Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage (% of adults) in El Salvador
El Salvador: Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage (% of adults) was 53.2% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage in El Salvador, 2004–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of adults.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 53.2% for getting credit: credit bureau coverage in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 58.3% on the previous year and down 43.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting credit: credit bureau coverage in El Salvador peaked at 95.0% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 18.4%, in 2016.
El Salvador ranks 59th 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 (% of adults) in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | % of adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 82.3% | — |
| 2005 | 78.7% | -4.4% |
| 2006 | 79.6% | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 74.6% | -6.3% |
| 2008 | 83.0% | +11.3% |
| 2009 | 94.6% | +14.0% |
| 2010 | 95.0% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 81.1% | -14.6% |
| 2012 | 83.7% | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 83.3% | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 32.0% | -61.6% |
| 2015 | 34.4% | +7.5% |
| 2016 | 18.4% | -46.5% |
| 2017 | 35.4% | +92.4% |
| 2018 | 33.6% | -5.1% |
| 2019 | 53.2% | +58.3% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 53.2% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 19.4%, 2.7× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 53.2% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 52.6%, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage (% of adults) in El Salvador 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | +92.4% | 18.4% | 35.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 82.1% | 74.6% | 94.6% | 6 |
| 2010s | 55.0% | 18.4% | 95.0% | 10 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
More private sector data for El Salvador
- Merchandise trade 66.1% (2025)
- Food imports 20.0% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 63.0% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 17.85 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 3.89 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 23.7% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 69.4% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 6.43 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 6.07 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,010 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting credit: credit bureau coverage in El Salvador?
- Getting credit: credit bureau coverage in El Salvador was 53.2% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting credit: credit bureau coverage recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 95.0% in 2010.
- What is the lowest getting credit: credit bureau coverage recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.4% in 2016.
- How does El Salvador rank for getting credit: credit bureau coverage?
- El Salvador ranks 59th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting credit: credit bureau coverage rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 43.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this El Salvador 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.