Debit cards per 1,000 adults by country

Countries reporting

Highest

4,439

China

Lowest

9.61

Afghanistan

Median

904.8

Years covered

2011–2015

Data points

425

What the numbers show

Debit cards per 1,000 adults is currently reported for 81 countries. The highest value is 4,439 in China; the lowest is 9.61 in Afghanistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 904.8, and the mean is 1,123.

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	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
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
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
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
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	Spain	635.1	2015	—	falling
62	Colombia	616.56	2015	—	rising
63	India	592.62	2015	—	rising
64	Cape Verde	514.09	2015	—	falling
65	Morocco	469.56	2015	—	rising
66	Bolivia	467.75	2015	—	rising
67	Azerbaijan	460.87	2015	—	falling
68	Dominican Republic	446.83	2015	—	falling
69	Moldova	419.47	2015	—	rising
70	Jordan	396.37	2015	—	rising
71	Tunisia	356.49	2015	—	rising
72	Albania	349.91	2015	—	rising
73	Nigeria	330.31	2015	—	volatile
74	Angola	318.35	2015	—	rising
75	Lebanon	312.39	2015	—	falling
76	Egypt	255.54	2015	—	rising
77	Pakistan	203.35	2015	—	rising
78	Mozambique	195.56	2015	—	rising
79	Cambodia	135.66	2015	—	rising
80	Israel	128.02	2015	—	rising
81	Rwanda	95.56	2015	—	rising
82	Yemen	73.91	2015	—	rising
83	Liberia	14.25	2015	—	volatile
84	Afghanistan	9.61	2015	—	rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

Kosovo 645.76

About this data

Indicator: Debit cards per 1,000 adults
Source: World Bank
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 85 places, 425 data points, 2011–2015
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026