Getting credit: Credit registry coverage in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: Getting credit: Credit registry coverage was 12.0% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting credit: Credit registry coverage in United Arab Emirates, 2004–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of adults.
Analysis
In 2019, getting credit: credit registry coverage in United Arab Emirates stood at 12.0%. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.1% on the previous year and up 64.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting credit: credit registry coverage in United Arab Emirates peaked at 12.0% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1.4%, in 2007.
That places United Arab Emirates 58th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Getting credit: Credit registry coverage in United Arab Emirates, year by year
| Year | % of adults | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 1.8% | — |
| 2005 | 1.5% | -16.7% |
| 2006 | 1.7% | +13.3% |
| 2007 | 1.4% | -17.6% |
| 2008 | 6.5% | +364.3% |
| 2009 | 7.3% | +12.3% |
| 2010 | 8.4% | +15.1% |
| 2011 | 9.0% | +7.1% |
| 2012 | 5.9% | -34.4% |
| 2013 | 5.8% | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 6.8% | +17.2% |
| 2015 | 7.7% | +13.2% |
| 2016 | 8.9% | +15.6% |
| 2017 | 8.8% | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 10.8% | +22.7% |
| 2019 | 12.0% | +11.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.4% | 1.4% | 7.3% | 6 |
| 2010s | 8.4% | 5.8% | 12.0% | 10 |
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More private sector data for United Arab Emirates
- Merchandise trade 208.2% (2024)
- Food imports 5.0% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 54.9% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 618.88 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 2.9% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 8.8% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 706.67 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 61,380 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 1.1 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 16.69 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting credit: credit registry coverage in United Arab Emirates?
- Getting credit: credit registry coverage in United Arab Emirates was 12.0% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting credit: credit registry coverage recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The highest recorded value was 12.0% in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting credit: credit registry coverage recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.4% in 2007.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank for getting credit: credit registry coverage?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 58th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting credit: credit registry coverage rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
- Over the last ten years it is up 64.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United Arab Emirates 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.