Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage in Brazil
Brazil: Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage was 81.2% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage in Brazil, 2004–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of adults.
Analysis
The most recent figure for getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Brazil is 81.2%, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 37.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Brazil peaked at 81.2% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 42.5%, in 2004.
That places Brazil 37th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage in Brazil, year by year
| Year | % of adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 42.5% | — |
| 2005 | 53.6% | +26.1% |
| 2006 | 43.0% | -19.8% |
| 2007 | 46.4% | +7.9% |
| 2008 | 62.2% | +34.1% |
| 2009 | 59.2% | -4.8% |
| 2010 | 53.5% | -9.6% |
| 2011 | 61.5% | +15.0% |
| 2012 | 62.2% | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 63.4% | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 63.6% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 79.0% | +24.2% |
| 2016 | 78.9% | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 79.3% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 80.5% | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 81.2% | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 51.1% | 42.5% | 62.2% | 6 |
| 2010s | 70.3% | 53.5% | 81.2% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
More private sector data for Brazil
- Merchandise trade 28.2% (2025)
- Food imports 5.5% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 79.7% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 293.70 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 40.7% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 23.8% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 348.28 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,637 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1528 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 3.33 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Brazil?
- Getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Brazil was 81.2% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting credit: credit bureau coverage recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 81.2% in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting credit: credit bureau coverage recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 42.5% in 2004.
- How does Brazil rank for getting credit: credit bureau coverage?
- Brazil ranks 37th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting credit: credit bureau coverage rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage (% of adults). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The credit bureau coverage reports the number of individuals and firms listed in a credit bureau’s database as of January 1 with information on their borrowing history from the past five years, and the number of individuals and firms that have had no borrowing history in the past five years but for which a lender requested a credit report from the bureau in the previous calendar year. The number is expressed as a percentage of the adult population.