The Global Findex Database 2025: Connectivity and Financial Inclusion in the Digital Economy

Costa Rica, 2024

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Reference ID

CRI_2024_FINDEX_v02_M

Producer(s)

Development Research Group, Finance and Private Sector Development Unit

Metadata

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Created on

Jan 05, 2026

Last modified

Jan 05, 2026

Reason for no mobile phone: lack of reliable coverage (con2c)

Data file: Findex_Microdata_2025_updateCosta Rica

Overview

Valid: 83

Invalid: 920

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 12

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

We would like to understand why you do not own a mobile phone. Are any of the following reasons why you do not have a mobile phone? Please answer yes or no: There is not reliable coverage where you live

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	10	12%
2	No	66	79.5%
8	Don't know	5	6%
9	Refused	2	2.4%
Sysmiss		920

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Interviewer instructions

Con1 = "no/dk/r"

Others

Notes

Note: "no/dk/r" indicates the response categories: no, dk="don't know" and r="refused" Words in brackets [] indicate local or economy-specific terminology.

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