Getting credit: Credit registry coverage in Egypt
Egypt: Getting credit: Credit registry coverage was 9.5% in 2019. ◆ Volatile
Getting credit: Credit registry coverage in Egypt, 2004–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of adults.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 9.5% for getting credit: credit registry coverage in 2019. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
The figure is up 13.1% on the previous year and up 280.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting credit: credit registry coverage in Egypt peaked at 9.5% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1.0%, in 2004.
That places Egypt 64th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Getting credit: Credit registry coverage in Egypt, year by year
| Year | % of adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 1.0% | — |
| 2005 | 1.2% | +20.0% |
| 2006 | 1.5% | +25.0% |
| 2007 | 1.7% | +13.3% |
| 2008 | 2.2% | +29.4% |
| 2009 | 2.5% | +13.6% |
| 2010 | 2.9% | +16.0% |
| 2011 | 3.5% | +20.7% |
| 2012 | 4.3% | +22.9% |
| 2013 | 5.3% | +23.3% |
| 2014 | 5.8% | +9.4% |
| 2015 | 6.6% | +13.8% |
| 2016 | 7.1% | +7.6% |
| 2017 | 7.8% | +9.9% |
| 2018 | 8.4% | +7.7% |
| 2019 | 9.5% | +13.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.7% | 1.0% | 2.5% | 6 |
| 2010s | 6.1% | 2.9% | 9.5% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 61 Equatorial Guinea 10.8% compare
- 62 Madagascar 10.4% compare
- 62 Rwanda 10.4% compare
- 65 Zimbabwe 8.8% compare
- 66 East Timor 8.7% compare
- 67 Mauritania 8.4% compare
More private sector data for Egypt
- Merchandise trade 40.8% (2025)
- Food imports 20.4% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 52.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 97.54 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 21.9% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 51.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 51.40 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 434.27 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1407 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 21.67 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting credit: credit registry coverage in Egypt?
- Getting credit: credit registry coverage in Egypt was 9.5% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting credit: credit registry coverage recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 9.5% in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting credit: credit registry coverage recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.0% in 2004.
- How does Egypt rank for getting credit: credit registry coverage?
- Egypt ranks 64th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting credit: credit registry coverage rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 280.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Egypt 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.