Credit depth of information index (0=low to 6=high) - Business environment - Private Sector & Trade - World Development Indicators

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Credit depth of information index measures rules affecting the scope, accessibility, and quality of credit information available through public or private credit registries. The index ranges from 0 to 6, with higher values indicating the availability of more credit information, from either a public registry or a private bureau, to facilitate lending decisions.

Rank	Country	Value
Credit depth of information index (0=low to 6=high) - Business environment - Private Sector & Trade - World Development Indicators (2009)
1	Austria	6
2	Panama	6
3	Saudi Arabia	6
4	United Kingdom	6
5	Argentina	6
6	Guatemala	6
7	Lithuania	6
8	Paraguay	6
9	South Korea	6
10	Malaysia	6
11	Honduras	6
12	Japan	6
13	North Korea	6
14	Peru	6
15	Kazakhstan	6
16	Bulgaria	6
17	South Africa	6
18	Germany	6
19	United States	6
20	Uruguay	6
21	Mexico	6
22	Bolivia	6
23	Dominican Republic	6
24	Egypt	6
25	Georgia	6
26	Serbia	6
27	El Salvador	6
28	Canada	6
29	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5
30	United Arab Emirates	5
31	Armenia	5
32	Australia	5
33	Azerbaijan	5
34	Namibia	5
35	New Zealand	5
36	Hungary	5
37	Thailand	5
38	Sri Lanka	5
39	Estonia	5
40	Belarus	5
41	Ireland	5
42	Brazil	5
43	Netherlands	5
44	Nicaragua	5
45	Iceland	5
46	Israel	5
47	Switzerland	5
48	Chile	5
49	Italy	5
50	Czech Republic	5
51	Colombia	5
52	Swaziland	5
53	Spain	5
54	Costa Rica	5
55	Lebanon	5
56	Finland	5
57	Morocco	5
58	Latvia	5
59	Turkey	5
60	Tunisia	5
61	Ecuador	5
62	Russia	5
63	Romania	5
64	Portugal	5
65	Puerto Rico	5
66	Greece	5
67	High income: OECD	4.85
68	Europe & Central Asia	4.17
69	High income	4.13
70	Euro area	4.07
71	Angola	4
72	Albania	4
73	Croatia	4
74	Indonesia	4
75	Belgium	4
76	India	4
77	Kenya	4
78	Kuwait	4
79	Bahrain	4
80	Mozambique	4
81	Macedonia	4
82	Norway	4
83	Pakistan	4
84	Botswana	4
85	Poland	4
86	China	4
87	Singapore	4
88	Slovakia	4
89	Sweden	4
90	Trinidad and Tobago	4
91	Vietnam	4
92	Denmark	4
93	Fiji	4
94	France	4
95	Hong Kong	4
96	Upper middle income	3.74
97	Latin America & Caribbean	3.50
98	High income: nonOECD	3.15
99	Middle income	3.08
100	Mongolia	3
101	West Bank and Gaza	3
102	Uzbekistan	3
103	Ukraine	3
104	Philippines	3
105	Zambia	3
106	Mauritius	3
107	Kosovo	3
108	Iran	3
109	Kyrgyzstan	3
110	Middle East & North Africa	2.83
111	Lower middle income	2.57
112	Low & middle income	2.52
113	South Asia	2.13
114	Ethiopia	2
115	Slovenia	2
116	Oman	2
117	Bangladesh	2
118	Nepal	2
119	Haiti	2
120	Central African Republic	2
121	Algeria	2
122	Cameroon	2
123	Jordan	2
124	Yemen	2
125	Cape Verde	2
126	Montenegro	2
127	Gabon	2
128	Equatorial Guinea	2
129	Qatar	2
130	Rwanda	2
131	Republic of the Congo	2
132	East Asia & Pacific	1.65
133	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.44
134	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	1.33
135	Low income	1.18
136	Burundi	1
137	Benin	1
138	Burkina Faso	1
139	Ivory Coast	1
140	Mauritania	1
141	Liberia	1
142	Chad	1
143	Togo	1
144	Guinea-Bissau	1
145	Mali	1
146	Niger	1
147	Djibouti	1
148	Madagascar	1
149	Senegal	1
150	Least developed countries: UN classification	0.87
151	Gambia	0
152	Brunei Darussalam	0
153	Guinea	0
154	Ghana	0
155	Bhutan	0
156	St. Kitts and Nevis	0
157	Luxembourg	0
158	Sudan	0
159	Kiribati	0
160	Cambodia	0
161	Solomon Islands	0
162	Sierra Leone	0
163	Micronesia	0
164	Moldova	0
165	Maldives	0
166	Sao Tome and Principe	0
167	Suriname	0
168	Marshall Islands	0
169	Comoros	0
170	Laos	0
171	Eritrea	0
172	Seychelles	0
173	Syria	0
174	Malawi	0
175	Jamaica	0
176	Afghanistan	0
177	Tajikistan	0
178	Timor-Leste	0
179	Tonga	0
180	Nigeria	0
181	Iraq	0
182	St. Lucia	0
183	Tanzania	0
184	Uganda	0
185	Guyana	0
186	Grenada	0
187	Dominica	0
188	Palau	0
189	Papua New Guinea	0
190	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0
191	Venezuela	0
192	Lesotho	0
193	Vanuatu	0
194	Antigua and Barbuda	0
195	Samoa	0
196	Bahamas	0
197	Cyprus	0
198	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0
199	Belize	0
200	Zimbabwe	0

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Credit depth of information index (0=low to 6=high) - Business environment - Private Sector & Trade - World Development Indicators

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