Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage was 50.2% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting credit: Credit bureau coverage in Zimbabwe, 2004–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of adults.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 50.2% 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 49.4% on the previous year and up 61.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Zimbabwe peaked at 50.2% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 29.7%, in 2014.
Zimbabwe ranks 63rd of 191 countries on this measure, 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 Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | % of adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 31.0% | — |
| 2005 | 31.0% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 31.0% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 31.0% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 31.0% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 31.0% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 31.0% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 31.0% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 31.0% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 31.1% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 29.7% | -4.5% |
| 2015 | 32.1% | +8.1% |
| 2016 | 31.4% | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 32.0% | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 33.6% | +5.0% |
| 2019 | 50.2% | +49.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 31.0% | 31.0% | 31.0% | 6 |
| 2010s | 33.3% | 29.7% | 50.2% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
More private sector data for Zimbabwe
- Merchandise trade 38.7% (2025)
- Food imports 19.0% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 58.3% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 10.11 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 21.6% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 6.7% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 9.71 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 572.66 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1895 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 30.61 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Zimbabwe?
- Getting credit: credit bureau coverage in Zimbabwe was 50.2% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting credit: credit bureau coverage recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 50.2% in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting credit: credit bureau coverage recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.7% in 2014.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for getting credit: credit bureau coverage?
- Zimbabwe ranks 63rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting credit: credit bureau coverage rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 61.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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.