Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage in Greece
Greece: Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage was 69.9% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage in Greece, 2004–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of adults.
Analysis
In 2019, getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Greece stood at 69.9%.
That represents a change of down 3.6% on the previous year and up 49.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Greece peaked at 84.4% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 11.1%, in 2004.
Greece ranks 42nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage in Greece, year by year
| Year | % of adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 11.1% | — |
| 2005 | 17.7% | +59.5% |
| 2006 | 37.5% | +111.9% |
| 2007 | 38.7% | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 39.0% | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 46.9% | +20.3% |
| 2010 | 61.5% | +31.1% |
| 2011 | 82.4% | +34.0% |
| 2012 | 84.0% | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 84.4% | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 82.5% | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 81.2% | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 79.6% | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 78.3% | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 72.5% | -7.4% |
| 2019 | 69.9% | -3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 31.8% | 11.1% | 46.9% | 6 |
| 2010s | 77.6% | 61.5% | 84.4% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Greece
- 39 Trinidad and Tobago 81.0% compare
- 40 Ecuador 79.7% compare
- 41 Panama 77.0% compare
- 43 South Africa 66.5% compare
- 44 Kazakhstan 65.4% compare
- 45 Singapore 64.2% compare
More private sector data for Greece
- Merchandise trade 52.5% (2025)
- Food imports 13.1% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 54.6% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 92.56 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 21.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 37.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 54.77 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 5,259 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1952 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 1.24 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Greece?
- Getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Greece was 69.9% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting credit: credit bureau coverage recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 84.4% in 2013.
- What is the lowest getting credit: credit bureau coverage recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.1% in 2004.
- How does Greece rank for getting credit: credit bureau coverage?
- Greece ranks 42nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting credit: credit bureau coverage rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 49.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece 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.