Getting credit: Credit registry coverage in Belgium
Belgium: Getting credit: Credit registry coverage was 95.6% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting credit: Credit registry coverage in Belgium, 2004–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of adults.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 95.6% for getting credit: credit registry coverage in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 69.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting credit: credit registry coverage in Belgium peaked at 96.4% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 53.3%, in 2004.
Belgium ranks 7th 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 registry coverage in Belgium, year by year
| Year | % of adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 53.3% | — |
| 2005 | 55.3% | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 56.2% | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 57.2% | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 57.7% | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 56.5% | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 57.2% | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 72.6% | +26.9% |
| 2012 | 89.0% | +22.6% |
| 2013 | 96.2% | +8.1% |
| 2014 | 96.4% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 96.3% | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 95.3% | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 95.5% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 95.7% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 95.6% | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 56.0% | 53.3% | 57.7% | 6 |
| 2010s | 89.0% | 57.2% | 96.4% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
More private sector data for Belgium
- Merchandise trade 152.4% (2025)
- Food imports 11.8% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 66.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 537.70 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 13.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 69.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 568.11 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 47,573 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.7831 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 2.44 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting credit: credit registry coverage in Belgium?
- Getting credit: credit registry coverage in Belgium was 95.6% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting credit: credit registry coverage recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 96.4% in 2014.
- What is the lowest getting credit: credit registry coverage recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 53.3% in 2004.
- How does Belgium rank for getting credit: credit registry coverage?
- Belgium ranks 7th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting credit: credit registry coverage rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 69.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting credit: Credit registry coverage (% of adults). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The credit registry coverage reports the number of individuals and firms listed in a credit registry’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 registry in the previous calendar year. The number is expressed as a percentage of the adult population.