Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage in Denmark
Denmark: Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage was 7.3% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage in Denmark, 2004–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of adults.
Analysis
In 2019, getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Denmark stood at 7.3%.
The figure is down 1.4% on the previous year and up 40.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Denmark peaked at 11.5% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 5.0%, in 2008.
Denmark ranks 104th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage in Denmark, year by year
| Year | % of adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 7.1% | — |
| 2005 | 7.7% | +8.5% |
| 2006 | 11.5% | +49.4% |
| 2007 | 11.5% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 5.0% | -56.5% |
| 2009 | 5.2% | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 5.4% | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 7.3% | +35.2% |
| 2012 | 7.3% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 7.5% | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 7.8% | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 7.7% | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 7.4% | -3.9% |
| 2017 | 7.4% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 7.4% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 7.3% | -1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.0% | 5.0% | 11.5% | 6 |
| 2010s | 7.2% | 5.4% | 7.8% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Denmark
More private sector data for Denmark
- Merchandise trade 61.5% (2025)
- Food imports 13.6% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 75.9% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 136.23 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 17.1% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 73.9% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 148.38 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 24,692 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3208 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 11.28 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Denmark?
- Getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Denmark was 7.3% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting credit: credit bureau coverage recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 11.5% in 2006.
- What is the lowest getting credit: credit bureau coverage recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.0% in 2008.
- How does Denmark rank for getting credit: credit bureau coverage?
- Denmark ranks 104th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting credit: credit bureau coverage rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Denmark 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.