Costa Rica

OECD member since 2021

This set of indicators covers regulations and practice on public sector internal control, internal audit and risk management. Data is currently available for 2023 for OECD members, and data for non-OECD members will be released in 2025.

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Regulatory framework for internal control

ARG	AUS	AUT	BRA	CAN	CHL	CRI	CZE	DNK	EST	FIN	FRA	GRC	IDN	IRL	JPN	KOR	LVA	LTU	LUX	MEX	NLD	NOR	PER	POL	PRT	SVK	SVN	ESP	SWE	TUR	UKR	USA	ARG	AUS	AUT	BRA	CAN	CHL	CRI	CZE	DNK	EST	FIN	FRA	GRC	IDN	IRL	JPN	KOR	LVA	LTU	LUX	MEX	NLD	NOR	PER	POL	PRT	SVK	SVN	ESP	SWE	TUR	UKR	USA	OECD_AVG	OECD_AVG	APAC_AVG	APAC_AVG	APAC_AVG	EU27_AVG	EU27_AVG	Eurasia_AVG	Eurasia_AVG	LAC_AVG	LAC_AVG	BEST	BEST	BEST	BEST	ALL_AVG	ALL_AVG	ALL_AVG	ALL_AVG	OECD_ACC_AVG	OECD_ACC_AVG	OECD_ACC_AVG	OECD_PARTNER_AVG	OECD_PARTNER_AVG
90	70	40	90	100	70	100	60	50	100	90	90	100	100	90	30	80	70	100	40	100	100	100	40	80	80	80	100	100	100	40	70	100	90	70	40	90	100	70	100	60	50	100	90	90	100	100	90	30	80	70	100	40	100	100	100	40	80	80	80	100	100	100	40	70	100	80.7	80.7	60	100	70	81.7	81.7	70	70	81.7	81.7	100	70	100	100	80	70	100	80.3	73.3	100	80	70	70

List of indicators for Effectiveness of internal control and risk management

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Top performing and underperforming criteria in Costa Rica

This table shows the criteria within this dataset where the selected country performs the most above and below average. OECD countries are compared to the OECD average and partner countries are compared to the partner country average. Only criteria fulfilled by less than 40% of countries are shown as leading, and only criteria fulfilled by more than 40% of countries are shown as lagging.


The regulatory framework prohibits or establishes cooling-off periods for internal audit staff to audit operations for which they have previously been responsible to avoid any perceived conflict of interest.	42% of OECD countries fulfill	6% of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill	Lagging
An intergovernmental organisation has conducted a review of the IC or IA system within the past 5 years.	11% of OECD countries fulfill	9% of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill	Leading
IA units are staffed according to legal requirements.	13% of OECD countries fulfill	6% of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill	Leading
The SAI has conducted a review of the IC or IA system within the past 5 years.	32% of OECD countries fulfill	6% of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill	Leading
A certification scheme for IA professionals is operational at the national level.	50% of OECD countries fulfill	9% of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill	Lagging