Getting credit: Credit registry coverage in Maldives
Maldives: Getting credit: Credit registry coverage was 22.4% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting credit: Credit registry coverage in Maldives, 2004–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of adults.
Analysis
The most recent figure for getting credit: credit registry coverage in Maldives is 22.4%, measured in 2019.
The figure is down 5.1% on the previous year and up 26.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting credit: credit registry coverage in Maldives peaked at 23.6% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 15.6%, in 2015.
Maldives ranks 48th of 191 countries on this measure, 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 Maldives, year by year
| Year | % of adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 17.7% | — |
| 2005 | 17.7% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 17.7% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 17.7% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 17.7% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 17.7% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 17.7% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 17.7% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 17.7% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 17.5% | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 17.3% | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 15.6% | -9.8% |
| 2016 | 22.6% | +44.9% |
| 2017 | 18.8% | -16.8% |
| 2018 | 23.6% | +25.5% |
| 2019 | 22.4% | -5.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 17.7% | 17.7% | 17.7% | 6 |
| 2010s | 19.1% | 15.6% | 23.6% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 45 Paraguay 23.9% compare
- 46 Palestine, State of 22.9% compare
- 47 Guatemala 22.8% compare
- 49 Sao Tome and Principe 21.5% compare
- 50 Lebanon 21.3% compare
- 51 Cape Verde 20.0% compare
More private sector data for Maldives
- Merchandise trade 52.5% (2025)
- Food imports 21.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 53.7% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 3.62 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 94.4% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 1.2% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 444.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 838.25 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0574 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 15.93 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting credit: credit registry coverage in Maldives?
- Getting credit: credit registry coverage in Maldives was 22.4% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting credit: credit registry coverage recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 23.6% in 2018.
- What is the lowest getting credit: credit registry coverage recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.6% in 2015.
- How does Maldives rank for getting credit: credit registry coverage?
- Maldives ranks 48th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting credit: credit registry coverage rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Maldives 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.