Debit cards per 1,000 adults by country

Countries reporting
86
Highest
4,439
China
Lowest
9.61
Afghanistan
Median
932.57
Years covered
5
2011–2015
Data points
430

What the numbers show

Debit cards per 1,000 adults is currently reported for 86 countries. The highest value is 4,439 in China; the lowest is 9.61 in Afghanistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 932.57, and the mean is 1,125.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 462.

Debit cards per 1,000 adults: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 4,439 2015 rising
2 Japan 3,806 2015 flat
3 South Korea 3,625 2015 rising
4 Singapore 2,942 2015 rising
5 Trinidad and Tobago 2,588 2015 rising
6 Georgia 2,434 2015 rising
7 Australia 2,200 2015 rising
8 Brazil 1,988 2015 rising
9 South Africa 1,983 2015 rising
10 Norway 1,957 2015 rising
11 Turkey 1,929 2015 rising
12 Portugal 1,901 2015 rising
13 Malaysia 1,864 2015 rising
14 Netherlands 1,854 2015 flat
15 Belgium 1,819 2015 flat
16 Croatia 1,809 2015 falling
17 Russia 1,790 2015 rising
18 Malta 1,772 2015 rising
19 Finland 1,615 2015 rising
20 Mexico 1,552 2015 rising
21 Costa Rica 1,541 2015 flat
22 Denmark 1,538 2015 rising
23 Germany 1,490 2015 flat
24 Chile 1,481 2015 rising
25 Luxembourg 1,466 2015 falling
26 Switzerland 1,426 2015 rising
27 Slovenia 1,361 2015 falling
28 Estonia 1,360 2015 rising
29 Sweden 1,287 2015 rising
30 Jamaica 1,263 2015 rising
31 Ireland 1,232 2015 rising
32 Austria 1,231 2015 rising
33 Lithuania 1,231 2015 falling
34 United Arab Emirates 1,200 2015 rising
35 Argentina 1,166 2015 rising
36 Czechia 1,061 2015 rising
37 Latvia 1,022 2015 flat
38 Kazakhstan 998.11 2015 rising
39 Slovakia 985.09 2015 flat
40 Bulgaria 984.84 2015 falling
41 Sri Lanka 963.56 2015 rising
42 Saudi Arabia 961.77 2015 rising
43 Italy 960.35 2015 rising
44 Serbia 904.8 2015 flat
45 Poland 901.26 2015 rising
46 Hungary 896.25 2015 flat
47 Thailand 895.37 2015 rising
48 Vietnam 892.09 2015 rising
49 Uruguay 825.22 2015 rising
50 Canada 823.72 2015 flat
51 United Kingdom 812.1 2015 flat
52 France 805.93 2015 volatile
53 Montenegro 766.1 2015 rising
54 Cyprus 764.03 2015 falling
55 Greece 754.26 2015 falling
56 Romania 738.95 2015 rising
57 Philippines 736.44 2015 rising
58 Peru 725.61 2015 rising
59 Armenia 702.87 2015 rising
60 Indonesia 645.82 2015 rising
61 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 645.76 2015 rising
61 Kosovo 645.76 2015 rising
63 Spain 635.1 2015 falling
64 Colombia 616.56 2015 rising
65 India 592.62 2015 rising
66 Cape Verde 514.09 2015 falling
67 Morocco 469.56 2015 rising
68 Bolivia 467.75 2015 rising
69 Azerbaijan 460.87 2015 falling
70 Dominican Republic 446.83 2015 falling
71 Moldova 419.47 2015 rising
72 Jordan 396.37 2015 rising
73 Tunisia 356.49 2015 rising
74 Albania 349.91 2015 rising
75 Nigeria 330.31 2015 volatile
76 Angola 318.35 2015 rising
77 Lebanon 312.39 2015 falling
78 Egypt 255.54 2015 rising
79 Pakistan 203.35 2015 rising
80 Mozambique 195.56 2015 rising
81 Cambodia 135.66 2015 rising
82 Israel 128.02 2015 rising
83 Rwanda 95.56 2015 rising
84 Yemen 73.91 2015 rising
85 Liberia 14.25 2015 volatile
86 Afghanistan 9.61 2015 rising

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Indicator
Debit cards per 1,000 adults
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
86 places, 430 data points, 2011–2015
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