Safely managed sanitation in Costa Rica

26.3% of people in Costa Rica used safely managed sanitation in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using safely managed sanitation services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Costa Rica, 2024 26.3% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.3percentage points 2023: 26.0%
World, 2024 58.5% Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024 92.9% Middle value of 37 countries
Position in 2024 113th of 141 See the full ranking

Safely managed sanitation 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 sanitation services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period Costa RicaWorld
2024 26.3% 58.5%
2023 26.0% 57.8%
2022 25.6% 57.0%
2021 25.3% 56.1%
2020 25.0% 55.2%
2019 24.7% 54.2%
2018 24.4% 52.8%
2017 24.1% 51.3%
2016 23.8% 49.9%
2015 23.4% 48.4%
2014 23.1% 46.9%
2013 22.8% 45.5%
2012 22.6% 44.1%
2011 22.6% 42.8%
2010 22.6% 41.5%
2009 22.7% 40.2%
2008 22.8% 38.9%
2007 22.9% 37.6%
2006 23.0% 36.3%
2005 23.2% 35.1%
2004 23.3% 34.0%
2003 23.5% 32.8%
2002 23.7% 31.7%
2001 23.8% 31.7%
2000 24.0% 31.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 26.0% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 23.1%, the figure has changed by +3.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 141 countries with data for 2024, Costa Rica has the 113th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 58.5%.

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.STA.SMSS.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