Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage in Estonia
Estonia: Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage was 22.9% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage in Estonia, 2004–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of adults.
Analysis
In 2019, getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Estonia stood at 22.9%.
The figure is down 14.9% on the previous year and up 11.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Estonia peaked at 35.2% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 9.5%, in 2004.
Estonia ranks 86th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage in Estonia, year by year
| Year | % of adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 9.5% | — |
| 2005 | 12.5% | +31.6% |
| 2006 | 18.2% | +45.6% |
| 2007 | 19.7% | +8.2% |
| 2008 | 20.6% | +4.6% |
| 2009 | 20.6% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 22.4% | +8.7% |
| 2011 | 33.1% | +47.8% |
| 2012 | 33.4% | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 33.7% | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 34.2% | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 34.7% | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 35.1% | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 35.2% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 26.9% | -23.6% |
| 2019 | 22.9% | -14.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 16.8% | 9.5% | 20.6% | 6 |
| 2010s | 31.2% | 22.4% | 35.2% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Estonia
More private sector data for Estonia
- Merchandise trade 98.4% (2025)
- Food imports 14.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 67.0% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 25.30 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 13.6% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 64.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 20.98 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 15,353 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4461 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 11.63 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Estonia?
- Getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Estonia was 22.9% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting credit: credit bureau coverage recorded in Estonia?
- The highest recorded value was 35.2% in 2017.
- What is the lowest getting credit: credit bureau coverage recorded in Estonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.5% in 2004.
- How does Estonia rank for getting credit: credit bureau coverage?
- Estonia ranks 86th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting credit: credit bureau coverage rising or falling in Estonia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Estonia 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.