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

Human development rose from 0.677 in 1990 to 0.833 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 34 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 81 years2024at birthUp 2.1 years from 78.9 years in 2005
Internet users: 87%2024of people onlineUp 62 points from 25% in 2006
Urban population: 80%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 14 points from 66% in 2006
Births per woman: 1.322024births per womanDown 0.72 from 2.04 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 34%2021of energy usedDown 5 points from 39% in 2004
Access to electricity: 100%2024of people with electricityUp 1 point from 99% in 2005
Infant mortality: 92024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 1 from 10 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 1.6 t2024of CO2 per person a yearUp 0.1 t from 1.5 t in 2005
Forest area: 60%2023of land under forestUp 4 points from 56% in 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each 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	0.677	76.1	—	—	3.17	45.4	—	14	0.9	56.9	—	—
1991	0.682	76.2	—	49.5	3.08	44.7	—	14	1.0	56.8	—	—
1992	0.691	76.4	0.0	50.5	3.00	35.1	—	13	1.3	56.7	—	—
1993	0.696	76.3	0.1	51.5	2.93	36.3	—	13	1.3	56.6	—	—
1994	0.701	76.3	0.3	52.5	2.86	35.8	—	13	1.4	56.5	—	—
1995	0.706	76.4	0.4	53.6	2.78	35.0	—	13	1.4	56.5	—	—
1996	0.707	76.4	0.8	54.7	2.68	36.6	—	13	1.3	56.4	—	—
1997	0.712	76.6	1.6	55.8	2.59	33.6	—	12	1.3	56.3	—	—
1998	0.714	76.9	2.7	56.9	2.53	28.9	—	12	1.4	56.1	—	—
1999	0.717	77.1	3.9	58.0	2.48	29.9	—	12	1.3	56.1	—	—
2000	0.720	77.3	5.8	59.0	2.41	33.0	97	11	1.3	56.0	—	—
2001	0.726	77.6	9.6	60.1	2.31	32.1	98	11	1.4	56.0	—	—
2002	0.730	77.9	19.9	61.3	2.16	32.5	99	10	1.4	56.0	—	—
2003	0.736	78.2	20.3	62.5	2.08	33.3	99	10	1.5	56.0	—	—
2004	0.741	78.5	20.8	63.7	2.03	39.2	99	10	1.5	56.1	—	—
2005	0.748	78.9	22.1	64.9	2.04	41.7	99	10	1.5	56.1	—	—
2006	0.755	79.0	25.1	66.2	1.94	42.4	99	10	1.6	56.1	5257	10800
2007	0.760	79.1	28.4	67.5	1.95	41.2	99	10	1.8	56.1	6138	11842
2008	0.769	79.2	32.3	68.8	1.98	40.7	99	9	1.7	56.2	6937	12472
2009	0.773	79.4	34.3	70.1	1.95	40.7	99	9	1.6	56.2	6833	12274
2010	0.776	79.3	36.5	71.5	1.83	40.4	99	9	1.6	56.2	8266	12928
2011	0.783	79.6	39.2	72.8	1.88	38.0	99	9	1.7	56.5	9276	13614
2012	0.789	79.9	47.5	73.4	1.85	38.1	100	9	1.6	56.9	10127	14464
2013	0.795	80.2	46.0	73.9	1.78	37.8	100	8	1.7	57.2	10803	15232
2014	0.802	80.2	53.0	74.5	1.80	37.6	99	8	1.7	57.5	10911	16394
2015	0.803	80.4	59.8	75.0	1.80	38.3	99	8	1.6	57.8	11715	17525
2016	0.805	80.0	65.9	75.5	1.75	34.1	100	8	1.7	58.2	12091	19202
2017	0.809	80.0	71.6	76.0	1.71	33.3	100	8	1.7	58.5	12317	20499
2018	0.813	80.1	73.5	76.5	1.71	33.1	100	8	1.7	58.8	12620	21549
2019	0.821	80.3	81.2	77.0	1.60	33.4	100	8	1.6	59.1	12952	23461
2020	0.819	79.7	80.5	77.5	1.45	36.4	100	8	1.4	59.4	12476	22245
2021	0.817	78.0	82.8	78.0	1.35	34.2	100	8	1.6	59.8	12962	24084
2022	0.823	79.3	82.6	78.4	1.34	—	100	9	1.6	60.1	13972	26892
2023	0.833	80.8	85.4	78.9	1.33	—	100	9	1.6	60.4	17141	29248
2024	—	81.0	87.2	79.3	1.32	—	100	9	1.6	—	18853	31552
2025	—	—	—	79.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	19970	33815
On the profile	0.833	81.0	87.2	79.7	1.32	34.2	—	—	1.6	60.4	19970	33815

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; 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 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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