Getting credit: Credit registry coverage (% of adults) in Malaysia
Malaysia: Getting credit: Credit registry coverage (% of adults) was 64.9% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting credit: Credit registry coverage in Malaysia, 2004–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of adults.
Analysis
In 2019, getting credit: credit registry coverage in Malaysia stood at 64.9%. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 33.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting credit: credit registry coverage in Malaysia peaked at 64.9% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 33.7%, in 2005.
Malaysia ranks 17th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Getting credit: Credit registry coverage (% of adults) in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | % of adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 33.9% | — |
| 2005 | 33.7% | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 42.2% | +25.2% |
| 2007 | 44.5% | +5.5% |
| 2008 | 52.9% | +18.9% |
| 2009 | 48.5% | -8.3% |
| 2010 | 62.0% | +27.8% |
| 2011 | 49.4% | -20.3% |
| 2012 | 56.1% | +13.6% |
| 2013 | 52.9% | -5.7% |
| 2014 | 56.2% | +6.2% |
| 2015 | 57.0% | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 62.4% | +9.5% |
| 2017 | 63.6% | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 63.3% | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 64.9% | +2.5% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 64.9% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.9%, 35.1× the median. (56 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 42.6% | 33.7% | 52.9% | 6 |
| 2010s | 58.8% | 49.4% | 64.9% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
More private sector data for Malaysia
- Merchandise trade 151.7% (2025)
- Food imports 8.3% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 72.0% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 340.44 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 63.47 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 10.4% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 72.8% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 376.04 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 64.94 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 10,452 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting credit: credit registry coverage in Malaysia?
- Getting credit: credit registry coverage in Malaysia was 64.9% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting credit: credit registry coverage recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 64.9% in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting credit: credit registry coverage recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.7% in 2005.
- How does Malaysia rank for getting credit: credit registry coverage?
- Malaysia ranks 17th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting credit: credit registry coverage rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malaysia 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.