World Bank · Financial Sector
Private credit bureau coverage
Private credit bureau coverage reports the number of individuals or firms listed by a private credit bureau with current information on repayment history, unpaid debts, or credit outstanding. The number is expressed as a percentage of the adult population.
- Coverage
- 189 of 238 countries
- Latest data
- 2016
- Series
- 189
- Unit
- percent
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Retrieved
- 2026-11-05
- Indicator
- private-credit-bureau-coverage
- Interva ID
- worldbank-private-credit-bureau-coverage
Recency
stale
data to 2016; catalog to 2025
Provenance
2 steps
as the publisher declares it
Versions
1
catalog snapshots
Citation
BibTeX + CSL
versioned permalink
Quality profile
This profile describes what Interva can measure in the data. It does not claim the dataset is accurate, complete, or suitable for a particular use.
Recency
0%Latest observation is 2016; the catalog broadly reports to 2025, so this data is 9 year(s) behind (stale).
Method: Compares the dataset's latest non-projected period with the year most datasets in the catalog end in. Up to 2 years behind is current — annual data is routinely published a year or two late — and more than 5 is stale. Measured from the data, not from when Interva last crawled it.
Temporal completeness
100%0 of 189 series skip at least one year inside their own span; the median series reports 100% of its years.
Method: Per series, years present divided by years from its first to its last observation; the median across series is reported. Annual periods are assumed, which holds for every series in the catalog today.
Geographic coverage
MeasuredCovers 189 of the 238 countries in the catalog.
Method: Counts distinct geographies with at least one observation. Not scored: a regional dataset covering its region completely is not deficient for omitting the rest of the world.
History depth
MeasuredThe median series has 13 observations; the earliest begins in 2004.
Method: Counts non-projected observations per series. Not scored: a long history is useful for trend work and irrelevant for a cross-section.
Revisions
MeasuredNo observation has been restated in any vintage Interva has recorded.
Method: Counts values the publisher changed between Interva's publishes. Not scored: revising estimates is ordinary and often a sign of care, and the count is here so a reader citing a figure knows whether it moves.
Schema conformity
Not assessedNo declared schema or validation rules are attached to this dataset yet.
Validity
Not assessedNo field-level validation rules are attached to this dataset yet.
Consistency
Not assessedCross-series consistency rules are not defined yet. The obvious first one — whether two publishers measuring one concept agree within a stated tolerance — is a candidate.
2 scored from the data, 3 described without a score, 3 not assessed. Pipeline integrity: all 5 checks pass. Assessed 2026-11-07.
By country
Private credit bureau coverage for each of the 189 countries it covers, with the full history.
- Afghanistan 2004–2016
- Albania 2004–2016
- Algeria 2004–2016
- Angola 2004–2016
- Antigua and Barbuda 2005–2016
- Argentina 2004–2016
- Armenia 2004–2016
- Australia 2004–2016
- Austria 2004–2016
- Azerbaijan 2004–2016
- Bahamas 2007–2016
- Bahrain 2007–2016
- Bangladesh 2013–2016
- Barbados 2011–2016
- Belarus 2004–2016
- Belgium 2004–2016
- Belize 2005–2016
- Benin 2004–2016
- Bhutan 2004–2016
- Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2004–2016
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 2004–2016
- Botswana 2004–2016
- Brazil 2013–2016
- Brunei Darussalam 2006–2016
- Bulgaria 2004–2016
- Burkina Faso 2004–2016
- Burundi 2004–2016
- Cabo Verde 2005–2016
- Cambodia 2004–2016
- Cameroon 2004–2016
- Canada 2004–2016
- Central African Republic 2004–2016
- Chad 2004–2016
- Chile 2004–2016
- China 2013–2016
- Colombia 2004–2016
- Comoros 2005–2016
- Congo 2004–2016
- Congo, The Democratic Republic of the 2004–2016
- Costa Rica 2004–2016
- Côte d'Ivoire 2004–2016
- Croatia 2004–2016
- Cyprus 2008–2016
- Czechia 2004–2016
- Denmark 2004–2016
- Djibouti 2005–2016
- Dominica 2005–2016
- Dominican Republic 2004–2016
- Ecuador 2004–2016
- Egypt 2004–2016
- El Salvador 2004–2016
- Equatorial Guinea 2005–2016
- Eritrea 2004–2016
- Estonia 2004–2016
- Eswatini 2005–2016
- Ethiopia 2004–2016
- Fiji 2004–2016
- Finland 2004–2016
- France 2004–2016
- Gabon 2005–2016
- Gambia 2005–2016
- Georgia 2004–2016
- Germany 2004–2016
- Ghana 2004–2016
- Greece 2004–2016
- Grenada 2005–2016
- Guatemala 2004–2016
- Guinea 2004–2016
- Guinea-Bissau 2005–2016
- Guyana 2004–2016
- Haiti 2004–2016
- Honduras 2004–2016
- Hong Kong 2004–2016
- Hungary 2004–2016
- Iceland 2004–2016
- India 2013–2016
- Indonesia 2013–2016
- Iran, Islamic Republic of 2004–2016
- Iraq 2004–2016
- Ireland 2004–2016
- Israel 2004–2016
- Italy 2004–2016
- Jamaica 2004–2016
- Japan 2013–2016
- Jordan 2004–2016
- Kazakhstan 2004–2016
- Kenya 2004–2016
- Kiribati 2004–2016
- Korea, Republic of 2004–2016
- Kosovo 2009–2016
- Kuwait 2004–2016
- Kyrgyzstan 2004–2016
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 2004–2016
- Latvia 2004–2016
- Lebanon 2004–2016
- Lesotho 2004–2016
- Liberia 2006–2016
- Libya 2012–2016
- Lithuania 2004–2016
- Luxembourg 2006–2016
- Madagascar 2004–2016
- Malawi 2004–2016
- Malaysia 2004–2016
- Maldives 2004–2016
- Mali 2004–2016
- Malta 2011–2016
- Marshall Islands 2004–2016
- Mauritania 2004–2016
- Mauritius 2004–2016
- Mexico 2013–2016
- Micronesia, Federated States of 2004–2016
- Moldova, Republic of 2004–2016
- Mongolia 2004–2016
- Montenegro 2006–2016
- Morocco 2004–2016
- Mozambique 2004–2016
- Myanmar 2012–2016
- Namibia 2004–2016
- Nepal 2004–2016
- Netherlands 2004–2016
- New Zealand 2004–2016
- Nicaragua 2004–2016
- Niger 2004–2016
- Nigeria 2013–2016
- North Macedonia 2004–2016
- Norway 2004–2016
- Oman 2004–2016
- Pakistan 2013–2016
- Palau 2004–2016
- Palestine, State of 2004–2016
- Panama 2004–2016
- Papua New Guinea 2004–2016
- Paraguay 2004–2016
- Peru 2004–2016
- Philippines 2004–2016
- Poland 2004–2016
- Portugal 2004–2016
- Puerto Rico 2004–2016
- Qatar 2007–2016
- Romania 2004–2016
- Russian Federation 2013–2016
- Rwanda 2004–2016
- Saint Kitts and Nevis 2005–2016
- Saint Lucia 2005–2016
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2005–2016
- Samoa 2004–2016
- San Marino 2012–2016
- Sao Tome and Principe 2004–2016
- Saudi Arabia 2004–2016
- Senegal 2004–2016
- Serbia 2004–2016
- Seychelles 2005–2016
- Sierra Leone 2004–2016
- Singapore 2004–2016
- Slovakia 2004–2016
- Slovenia 2004–2016
- Solomon Islands 2004–2016
- Somalia 2015–2016
- South Africa 2004–2016
- South Sudan 2012–2016
- Spain 2004–2016
- Sri Lanka 2004–2016
- Sudan 2004–2016
- Suriname 2005–2016
- Sweden 2004–2016
- Switzerland 2004–2016
- Syrian Arab Republic 2004–2016
- Tajikistan 2005–2016
- Tanzania, United Republic of 2004–2016
- Thailand 2004–2016
- Timor-Leste 2004–2016
- Togo 2004–2016
- Tonga 2004–2016
- Trinidad and Tobago 2005–2016
- Tunisia 2004–2016
- Türkiye 2004–2016
- Uganda 2004–2016
- Ukraine 2004–2016
- United Arab Emirates 2004–2016
- United Kingdom 2004–2016
- United States 2013–2016
- Uruguay 2004–2016
- Uzbekistan 2004–2016
- Vanuatu 2004–2016
- Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 2004–2016
- Viet Nam 2004–2016
- Yemen 2004–2016
- Zambia 2004–2016
- Zimbabwe 2004–2016
Latest observations
| Country | Period | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 2016 | 0 | percent |
| Albania | 2016 | 0 | percent |
| Algeria | 2016 | 0 | percent |
| Angola | 2016 | 0 | percent |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 2016 | 0 | percent |
| Argentina | 2016 | 100 | percent |
| Armenia | 2016 | 71.10 | percent |
| Australia | 2016 | 100 | percent |
| Austria | 2016 | 53.60 | percent |
| Azerbaijan | 2016 | 0 | percent |
Provenance
Who produced these figures, as World Bank declares it — not inferred, and each line says which published field it was read from.
Produced by
Not named — the declaration is kept verbatim
World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). NOTE: Doing Business has been discontinued as of 9/16/2021. For more information: https://bit.ly/3CLCbme
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Jobs
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Versions
A vintage is a dated publish of the catalog. The current entry is a catalog snapshot; checksums are not recorded yet and are shown as such.
- CurrentCurrent catalog snapshotchecksum not recorded
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Citation
Version: catalog snapshot 2026-11-05. The record labels this as a catalog snapshot because immutable dataset releases are not stored yet.
World Bank (2026). Private credit bureau coverage. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-private-credit-bureau-coverage (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.
@misc{interva-worldbank-private-credit-bureau-coverage,
title = {Private credit bureau coverage},
author = {World Bank},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-private-credit-bureau-coverage}},
note = {Interva dataset worldbank-private-credit-bureau-coverage; catalog snapshot 2026-11-05},
urldate = {2026-11-07}
}DOI: not assigned (not assigned). The permalink is versioned by catalog snapshot; a stable dataset DOI is a later step.
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