Internet use 87.2%
% of population· 2024
Published observation
Over time Full published history Costa Rica 2024 · 87.2%
0 21.79 43.59 65.38 87.17 1960 1993 2025 1990: 0% 1992: 0% 1993: 0.1% 1994: 0.3% 1995: 0.4% 1996: 0.8% 1997: 1.6% 1998: 2.7% 1999: 3.9% 2000: 5.8% 2001: 9.6% 2002: 19.9% 2003: 20.3% 2004: 20.8% 2005: 22.1% — Source and notes: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, 2006: 25.1% — Source and notes: ITU estimate., Estimated based on 2005 and 2008 surveys' results. 2007: 28.4% — Source and notes: ITU estimate., Estimated based on 2005 and 2008 surveys' results. 2008: 32.3% — Source and notes: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, 2009: 34.3% — Source and notes: ICE-Telecomunicaciones, 2010: 36.5% — Source and notes: Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas y Censos (INEC), 2011: 39.2% — Source and notes: Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas y Censos (INEC), Total population. In the last three months. 2012: 47.5% — Source and notes: Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas y Censos (INEC), 2013: 46% — Source and notes: Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas y Censos (INEC), Break in comparability. Total population. In the last three months. 2014: 53% — Source and notes: ITU estimate., 2015: 59.8% — Source and notes: Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas y Censos, En el caso de las personas que han utilizado la computadora en los últimos tres meses , se consideró el uso de computadora portatil o tablet o computadora de escritorio ya que las preguntas se realizan de forma independiente. 2016: 65.9% — Source and notes: Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas y Censos, 2017: 71.6% — Source and notes: Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas y Censos, 2018: 73.5% — Source and notes: Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas y Censos, 2019: 81.2% — Source and notes: Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas y Censos, 2020: 80.5% — Source and notes: Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas y Censos, 2021: 82.7% — Source and notes: Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas y Censos, 2022: 82.6% — Source and notes: Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas y Censos, 2023: 85.4% — Source and notes: Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas y Censos, 2024: 87.2% Internet users are individuals who have used the Internet (from any location) in the last 3 months. The Internet can be used via a computer, mobile phone, personal digital assistant, games machine, digital TV etc.
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