Getting credit: Credit registry coverage (% of adults) in Libya
Libya: Getting credit: Credit registry coverage (% of adults) was 0.6% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Latest (2019)
0.6%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
91st
of 191 countries
All-time high
0.6%
in 2017
All-time low
0.5%
in 2012
Years of data
8
2012–2019
Getting credit: Credit registry coverage in Libya, 2012–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of adults.
Analysis
In 2019, getting credit: credit registry coverage in Libya stood at 0.6%. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
That represents a change of up 20.0% over ten years.
That places Libya 91st out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
Getting credit: Credit registry coverage (% of adults) in Libya, year by year
| Year | % of adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 0.5% | — |
| 2013 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.6% | +20.0% |
| 2018 | 0.6% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.6% | +0.0% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 0.6% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.9%, 32% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Libya's 0.6% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 7.8%, 8% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Libya
- 89 Iraq 1.3% compare
- 89 Yemen 1.3% compare
- 92 Djibouti 0.4% compare
- 92 Ethiopia 0.4% compare
- 94 India 0.0%
- 94 United States 0.0%
- 94 Mexico 0.0%
- 94 Russia 0.0%
- 94 Japan 0.0%
- 94 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0%
- 94 Armenia 0.0% compare
- 94 Australia 0.0%
- 94 Azerbaijan 0.0% compare
- 94 Bahamas 0.0%
- 94 Bahrain 0.0%
- 94 Barbados 0.0%
- 94 Belize 0.0%
- 94 Benin 0.0% compare
- 94 Bhutan 0.0% compare
- 94 Botswana 0.0%
- 94 Burkina Faso 0.0% compare
- 94 Cambodia 0.0%
- 94 Canada 0.0%
- 94 Colombia 0.0%
- 94 Cote d'Ivoire 0.0% compare
- 94 Croatia 0.0%
- 94 Cyprus 0.0%
- 94 Denmark 0.0%
- 94 Dominica 0.0%
- 94 Ecuador 0.0% compare
- 94 Eritrea 0.0%
- 94 Estonia 0.0%
- 94 Eswatini 0.0%
- 94 Fiji 0.0%
- 94 Finland 0.0%
- 94 Gambia 0.0%
- 94 Georgia 0.0%
- 94 Ghana 0.0%
- 94 Greece 0.0%
- 94 Grenada 0.0%
- 94 Guinea-Bissau 0.0% compare
- 94 Guyana 0.0%
- 94 Hong Kong 0.0%
- 94 Hungary 0.0%
- 94 Iceland 0.0%
- 94 Israel 0.0%
- 94 Jamaica 0.0%
- 94 Kazakhstan 0.0%
- 94 Kenya 0.0%
- 94 Kiribati 0.0%
- 94 Kyrgyzstan 0.0%
- 94 Lesotho 0.0%
- 94 Luxembourg 0.0%
- 94 Malawi 0.0%
- 94 Mali 0.0% compare
- 94 Marshall Islands 0.0%
- 94 Micronesia (country) 0.0%
- 94 Moldova 0.0%
- 94 Morocco 0.0% compare
- 94 Myanmar 0.0%
- 94 Namibia 0.0%
- 94 Nepal 0.0%
- 94 Netherlands 0.0%
- 94 New Zealand 0.0%
- 94 Niger 0.0% compare
- 94 Norway 0.0%
- 94 Palau 0.0%
- 94 Panama 0.0%
- 94 Papua New Guinea 0.0%
- 94 Philippines 0.0%
- 94 Poland 0.0%
- 94 Puerto Rico 0.0%
- 94 Samoa 0.0%
- 94 Saudi Arabia 0.0% compare
- 94 Senegal 0.0% compare
- 94 Serbia 0.0% compare
- 94 Singapore 0.0%
- 94 Solomon Islands 0.0%
- 94 Somalia 0.0%
- 94 South Africa 0.0%
- 94 South Sudan 0.0%
- 94 Sri Lanka 0.0%
- 94 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0%
- 94 Saint Lucia 0.0%
- 94 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0%
- 94 Sudan 0.0%
- 94 Suriname 0.0%
- 94 Sweden 0.0%
- 94 Switzerland 0.0%
- 94 Taiwan 0.0%
- 94 Tajikistan 0.0%
- 94 Tanzania 0.0%
- 94 Thailand 0.0%
- 94 Togo 0.0% compare
- 94 Tonga 0.0%
- 94 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0%
- 94 Uganda 0.0%
- 94 United Kingdom 0.0%
- 94 Uzbekistan 0.0% compare
- 94 Vanuatu 0.0%
- 94 Venezuela 0.0% compare
- 94 Zambia 0.0%
More private sector data for Libya
- Merchandise trade 102.7% (2025)
- Food imports 21.6% (2019)
- Manufactures imports 62.7% (2019)
- Merchandise imports 19.31 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 9.30 billion current US$ (2023)
- Food exports 0.1% (2019)
- Manufactures exports 0.6% (2019)
- Merchandise exports 30.09 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 628.90 million current US$ (2023)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 4,034 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting credit: credit registry coverage in Libya?
- Getting credit: credit registry coverage in Libya was 0.6% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting credit: credit registry coverage recorded in Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 2017.
- What is the lowest getting credit: credit registry coverage recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2012.
- How does Libya rank for getting credit: credit registry coverage?
- Libya ranks 91st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting credit: credit registry coverage rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Libya 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.