Costa Rica, year by year

Every index this site holds for Costa Rica, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

0.659 → 0.806 (+0.147)

UNDP Human Development Report, 2023-24 edition. 33 annual values, none interpolated; hover any point for its year.

Twenty years here

The world report →

Life expectancy at birth78.9 → 81 (+2.1)

Internet users25 → 87 (+62)

Urban population66 → 80 (+14)

Births per woman2.04 → 1.32 (-0.72)

Renewable share of energy39 → 34 (-5)

Access to electricity99 → 100 (+1)

Infant mortality10 → 9 (-1)

CO2 emissions per person1.5 → 1.6 (+0.1)

Forest area56 → 60 (+4)

World Bank observations, first to last available year per indicator (roughly 2005–2024; each series has its own window).

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.659	76.1	—	—	3.17	45	—	14	0.9	56.9	—	—
1991	0.662	76.2	—	50	3.08	45	—	14	1.0	56.8	—	—
1992	0.673	76.4	0	50	3.00	35	—	13	1.3	56.7	—	—
1993	0.681	76.3	0	51	2.93	36	—	13	1.3	56.6	—	—
1994	0.684	76.3	0	53	2.86	36	—	13	1.4	56.5	—	—
1995	0.690	76.4	0	54	2.78	35	—	13	1.4	56.5	—	—
1996	0.692	76.4	1	55	2.68	37	—	13	1.3	56.4	—	—
1997	0.699	76.6	2	56	2.59	34	—	12	1.3	56.3	—	—
1998	0.705	76.9	3	57	2.53	29	—	12	1.4	56.1	—	—
1999	0.707	77.1	4	58	2.48	30	—	12	1.3	56.1	—	—
2000	0.709	77.3	6	59	2.41	33	97	11	1.3	56.0	—	—
2001	0.714	77.6	10	60	2.31	32	98	11	1.4	56.0	—	—
2002	0.721	77.9	20	61	2.16	33	99	10	1.4	56.0	—	—
2003	0.726	78.2	20	62	2.08	33	99	10	1.5	56.0	—	—
2004	0.731	78.5	21	64	2.03	39	99	10	1.5	56.1	—	—
2005	0.739	78.9	22	65	2.04	42	99	10	1.5	56.1	—	—
2006	0.745	79.0	25	66	1.94	42	99	10	1.6	56.1	5257	10800
2007	0.754	79.1	28	67	1.95	41	99	10	1.8	56.1	6138	11842
2008	0.762	79.2	32	69	1.98	41	99	9	1.7	56.2	6937	12472
2009	0.765	79.4	34	70	1.95	41	99	9	1.6	56.2	6833	12274
2010	0.769	79.3	37	72	1.83	40	99	9	1.6	56.2	8266	12928
2011	0.778	79.6	39	73	1.88	38	99	9	1.7	56.5	9276	13614
2012	0.782	79.9	48	73	1.85	38	100	9	1.6	56.9	10127	14464
2013	0.787	80.2	46	74	1.78	38	100	8	1.7	57.2	10803	15232
2014	0.790	80.2	53	74	1.80	38	99	8	1.7	57.5	10911	16394
2015	0.792	80.4	60	75	1.80	38	99	8	1.6	57.8	11715	17525
2016	0.796	80.0	66	76	1.75	34	100	8	1.7	58.2	12091	19202
2017	0.800	80.0	72	76	1.71	33	100	8	1.7	58.5	12317	20499
2018	0.804	80.1	73	77	1.71	33	100	8	1.7	58.8	12620	21549
2019	0.811	80.3	81	77	1.60	33	100	8	1.6	59.1	12952	23461
2020	0.811	79.7	81	78	1.45	36	100	8	1.4	59.4	12476	22245
2021	0.804	78.0	83	78	1.35	34	100	8	1.6	59.8	12962	24084
2022	0.806	79.3	83	78	1.34	—	100	9	1.6	60.1	13972	26892
2023	—	80.8	85	79	1.33	—	100	9	1.6	60.4	17141	29248
2024	—	81.0	87	79	1.32	—	100	9	1.6	—	18853	31552
2025	—	—	—	80	—	—	—	—	—	—	19970	33815
Profile shows	0.806	81.0	87	80	1.32	34	—	—	1.6	60.4	19970	33815

Sources: HDI — UNDP HDR 2023-24; Life expectancy at birth — World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users — World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population — World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman — World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy — World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity — World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality — World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person — World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area — World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-09-01. Observed years only; IMF projections are excluded.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. In the last row, ≠ means the profile’s current figure differs from the latest value here by more than 2%: none do on this page.

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