Costa Rica Statutory legal interest (interés legal)
Costa Rica Statutory legal interest (interés legal) is 3.56 percent, in force since 5 Oct 2026, cited to {"codigoIndicador". It was 3.58 percent before that. Last checked against the official source on 5 Oct 2026.
Official source: {"codigoIndicador" · Last checked 2026-10-05 · source fingerprint
Costa Rica's legal interest is an index, not a number: for colón commercial debts Código de Comercio art. 497 sets it at the BCCR's Tasa Básica Pasiva, re-fixed every week — 3.63% per annum for the week from 20 August 2026.
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| Current value | 3.56 percent |
|---|---|
| In force from | 2026-10-05 |
| Official source | {"codigoIndicador":"423","nombreIndicador":"Tasa básica pasiva calculada por el BCCR","series":[{"fecha":"2026-10-05","valorDatoPorPeriodo":3.56000000}]} |
| Last verified | 2026-10-05 |
| Verification | primary — No verification limitation recorded — read from the official source cited. |
| Provenance | source fingerprint |
What this value means
New point after fecha 2026-09-24 / 3.58. Indicator 423 JSON HTTP 200, content-type application/json, content-length 154, last-modified Mon, 05 Oct 2026 06:39:51 GMT. effective_from is that JSON fecha. BCCR communiqué dated 30 de septiembre del 2026 (https://www.bccr.fi.cr/cr/es/noticias/listado-de-noticias/2026/tasa-basica-pasiva-y-tasa-efectiva-en-dolares-01-10-2026.html) states: "La Tasa Básica Pasiva (TBP) se ubicará en 3,56% (valor anterior: 3,58%) y la Tasa Efectiva en Dólares (TED) en 2,99% (valor anterior: 2,96%), ambas a partir del jueves 1. ° de octubre de 2026." GEE cuadro 6718 (weekly "Tasa básica pasiva calculada por el BCCR") still ends at Semana del 29/01/2026 al 04/02/2026 = 3,7200 and was not used for the landed figure. One data entry also applies to usaref.
Earlier values
| From | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | 3.58 | Official indicator 423 JSON re-fetched 2026-09-24 (HTTP… |
| 2026-09-14 | 3.59 | Official BCCR indicator 423 JSON re-fetched 2026-09-14 —… |
| 2026-08-20 | 3.63 | Código de Comercio art. 497 (wording given by art. 168.h of… |
| 2026-08-06 | 3.65 | Código de Comercio art. 497 (wording given by art. 168.h of… |
Get it programmatically
curl https://latamref.dev/v1/cr/statutory-interest
# $0.005 per call — x402 on Base (USDC). No key, no signup.
# History: curl https://latamref.dev/v1/cr/statutory-interest/history?from=2020-01-01
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