Share who have not drank alcohol in last year in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Share who have not drank alcohol in last year was 59.73 in 2020. ▬ Flat

Latest (2020)
59.73
Change on year
down 0.1%
World rank
87th
of 185 countries
All-time high
60.7
in 2013
All-time low
58.52
in 2008
Years of data
21
2000–2020

Share who have not drank alcohol in last year in Costa Rica, 2000–2020

02040602000201020202000: 59.12001: 59.12002: 59.32003: 59.52004: 59.32005: 59.22006: 58.82007: 58.62008: 58.52009: 592010: 59.62011: 60.52012: 60.52013: 60.72014: 60.42015: 60.22016: 59.62017: 59.72018: 59.52019: 59.82020: 59.7

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

In 2020, share who have not drank alcohol in last year in Costa Rica stood at 59.73.

That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, share who have not drank alcohol in last year in Costa Rica peaked at 60.7 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 58.52, in 2008.

Costa Rica ranks 87th of 185 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Share who have not drank alcohol in last year in Costa Rica, year by year

Annual values for Share who have not drank alcohol in last year in Costa Rica, 2000 to 2020.
Year Value Change
2000 59.11
2001 59.13 +0.0%
2002 59.27 +0.2%
2003 59.48 +0.4%
2004 59.25 -0.4%
2005 59.22 -0.1%
2006 58.84 -0.6%
2007 58.63 -0.4%
2008 58.52 -0.2%
2009 59.01 +0.8%
2010 59.55 +0.9%
2011 60.5 +1.6%
2012 60.49 -0.0%
2013 60.7 +0.3%
2014 60.39 -0.5%
2015 60.15 -0.4%
2016 59.6 -0.9%
2017 59.74 +0.2%
2018 59.52 -0.4%
2019 59.79 +0.4%
2020 59.73 -0.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 59.05 58.52 59.48 10
2010s 60.05 59.52 60.7 10
2020s 59.73 59.73 59.73 1

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 84 Honduras 62.2 compare
  2. 85 Myanmar 61.77 compare
  3. 86 Nicaragua 61.29 compare
  4. 88 Liberia 59.62 compare
  5. 89 Colombia 59.12 compare
  6. 90 North Macedonia 58.28 compare

See the full ranking of 187 places →

More reference data data for Costa Rica

All data for Costa Rica →

Frequently asked questions

What is share who have not drank alcohol in last year in Costa Rica?
Share who have not drank alcohol in last year in Costa Rica was 59.73 in 2020, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest share who have not drank alcohol in last year recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 60.7 in 2013.
What is the lowest share who have not drank alcohol in last year recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 58.52 in 2008.
How does Costa Rica rank for share who have not drank alcohol in last year?
Costa Rica ranks 87th out of 185 countries with data for 2020.
Is share who have not drank alcohol in last year rising or falling in Costa Rica?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Share who have not drank alcohol in last year. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 21 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Share who have not drank alcohol in last year in Costa Rica. Statizoid, drawing on Our World in Data. Retrieved 23 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/share-who-have-not-drank-alcohol-in-last-year/costa-rica/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/share-who-have-not-drank-alcohol-in-last-year/costa-rica/">Share who have not drank alcohol in last year in Costa Rica</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Share who have not drank alcohol in last year
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
187 places, 3,927 data points, 2000–2020
Last refreshed