The Digital Public Infrastructure Map

Tracking national-scale digital infrastructure around the world

Costa Rica

Digital ID System
WIP

National digital identity

Governing entity
Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE)
Status of implementation
Pilot
Legally binding redress mechanism
NA
URL
NA
Last Updated
01/10/24
Claim digital ID
YES
ID or Civil Registry Act
YES
Regulation for digital ID
NO
Identity act codifies legal status
NO
Identity act sets up procedural rules for data management
NO
Identity act clarifies relationship with feeder documents
NO
Terms of data storage and sharing available
NO
National Data Protection Act exists
YES
Data leak disclosure process exists
NO
Data handling terms exist
NO
Uses biometrics
YES
Enables authentication
NO
Enables KYC
NO
Enables authentication via government portal
NO
Two or more sectoral use cases enabled
NO
Digital Payment System
DPI-like

Sinpe (National System of Electronic Payments)

Payment system type
Interbank payment system
Status of implementation
Active
Operator
Central bank
National or Regional
National
Annual value of transactions (USD)
2020- USD 1.6 B
Annual volume of transactions
2021- 230 M
Cost of transactions
NA
Participants
NA
Types of transactions supported
P2P P2M P2G
Type of settlement system
NA
URL
https://www.bccr.fi.cr
Last Updated
01/10/24
Active real-time payment system
YES
Cross-border payments
YES
QR code transactions
NA
Bank participation
YES
Non-bank participation
YES
Interoperability policy
NA
Participation rules
NA
Data-handling rules
NA
Reporting forum
NA
AML Law
YES
Data Exchange System
WIP
Hacienda Digital
Base technical architecture
ESB
Status of implementation
Pilot
Governing Entity
Consejo de Arquitectura Institucional y Seguridad de la Información
Coordination unit
Ministerio de Hacienda
National or Regional
National
Sector-specific or Cross-sectoral
Cross-sectoral
Permitted participants
NA
Ownership
Public
URL
https://www.hacienda.go.cr
Last Updated
01/10/24
Semantic interoperability
YES
Real-time sharing
YES
Scalable architecture
YES
Auditable
NA
Procedural rules for data mgmt
NA
Enrolment and participation information
NA
Used by more than one public entity
NA
Impact metrics
NA