has changed by +0.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 148 countries with data for 2024, Costa Rica has the 76th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 73.7%.

Source and dates

Original producer
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.H2O.SMDW.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2024 for Costa Rica
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene