Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage in Switzerland
Switzerland: Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage was 28.8% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage in Switzerland, 2004–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of adults.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 28.8% for getting credit: credit bureau coverage in 2019. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of up 13.4% on the previous year and up 28.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Switzerland peaked at 28.8% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 22.3%, in 2010.
That places Switzerland 84th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it 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 Switzerland, year by year
| Year | % of adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 23.3% | — |
| 2005 | 23.3% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 24.5% | +5.2% |
| 2007 | 24.0% | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 22.5% | -6.2% |
| 2009 | 22.5% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 22.3% | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 27.3% | +22.4% |
| 2012 | 26.8% | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 26.5% | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 26.3% | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 26.1% | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 25.8% | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 25.6% | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 25.4% | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 28.8% | +13.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 23.3% | 22.5% | 24.5% | 6 |
| 2010s | 26.1% | 22.3% | 28.8% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
More private sector data for Switzerland
- Merchandise trade 101.7% (2025)
- Food imports 4.6% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 60.8% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 507.43 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 2.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 68.5% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 554.16 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 60,947 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.531 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 23.89 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Switzerland?
- Getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Switzerland was 28.8% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting credit: credit bureau coverage recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 28.8% in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting credit: credit bureau coverage recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.3% in 2010.
- How does Switzerland rank for getting credit: credit bureau coverage?
- Switzerland ranks 84th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting credit: credit bureau coverage rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Switzerland 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.