Getting credit: Credit registry coverage in Peru
Peru: Getting credit: Credit registry coverage was 39.4% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting credit: Credit registry coverage in Peru, 2004–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of adults.
Analysis
Peru recorded 39.4% for getting credit: credit registry coverage in 2019. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.1% on the previous year and up 71.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting credit: credit registry coverage in Peru peaked at 39.4% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 14.3%, in 2004.
That places Peru 34th 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 Peru, year by year
| Year | % of adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 14.3% | — |
| 2005 | 14.3% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 19.2% | +34.3% |
| 2007 | 20.7% | +7.8% |
| 2008 | 23.7% | +14.5% |
| 2009 | 23.0% | -3.0% |
| 2010 | 25.5% | +10.9% |
| 2011 | 28.5% | +11.8% |
| 2012 | 31.2% | +9.5% |
| 2013 | 31.7% | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 33.5% | +5.7% |
| 2015 | 35.2% | +5.1% |
| 2016 | 37.4% | +6.2% |
| 2017 | 37.4% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 38.2% | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 39.4% | +3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 19.2% | 14.3% | 23.7% | 6 |
| 2010s | 33.8% | 25.5% | 39.4% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Peru
- 32 Montenegro 41.0% compare
- 33 Cameroon 40.1% compare
- 35 Costa Rica 36.4% compare
- 35 Tunisia 36.4% compare
- 37 Qatar 34.7% compare
More private sector data for Peru
- Merchandise trade 42.8% (2025)
- Food imports 11.9% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 68.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 60.63 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 21.2% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 7.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 82.69 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 2,392 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2469 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 10.68 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting credit: credit registry coverage in Peru?
- Getting credit: credit registry coverage in Peru was 39.4% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting credit: credit registry coverage recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 39.4% in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting credit: credit registry coverage recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.3% in 2004.
- How does Peru rank for getting credit: credit registry coverage?
- Peru ranks 34th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting credit: credit registry coverage rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 71.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Peru 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.