Getting credit: Credit registry coverage in Italy
Italy: Getting credit: Credit registry coverage was 31.1% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting credit: Credit registry coverage in Italy, 2004–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of adults.
Analysis
In 2019, getting credit: credit registry coverage in Italy stood at 31.1%. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and up 154.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting credit: credit registry coverage in Italy peaked at 31.1% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 6.1%, in 2005.
That places Italy 38th 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 Italy, year by year
| Year | % of adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 7.9% | — |
| 2005 | 6.1% | -22.8% |
| 2006 | 9.9% | +62.3% |
| 2007 | 11.0% | +11.1% |
| 2008 | 11.8% | +7.3% |
| 2009 | 12.2% | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 16.6% | +36.1% |
| 2011 | 23.0% | +38.6% |
| 2012 | 24.1% | +4.8% |
| 2013 | 25.6% | +6.2% |
| 2014 | 24.6% | -3.9% |
| 2015 | 27.3% | +11.0% |
| 2016 | 29.0% | +6.2% |
| 2017 | 30.1% | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 30.5% | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 31.1% | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.8% | 6.1% | 12.2% | 6 |
| 2010s | 26.2% | 16.6% | 31.1% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More private sector data for Italy
- Merchandise trade 54.7% (2025)
- Food imports 11.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 66.1% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 668.67 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 11.2% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 79.2% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 726.50 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 12,331 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2847 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 7.87 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting credit: credit registry coverage in Italy?
- Getting credit: credit registry coverage in Italy was 31.1% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting credit: credit registry coverage recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 31.1% in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting credit: credit registry coverage recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.1% in 2005.
- How does Italy rank for getting credit: credit registry coverage?
- Italy ranks 38th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting credit: credit registry coverage rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 154.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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.