Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage (% of adults) in Czechia
Czechia: Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage (% of adults) was 81.1% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage in Czechia, 2004–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of adults.
Analysis
Czechia recorded 81.1% for getting credit: credit bureau coverage in 2019.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 10.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Czechia peaked at 95.7% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 24.9%, in 2004.
That places Czechia 38th 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 (% of adults) in Czechia, year by year
| Year | % of adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 24.9% | — |
| 2005 | 37.9% | +52.2% |
| 2006 | 51.0% | +34.6% |
| 2007 | 53.0% | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 65.2% | +23.0% |
| 2009 | 73.1% | +12.1% |
| 2010 | 73.2% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 95.7% | +30.7% |
| 2012 | 74.2% | -22.5% |
| 2013 | 76.0% | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 76.6% | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 78.7% | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 79.2% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 79.5% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 80.5% | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 81.1% | +0.7% |
Czechia compared with similar countries
- Czechia's 81.1% is above the median for high income countries, which is 55.6%, 1.5× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Czechia's 81.1% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 48.1%, 1.7× the median. (49 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage (% of adults) in Czechia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +52.2% | 24.9% | 37.9% |
| 2006 | +34.6% | 37.9% | 51.0% |
| 2011 | +30.7% | 73.2% | 95.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 50.9% | 24.9% | 73.1% | 6 |
| 2010s | 79.5% | 73.2% | 95.7% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Czechia
More private sector data for Czechia
- Merchandise trade 137.3% (2025)
- Food imports 7.0% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 83.4% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 253.34 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 42.84 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 5.5% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 90.0% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 283.62 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 47.51 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 26,051 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Czechia?
- Getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Czechia was 81.1% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting credit: credit bureau coverage recorded in Czechia?
- The highest recorded value was 95.7% in 2011.
- What is the lowest getting credit: credit bureau coverage recorded in Czechia?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.9% in 2004.
- How does Czechia rank for getting credit: credit bureau coverage?
- Czechia ranks 38th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting credit: credit bureau coverage rising or falling in Czechia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Czechia 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.