The Digital Public Infrastructure Map

Tracking national-scale digital infrastructure around the world

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
Funding organizations identified: NA
Technical Support organizations identified: NA
URL: NA
Last Updated: 01/10/24
Claim of digital ID: YES
ID or Civil Registry Act: YES
Regulation for digital ID: NO
Codified digital ID legal status: NO
Procedural rules for digital ID enrolment: NO
Relationship with feeder documents: NO
Terms of data storage and sharing available: NO
National Data Protection Act: YES
Data leak disclosure process: NO
Data handling terms exist: NO
Collects or uses biometric data: YES
Digital authentication function: NO
Enables KYC packet collection: NO
Authentication through 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 / Regional: National
Annual value of transactions (USD): 2020- USD 1.6 B
Annual volume of transactions: 2021- 230 M
Cost of transactions: NA
Number of 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 present: YES
Cross-border payments: YES
QR code transactions: NA
Bank participation: YES
Non-bank participation: YES
Interoperability policy: NA
Participation conditions and rules: NA
Data-handing rules for payment system: 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 / Regional: National
Sector-specific / 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
Audit mechanism: NA
Procedural rules for data mgmt.: NA
Enrolment and participation information: NA
Used by more than one public entity: NA
Impact metrics: NA