Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage (% of adults) in United States
United States: Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage (% of adults) was 100.0% in 2019. ▬ Flat
Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage in United States, 2004–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of adults.
Analysis
United States recorded 100.0% for getting credit: credit bureau coverage in 2019. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting credit: credit bureau coverage in United States peaked at 100.0% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 100.0%, in 2004.
United States ranks 1st of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage (% of adults) in United States, year by year
| Year | % of adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 100.0% | — |
| 2005 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
United States compared with similar countries
- United States's 100.0% is above the median for high income countries, which is 55.6%, 1.8× the median. (62 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 6 |
| 2010s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 10 |
Countries ranked near United States
- 1 Mexico 100.0% compare
- 1 Russia 100.0% compare
- 1 Japan 100.0% compare
- 1 Argentina 100.0% compare
- 1 Australia 100.0% compare
- 1 Canada 100.0% compare
- 1 Dominican Republic 100.0% compare
- 1 Georgia 100.0% compare
- 1 Germany 100.0% compare
- 1 Hong Kong 100.0% compare
- 1 Iceland 100.0% compare
- 1 Ireland 100.0% compare
- 1 Israel 100.0% compare
- 1 Italy 100.0% compare
- 1 South Korea 100.0% compare
- 1 Lithuania 100.0% compare
- 1 New Zealand 100.0% compare
- 1 North Macedonia 100.0% compare
- 1 Norway 100.0% compare
- 1 Peru 100.0% compare
- 1 Poland 100.0% compare
- 1 Puerto Rico 100.0% compare
- 1 Serbia 100.0% compare
- 1 Sweden 100.0% compare
- 1 Taiwan 100.0% compare
- 1 United Kingdom 100.0% compare
- 1 Uruguay 100.0% compare
More private sector data for United States
- Merchandise trade 18.5% (2025)
- Food imports 6.7% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 78.8% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 3.51 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 884.71 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 9.0% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 54.9% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 2.19 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 1.21 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 6,394 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting credit: credit bureau coverage in United States?
- Getting credit: credit bureau coverage in United States was 100.0% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting credit: credit bureau coverage recorded in United States?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2004.
- What is the lowest getting credit: credit bureau coverage recorded in United States?
- The lowest recorded value was 100.0% in 2004.
- How does United States rank for getting credit: credit bureau coverage?
- United States ranks 1st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting credit: credit bureau coverage rising or falling in United States?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this United States 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.