Owns a debit card, income, richest 60% (% ages 15+) by country
The percentage of respondents who report having a debit card, richest 60% (% ages 15+)
Countries reporting
85
Highest
98.8%
Sweden
Lowest
15.4%
Lebanon
Median
82.3%
Years covered
14
2011–2024
Data points
465
What the numbers show
Owns a debit card, income, richest 60% (% ages 15+) is currently reported for 85 countries. The highest value is 98.8% in Sweden; the lowest is 15.4% in Lebanon.
The median across all reporting countries is 82.3%, and the mean is 71.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.
Over the past decade 72 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Azerbaijan (up 209.2%), and the largest decrease in Lebanon (down 66.0%).
Owns a debit card, income, richest 60%: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden | 98.8% | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 2 | Finland | 98.5% | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 3 | Denmark | 98.3% | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 4 | Netherlands | 97.9% | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 5 | Estonia | 97.0% | 2024 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 6 | Slovenia | 96.6% | 2024 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 7 | New Zealand | 96.1% | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 8 | Malta | 95.9% | 2024 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 9 | Belgium | 95.8% | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 10 | Austria | 95.6% | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 11 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 95.1% | 2024 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 12 | Lithuania | 94.9% | 2024 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 13 | Australia | 94.8% | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 14 | Germany | 94.7% | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 15 | Ireland | 93.9% | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 16 | Canada | 93.8% | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 17 | Taiwan, China | 93.7% | 2024 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 18 | Japan | 93.5% | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 19 | Croatia | 93.3% | 2024 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 20 | Slovakia | 92.9% | 2024 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 21 | Czechia | 92.9% | 2024 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 22 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 92.7% | 2024 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 23 | France | 92.2% | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 24 | Cyprus | 92.0% | 2024 | up 63.8% | rising |
| 25 | Latvia | 91.3% | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 26 | Portugal | 91.1% | 2024 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 27 | Spain | 89.3% | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 28 | Hungary | 88.9% | 2024 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 29 | Mongolia | 87.7% | 2024 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 30 | United States of America | 87.4% | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 31 | China | 87.1% | 2024 | up 59.2% | rising |
| 32 | Greece | 87.0% | 2024 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 33 | Chile | 86.8% | 2024 | up 42.6% | rising |
| 34 | Ukraine | 86.7% | 2024 | up 102.8% | rising |
| 35 | Bulgaria | 86.2% | 2024 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 36 | Italy | 85.2% | 2024 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 37 | Republic of Korea | 85.1% | 2024 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 38 | Poland | 85.0% | 2024 | up 50.4% | rising |
| 39 | Malaysia | 84.6% | 2024 | up 81.5% | rising |
| 40 | Türkiye | 83.8% | 2024 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 41 | North Macedonia | 82.6% | 2024 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 42 | Serbia | 82.4% | 2024 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 43 | Brazil | 82.3% | 2024 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 44 | Mauritius | 81.0% | 2024 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 45 | Uruguay | 80.1% | 2024 | up 69.7% | rising |
| 46 | Viet Nam | 79.9% | 2024 | up 134.1% | rising |
| 47 | Saudi Arabia | 78.2% | 2024 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 48 | Romania | 76.8% | 2024 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 49 | Russian Federation | 76.3% | 2024 | up 52.3% | rising |
| 50 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 74.9% | 2024 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 51 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 72.3% | 2024 | up 79.6% | rising |
| 52 | Georgia | 72.1% | 2024 | up 99.4% | rising |
| 53 | Argentina | 70.8% | 2024 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 54 | Costa Rica | 70.3% | 2024 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 55 | Kazakhstan | 69.9% | 2024 | up 102.8% | rising |
| 56 | South Africa | 64.6% | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 57 | Panama | 63.8% | 2024 | up 100.1% | rising |
| 58 | Azerbaijan | 59.2% | 2024 | up 209.2% | rising |
| 59 | Nigeria | 57.1% | 2024 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 60 | Thailand | 56.7% | 2024 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 61 | Ecuador | 55.4% | 2024 | up 67.1% | rising |
| 62 | Dominican Republic | 54.6% | 2024 | up 81.2% | rising |
| 63 | Republic of Moldova | 54.0% | 2024 | up 171.8% | rising |
| 64 | Kosovo | 53.7% | 2024 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 64 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 53.7% | 2024 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 66 | Uzbekistan | 53.2% | 2024 | up 82.1% | rising |
| 67 | Mexico | 49.6% | 2024 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 68 | Indonesia | 48.5% | 2024 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 69 | Peru | 46.4% | 2024 | up 55.5% | rising |
| 70 | Albania | 43.8% | 2024 | up 46.9% | rising |
| 71 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 42.5% | 2024 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 72 | Jordan | 37.5% | 2024 | up 52.4% | rising |
| 73 | Botswana | 34.8% | 2024 | down 28.6% | rising |
| 74 | Palestine, State of | 34.7% | 2024 | up 125.0% | rising |
| 75 | Colombia | 34.6% | 2024 | down 15.1% | flat |
| 76 | El Salvador | 34.5% | 2024 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 77 | Honduras | 25.5% | 2024 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 78 | Philippines | 24.7% | 2024 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 79 | Zimbabwe | 23.6% | 2024 | up 17.0% | falling |
| 80 | Kenya | 23.6% | 2024 | down 49.9% | falling |
| 81 | Algeria | 23.1% | 2024 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 82 | Guatemala | 22.8% | 2024 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 83 | Zambia | 17.3% | 2024 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 84 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 17.0% | 2024 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 85 | Lebanon | 15.4% | 2024 | down 66.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Upper middle income 79.5%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 78.9%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 73.6%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 61.5%
- Low & middle income 58.3%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 48.6%
- Lower middle income 42.8%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 26.5%
About this data
The percentage of respondents who report having a debit card, richest 60% (% ages 15+)