Wind share of electricity — all countries

Wind share of electricity — Costa Rica

Wind share of electricity in Costa Rica in 2025 — 12.1%. Ranked 24 in the world out of 89. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 9.48 pp.

2025 12.1% +0.83 pp vs 2024
World rank 24of 89
Period maximum 15.76%2019
Period minimum 2.13%2008

Trend over time

2000–2025 · % of generation

Wind share of electricity — Costa Rica, 2000–2025051015202000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 2.62%2001: 2.75%2002: 3.5%2003: 4.25%2004: 3.26%2005: 2.44%2006: 3.13%2007: 2.67%2008: 2.13%2009: 3.57%2010: 3.79%2011: 4.21%2012: 5.24%2013: 4.81%2014: 7.28%2015: 10.03%2016: 10.59%2017: 11.44%2018: 15.73%2019: 15.76%2020: 12.46%2021: 12.33%2022: 11.01%2023: 12.71%2024: 11.27%2025: 12.1%
Change over the period: +9.48 pp Annual average: 0.38 pp
Wind share of electricity — Costa Rica, by year Costa Rica All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 12.1 +0.83 pp
2024 11.27 −1.44 pp
2023 12.71 +1.7 pp
2022 11.01 −1.32 pp
2021 12.33 −0.13 pp
2020 12.46 −3.3 pp
2019 15.76 +0.03 pp
2018 15.73 +4.29 pp
2017 11.44 +0.85 pp
2016 10.59 +0.56 pp
2015 10.03 +2.75 pp
2014 7.28 +2.47 pp
2013 4.81 −0.43 pp
2012 5.24 +1.03 pp
2011 4.21 +0.42 pp
2010 3.79 +0.22 pp
2009 3.57 +1.44 pp
2008 2.13 −0.54 pp
2007 2.67 −0.46 pp
2006 3.13 +0.69 pp
2005 2.44 −0.82 pp
2004 3.26 −0.99 pp
2003 4.25 +0.75 pp
2002 3.5 +0.75 pp
2001 2.75 +0.13 pp
2000 2.62

Central America, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of electricity generated by wind farms. Wind generation is older than solar and in most countries still larger: worldwide, wind yields about twice as much electricity. The largest shares are in countries with a long coastline and open spaces; in Denmark more than half of generation comes from wind, and that made it the first country in the world to work out how to run a power system dominated by a variable source — through links with its neighbors and flexible demand.

Important: The World Bank has no separate series for wind — it sits inside “other renewables”. Aggregates for groups of countries are weighted by generation in terawatt-hours and computed from 2000 onward.

Source: Yearly Electricity Data (Ember), license CC BY 4.0.