Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage was 86.0% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage in Costa Rica, 2004–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of adults.
Analysis
The most recent figure for getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Costa Rica is 86.0%, measured in 2019.
That represents a change of down 2.2% on the previous year and up 53.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Costa Rica peaked at 100.0% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 4.5%, in 2004.
That places Costa Rica 32nd 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 Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | % of adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 4.5% | — |
| 2005 | 4.5% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 39.2% | +771.1% |
| 2007 | 52.7% | +34.4% |
| 2008 | 51.6% | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 56.0% | +8.5% |
| 2010 | 64.8% | +15.7% |
| 2011 | 78.9% | +21.8% |
| 2012 | 100.0% | +26.7% |
| 2013 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 87.9% | -12.1% |
| 2019 | 86.0% | -2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 34.8% | 4.5% | 56.0% | 6 |
| 2010s | 91.8% | 64.8% | 100.0% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
More private sector data for Costa Rica
- Merchandise trade 52.4% (2025)
- Food imports 13.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 73.9% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 27.48 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 32.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 64.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 26.43 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 5,129 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2568 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 21.87 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Costa Rica?
- Getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Costa Rica was 86.0% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting credit: credit bureau coverage recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2012.
- What is the lowest getting credit: credit bureau coverage recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.5% in 2004.
- How does Costa Rica rank for getting credit: credit bureau coverage?
- Costa Rica ranks 32nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting credit: credit bureau coverage rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 53.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica 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.