Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage in Panama
Panama: Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage was 77.0% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage in Panama, 2004–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of adults.
Analysis
In 2019, getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Panama stood at 77.0%. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
The figure is up 4.5% on the previous year and up 67.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Panama peaked at 77.0% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 31.9%, in 2010.
Panama ranks 41st 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 Panama, year by year
| Year | % of adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 53.0% | — |
| 2005 | 40.2% | -24.2% |
| 2006 | 45.5% | +13.2% |
| 2007 | 41.6% | -8.6% |
| 2008 | 43.7% | +5.0% |
| 2009 | 45.9% | +5.0% |
| 2010 | 31.9% | -30.5% |
| 2011 | 53.8% | +68.7% |
| 2012 | 57.9% | +7.6% |
| 2013 | 60.8% | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 63.0% | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 60.7% | -3.7% |
| 2016 | 58.1% | -4.3% |
| 2017 | 66.8% | +15.0% |
| 2018 | 73.7% | +10.3% |
| 2019 | 77.0% | +4.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 45.0% | 40.2% | 53.0% | 6 |
| 2010s | 60.4% | 31.9% | 77.0% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Panama
- 38 Czechia 81.1% compare
- 39 Trinidad and Tobago 81.0% compare
- 40 Ecuador 79.7% compare
- 42 Greece 69.9% compare
- 43 South Africa 66.5% compare
- 44 Kazakhstan 65.4% compare
More private sector data for Panama
- Merchandise trade 41.6% (2025)
- Food imports 18.7% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 60.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 25.76 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 73.6% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 10.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 11.90 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 2,604 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1316 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -9.7 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Panama?
- Getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Panama was 77.0% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting credit: credit bureau coverage recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 77.0% in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting credit: credit bureau coverage recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 31.9% in 2010.
- How does Panama rank for getting credit: credit bureau coverage?
- Panama ranks 41st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting credit: credit bureau coverage rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is up 67.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Panama 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.