Getting credit: Credit registry coverage in El Salvador
El Salvador: Getting credit: Credit registry coverage was 30.4% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting credit: Credit registry coverage in El Salvador, 2004–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of adults.
Analysis
In 2019, getting credit: credit registry coverage in El Salvador stood at 30.4%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and up 44.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting credit: credit registry coverage in El Salvador peaked at 30.7% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 17.2%, in 2007.
That places El Salvador 40th 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 in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | % of adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 19.8% | — |
| 2005 | 17.3% | -12.6% |
| 2006 | 30.5% | +76.3% |
| 2007 | 17.2% | -43.6% |
| 2008 | 18.4% | +7.0% |
| 2009 | 21.0% | +14.1% |
| 2010 | 21.8% | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 23.9% | +9.6% |
| 2012 | 26.5% | +10.9% |
| 2013 | 27.3% | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 28.2% | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 27.6% | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 28.7% | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 28.6% | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 30.7% | +7.3% |
| 2019 | 30.4% | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 20.7% | 17.2% | 30.5% | 6 |
| 2010s | 27.4% | 21.8% | 30.7% | 10 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
More private sector data for El Salvador
- Merchandise trade 66.1% (2025)
- Food imports 20.1% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 62.0% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 17.85 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 22.9% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 70.0% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 6.43 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,010 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1751 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 1.87 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting credit: credit registry coverage in El Salvador?
- Getting credit: credit registry coverage in El Salvador was 30.4% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting credit: credit registry coverage recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 30.7% in 2018.
- What is the lowest getting credit: credit registry coverage recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.2% in 2007.
- How does El Salvador rank for getting credit: credit registry coverage?
- El Salvador ranks 40th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting credit: credit registry coverage rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador 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.