OECD Public Integrity IndicatorsHome

Costa Rica

OECD member since 2021

This set of indicators covers regulations and practice related to conflict-of-interest management, lobbying, political finance and transparency of public information. Data is currently available for 2022 and 2023 for OECD members and 2024 for non-OECD members.

Regulatory framework for access to information and open data
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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 only restrictions to access to public information allowed are listed by law and are in line with the Tromso Convention.

84%

of OECD countries fulfill

63%

of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill

Lagging

A supervisory body responsible for public information issues is established.

71%

of OECD countries fulfill

59%

of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill

Lagging

Regulations set a threshold for personal contributions to candidates’ personal campaigns.

58%

of OECD countries fulfill

63%

of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill

Lagging

At least 60% of declarations filed during the latest two full calendar years were verified by the responsible authority.

26%

of OECD countries fulfill

13%

of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill

Leading

The responsible authority has issued recommendations for resolution within 12 months for all cases of conflict of interest detected for the past three years.

26%

of OECD countries fulfill

22%

of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill

Leading

The submission rate of interest declarations from members of the highest bodies of the judiciary is at least 80% for the past four years.

29%

of OECD countries fulfill

25%

of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill

Leading

A supervisory body responsible for public information issues is established.

71%

of OECD countries fulfill

59%

of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill

Lagging

The management board or the head of the supervisory body for public information is appointed for a fixed term and can be dismissed during this term only in strictly defined cases.

58%

of OECD countries fulfill

38%

of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill

Lagging

Appeals against decisions of the body specialised in public information are decided by a body independent of all parties.

55%

of OECD countries fulfill

44%

of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill

Lagging

Statistical data on requests for access to information and decisions have been aggregated and published by a relevant public body for the past three years.

55%

of OECD countries fulfill

38%

of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill

Inspections of compliance were conducted by the relevant supervisory body within the latest full calendar year.

53%

of OECD countries fulfill

34%

of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill

Sanctions for non-compliance were imposed by the relevant supervisory body within the latest full calendar year.

21%

of OECD countries fulfill

19%

of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill

A central government unit or independent body is responsible for open data policy.

95%

of OECD countries fulfill

56%

of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill

A monitoring function for open data policy is established at the level of the central government.

84%

of OECD countries fulfill

50%

of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill