Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage (% of adults) in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage (% of adults) was 7.5% in 2019. ◆ Volatile
Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage in Papua New Guinea, 2004–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of adults.
Analysis
In 2019, getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Papua New Guinea stood at 7.5%. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.1% on the previous year and up 108.3% over five years.
Over the whole period, getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Papua New Guinea peaked at 7.5% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2004.
Papua New Guinea ranks 102nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage (% of adults) in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | % of adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 0.0% | — |
| 2005 | 0.0% | — |
| 2006 | 0.0% | — |
| 2007 | 0.0% | — |
| 2008 | 0.0% | — |
| 2009 | 0.0% | — |
| 2010 | 0.6% | — |
| 2011 | 1.8% | +200.0% |
| 2012 | 2.9% | +61.1% |
| 2013 | 2.8% | -3.4% |
| 2014 | 3.6% | +28.6% |
| 2015 | 5.5% | +52.8% |
| 2016 | 6.1% | +10.9% |
| 2017 | 7.0% | +14.8% |
| 2018 | 7.0% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 7.5% | +7.1% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 7.5% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 8.2%, 91% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 7.5% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 10.5%, 71% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 6 |
| 2010s | 4.5% | 0.6% | 7.5% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
More private sector data for Papua New Guinea
- Merchandise trade 62.0% (2025)
- Food imports 16.5% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 64.7% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 4.62 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 2.40 billion current US$ (2024)
- Food exports 19.7% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 1.8% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 15.54 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 75.10 million current US$ (2024)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,444 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Papua New Guinea?
- Getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Papua New Guinea was 7.5% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting credit: credit bureau coverage recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 7.5% in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting credit: credit bureau coverage recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2004.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for getting credit: credit bureau coverage?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 102nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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.