Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage in Uruguay
Uruguay: Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage was 100.0% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage in Uruguay, 2004–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of adults.
Analysis
In 2019, getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Uruguay stood at 100.0%. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Uruguay peaked at 100.0% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 75.6%, in 2004.
Uruguay ranks 1st of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | % of adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 75.6% | — |
| 2005 | 80.0% | +5.8% |
| 2006 | 85.3% | +6.6% |
| 2007 | 93.8% | +10.0% |
| 2008 | 98.0% | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 97.2% | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 100.0% | +2.9% |
| 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% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 88.3% | 75.6% | 98.0% | 6 |
| 2010s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 10 |
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More private sector data for Uruguay
- Merchandise trade 28.3% (2025)
- Food imports 14.1% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 69.6% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 12.95 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 65.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 18.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 11.23 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 3,318 current US$ 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 9.53 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Uruguay?
- Getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Uruguay was 100.0% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting credit: credit bureau coverage recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2010.
- What is the lowest getting credit: credit bureau coverage recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 75.6% in 2004.
- How does Uruguay rank for getting credit: credit bureau coverage?
- Uruguay ranks 1st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting credit: credit bureau coverage rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uruguay 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.