Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage in Finland
Finland: Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage was 22.0% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage in Finland, 2004–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of adults.
Analysis
In 2019, getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Finland stood at 22.0%. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.8% on the previous year and up 49.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Finland peaked at 22.0% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 14.7%, in 2005.
Finland ranks 89th 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 Finland, year by year
| Year | % of adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 14.8% | — |
| 2005 | 14.7% | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 14.9% | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 14.9% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 14.8% | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 14.7% | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 14.9% | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 20.5% | +37.6% |
| 2012 | 18.9% | -7.8% |
| 2013 | 19.5% | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 19.6% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 20.5% | +4.6% |
| 2016 | 20.7% | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 20.9% | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 21.4% | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 22.0% | +2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 14.8% | 14.7% | 14.9% | 6 |
| 2010s | 19.9% | 14.9% | 22.0% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Finland
More private sector data for Finland
- Merchandise trade 53.3% (2025)
- Food imports 8.8% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 63.5% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 84.86 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 3.1% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 66.7% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 84.05 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 14,885 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2651 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 7.7 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Finland?
- Getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Finland was 22.0% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting credit: credit bureau coverage recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 22.0% in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting credit: credit bureau coverage recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.7% in 2005.
- How does Finland rank for getting credit: credit bureau coverage?
- Finland ranks 89th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting credit: credit bureau coverage rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 49.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Finland 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.