Getting credit: Credit registry coverage in Benin
Benin: Getting credit: Credit registry coverage was 0.0% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting credit: Credit registry coverage in Benin, 2004–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of adults.
Analysis
The most recent figure for getting credit: credit registry coverage in Benin is 0.0%, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.
The figure is down 100.0% on the previous year and down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting credit: credit registry coverage in Benin peaked at 0.8% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2019.
That places Benin 94th 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 registry coverage in Benin, year by year
| Year | % of adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 0.4% | — |
| 2005 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.6% | +50.0% |
| 2015 | 0.6% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.6% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.7% | +16.7% |
| 2018 | 0.8% | +14.3% |
| 2019 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.0% | 0.8% | 10 |
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- 94 Canada 0.0%
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- 94 Croatia 0.0%
- 94 Cyprus 0.0%
- 94 Denmark 0.0%
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- 94 Eritrea 0.0%
- 94 Estonia 0.0%
- 94 Eswatini 0.0%
- 94 Fiji 0.0%
- 94 Finland 0.0%
- 94 Gambia 0.0%
- 94 Georgia 0.0%
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- 94 Greece 0.0%
- 94 Grenada 0.0%
- 94 Guinea-Bissau 0.0% compare
- 94 Guyana 0.0%
- 94 Hong Kong 0.0%
- 94 Hungary 0.0%
- 94 Iceland 0.0%
- 94 Israel 0.0%
- 94 Jamaica 0.0%
- 94 Kazakhstan 0.0%
- 94 Kenya 0.0%
- 94 Kiribati 0.0%
- 94 Kyrgyzstan 0.0%
- 94 Lesotho 0.0%
- 94 Luxembourg 0.0%
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- 94 Marshall Islands 0.0%
- 94 Micronesia (country) 0.0%
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- 94 Myanmar 0.0%
- 94 Namibia 0.0%
- 94 Nepal 0.0%
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- 94 Norway 0.0%
- 94 Palau 0.0%
- 94 Panama 0.0%
- 94 Papua New Guinea 0.0%
- 94 Philippines 0.0%
- 94 Poland 0.0%
- 94 Puerto Rico 0.0%
- 94 Samoa 0.0%
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- 94 Serbia 0.0% compare
- 94 Singapore 0.0%
- 94 Solomon Islands 0.0%
- 94 Somalia 0.0%
- 94 South Africa 0.0%
- 94 South Sudan 0.0%
- 94 Sri Lanka 0.0%
- 94 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0%
- 94 Saint Lucia 0.0%
- 94 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0%
- 94 Sudan 0.0%
- 94 Suriname 0.0%
- 94 Sweden 0.0%
- 94 Switzerland 0.0%
- 94 Taiwan 0.0%
- 94 Tajikistan 0.0%
- 94 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.0%
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- 94 Zambia 0.0%
More private sector data for Benin
- Merchandise trade 36.4% (2025)
- Food imports 33.3% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 50.1% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 4.95 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 39.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 7.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 3.99 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 269.2 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -0.8946 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting credit: credit registry coverage in Benin?
- Getting credit: credit registry coverage in Benin was 0.0% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting credit: credit registry coverage recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 2018.
- What is the lowest getting credit: credit registry coverage recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2019.
- How does Benin rank for getting credit: credit registry coverage?
- Benin ranks 94th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting credit: credit registry coverage rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Benin 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.