Getting credit: Credit registry coverage in Kuwait
Kuwait: Getting credit: Credit registry coverage was 16.8% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting credit: Credit registry coverage in Kuwait, 2004–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of adults.
Analysis
In 2019, getting credit: credit registry coverage in Kuwait stood at 16.8%. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
The figure is up 8.4% on the previous year and up 54.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting credit: credit registry coverage in Kuwait peaked at 16.8% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 10.9%, in 2004.
Kuwait ranks 55th of 191 countries on this measure, 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 Kuwait, year by year
| Year | % of adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 10.9% | — |
| 2005 | 10.9% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 10.9% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 10.9% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 10.9% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 10.9% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 10.9% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 10.9% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 10.9% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 10.9% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 10.9% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 15.3% | +40.4% |
| 2016 | 14.5% | -5.2% |
| 2017 | 15.0% | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 15.5% | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 16.8% | +8.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.9% | 10.9% | 10.9% | 6 |
| 2010s | 13.2% | 10.9% | 16.8% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
More private sector data for Kuwait
- Merchandise trade 72.3% (2025)
- Food imports 17.5% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 73.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 41.61 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 0.6% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 8.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 72.07 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 14,814 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4585 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -4.09 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting credit: credit registry coverage in Kuwait?
- Getting credit: credit registry coverage in Kuwait was 16.8% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting credit: credit registry coverage recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 16.8% in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting credit: credit registry coverage recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.9% in 2004.
- How does Kuwait rank for getting credit: credit registry coverage?
- Kuwait ranks 55th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting credit: credit registry coverage rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is up 54.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kuwait 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.