Getting credit: Credit registry coverage (% of adults) in Spain
Spain: Getting credit: Credit registry coverage (% of adults) was 68.6% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting credit: Credit registry coverage in Spain, 2004–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of adults.
Analysis
The most recent figure for getting credit: credit registry coverage in Spain is 68.6%, measured in 2019.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 51.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting credit: credit registry coverage in Spain peaked at 79.3% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 39.4%, in 2004.
Spain ranks 15th 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 Spain, year by year
| Year | % of adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 39.4% | — |
| 2005 | 42.1% | +6.9% |
| 2006 | 44.9% | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 44.9% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 45.8% | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 45.3% | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 54.6% | +20.5% |
| 2011 | 54.7% | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 53.3% | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 51.9% | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 50.0% | -3.7% |
| 2015 | 49.8% | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 49.6% | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 79.3% | +59.9% |
| 2018 | 67.7% | -14.6% |
| 2019 | 68.6% | +1.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Getting credit: Credit registry coverage (% of adults) in Spain changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | +59.9% | 49.6% | 79.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 43.7% | 39.4% | 45.8% | 6 |
| 2010s | 58.0% | 49.6% | 79.3% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Spain
More private sector data for Spain
- Merchandise trade 50.3% (2025)
- Food imports 12.9% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 67.2% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 513.32 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 127.09 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 19.5% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 66.0% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 445.11 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 255.99 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 9,018 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting credit: credit registry coverage in Spain?
- Getting credit: credit registry coverage in Spain was 68.6% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting credit: credit registry coverage recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 79.3% in 2017.
- What is the lowest getting credit: credit registry coverage recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 39.4% in 2004.
- How does Spain rank for getting credit: credit registry coverage?
- Spain ranks 15th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting credit: credit registry coverage rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 51.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain 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.