Costa Rica electricity prices
The residential electricity price in Costa Rica is
CRC 85.910 per kWh or USD 0.173.
The electricity price for businesses is
CRC 115.840 kWh or
USD 0.233.
These retail prices were collected in June 2025 and include the cost of power, distribution and transmission, and all taxes and fees.
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Historical quarterly data, along with the latest update from December 2025 are available for download.
Sources: Autoridad Reguladora de los Servicios Públicos (ARESEP), Compañía Nacional de Fuerza y Luz SA (CNFL), Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE)
Electricity price analysis for Costa Rica
- Residential electricity prices in Costa Rica are 114.96% of the world average electricity price and 88.59% of the average price in North America.
- Business electricity rates in Costa Rica are 160.48% of the world average price and 114.41% of the average in North America.
- Household rates are 74.08% of the business rates.
- Electricity prices paid by small businesses in Costa Rica are 187.56% of the prices paid by big businesses.
- The price paid by households with low electricity consumption is 69.80% of the price paid by households with high electricity consumption.
The energy mix of Costa Rica
Based on the United States Energy Information Adminstration data from 2022, electricity in Costa Rica is produced from the following sources: fossil fuels 0.00%,
wind 0.00%,
solar 0.00%,
hydro 0.00%,
nuclear 0.00%, and
geothermal 0.00%.
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