Getting credit: Credit registry coverage (% of adults) in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Getting credit: Credit registry coverage (% of adults) was 26.8% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting credit: Credit registry coverage in Dominican Republic, 2004–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of adults.
Analysis
In 2019, getting credit: credit registry coverage in Dominican Republic stood at 26.8%.
The figure is up 1.9% on the previous year and down 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting credit: credit registry coverage in Dominican Republic peaked at 59.7% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 11.9%, in 2006.
That places Dominican Republic 43rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Getting credit: Credit registry coverage (% of adults) in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | % of adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 19.2% | — |
| 2005 | 19.2% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 11.9% | -38.0% |
| 2007 | 13.3% | +11.8% |
| 2008 | 33.9% | +154.9% |
| 2009 | 29.7% | -12.4% |
| 2010 | 28.5% | -4.0% |
| 2011 | 35.9% | +26.0% |
| 2012 | 44.1% | +22.8% |
| 2013 | 59.7% | +35.4% |
| 2014 | 38.1% | -36.2% |
| 2015 | 23.2% | -39.1% |
| 2016 | 25.2% | +8.6% |
| 2017 | 26.4% | +4.8% |
| 2018 | 26.3% | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 26.8% | +1.9% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 26.8% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.9%, 14.5× the median. (56 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Getting credit: Credit registry coverage (% of adults) in Dominican Republic changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +154.9% | 13.3% | 33.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 21.2% | 11.9% | 33.9% | 6 |
| 2010s | 33.4% | 23.2% | 59.7% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Dominican Republic
More private sector data for Dominican Republic
- Merchandise trade 35.6% (2025)
- Food imports 18.6% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 67.4% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 29.75 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 5.45 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 24.7% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 54.0% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 15.58 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 14.11 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,352 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting credit: credit registry coverage in Dominican Republic?
- Getting credit: credit registry coverage in Dominican Republic was 26.8% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting credit: credit registry coverage recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 59.7% in 2013.
- What is the lowest getting credit: credit registry coverage recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.9% in 2006.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for getting credit: credit registry coverage?
- Dominican Republic ranks 43rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting credit: credit registry coverage rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Dominican Republic 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.