Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage was 0.0% in 2019. ◆ Volatile
Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage in Bulgaria, 2004–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of adults.
Analysis
In 2019, getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Bulgaria stood at 0.0%. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Bulgaria peaked at 13.1% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2004.
Bulgaria ranks 117th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | % of adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 0.0% | — |
| 2005 | 0.0% | — |
| 2006 | 3.0% | — |
| 2007 | 3.0% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 5.0% | +66.7% |
| 2009 | 6.2% | +24.0% |
| 2010 | 13.1% | +111.3% |
| 2011 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0% | — |
| 2013 | 0.0% | — |
| 2014 | 0.0% | — |
| 2015 | 0.0% | — |
| 2016 | 0.0% | — |
| 2017 | 0.0% | — |
| 2018 | 0.0% | — |
| 2019 | 0.0% | — |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.9% | 0.0% | 6.2% | 6 |
| 2010s | 1.3% | 0.0% | 13.1% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
- 114 Burkina Faso 2.0% compare
- 115 Benin 1.3% compare
- 116 Guinea-Bissau 1.2% compare
- 117 China 0.0%
- 117 Bangladesh 0.0%
- 117 Afghanistan 0.0%
- 117 Albania 0.0%
- 117 Algeria 0.0%
- 117 Angola 0.0%
- 117 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0%
- 117 Bahamas 0.0%
- 117 Barbados 0.0%
- 117 Belarus 0.0%
- 117 Belgium 0.0%
- 117 Belize 0.0%
- 117 Brunei Darussalam 0.0%
- 117 Burundi 0.0%
- 117 Cape Verde 0.0%
- 117 Cameroon 0.0%
- 117 Central African Republic 0.0%
- 117 Chad 0.0%
- 117 Comoros 0.0%
- 117 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.0%
- 117 Congo 0.0%
- 117 Djibouti 0.0%
- 117 Dominica 0.0%
- 117 Equatorial Guinea 0.0%
- 117 Eritrea 0.0%
- 117 Ethiopia 0.0%
- 117 Fiji 0.0% compare
- 117 France 0.0%
- 117 Gabon 0.0%
- 117 Gambia 0.0%
- 117 Grenada 0.0%
- 117 Guinea 0.0%
- 117 Haiti 0.0%
- 117 Iraq 0.0%
- 117 Kiribati 0.0%
- 117 Kosovo 0.0%
- 117 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.0%
- 117 Lebanon 0.0%
- 117 Liberia 0.0%
- 117 Libya 0.0%
- 117 Luxembourg 0.0%
- 117 Madagascar 0.0%
- 117 Maldives 0.0%
- 117 Malta 0.0%
- 117 Marshall Islands 0.0%
- 117 Mauritania 0.0%
- 117 Mauritius 0.0%
- 117 Micronesia (country) 0.0%
- 117 Mongolia 0.0%
- 117 Montenegro 0.0%
- 117 Mozambique 0.0%
- 117 Myanmar 0.0%
- 117 Oman 0.0%
- 117 Palau 0.0%
- 117 Qatar 0.0%
- 117 Samoa 0.0%
- 117 San Marino 0.0%
- 117 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0%
- 117 Seychelles 0.0%
- 117 Sierra Leone 0.0%
- 117 Slovenia 0.0% compare
- 117 Somalia 0.0%
- 117 South Sudan 0.0%
- 117 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0%
- 117 Saint Lucia 0.0%
- 117 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0%
- 117 Suriname 0.0%
- 117 Syria 0.0%
- 117 Timor-Leste 0.0%
- 117 Tunisia 0.0%
- 117 Türkiye 0.0% compare
- 117 Palestine, State of 0.0%
- 117 Yemen 0.0%
- 117 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.0%
More private sector data for Bulgaria
- Merchandise trade 83.5% (2025)
- Food imports 13.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 60.0% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 60.89 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 15.2% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 53.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 48.32 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 7,511 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3695 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 0.8979 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Bulgaria?
- Getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Bulgaria was 0.0% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting credit: credit bureau coverage recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 13.1% in 2010.
- What is the lowest getting credit: credit bureau coverage recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2004.
- How does Bulgaria rank for getting credit: credit bureau coverage?
- Bulgaria ranks 117th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting credit: credit bureau coverage rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Bulgaria 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.