Owns a debit card, older (% age 25+) by country
The percentage of respondents who report having a debit card, older (% age 25+)
Countries reporting
83
Highest
99.1%
Finland
Lowest
16.6%
Lebanon
Median
79.0%
Years covered
14
2011–2024
Data points
470
What the numbers show
Owns a debit card, older (% age 25+) is currently reported for 83 countries. The highest value is 99.1% in Finland; the lowest is 16.6% in Lebanon.
The median across all reporting countries is 79.0%, and the mean is 68.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.
Over the past decade 74 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Azerbaijan (up 173.5%), and the largest decrease in Lebanon (down 55.7%).
Owns a debit card, older: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finland | 99.1% | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 2 | Denmark | 97.7% | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 3 | Sweden | 97.5% | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 4 | Netherlands | 97.0% | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 5 | Germany | 96.8% | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 6 | Belgium | 96.2% | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 7 | Slovenia | 95.6% | 2024 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 8 | Estonia | 95.5% | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 9 | Singapore | 95.5% | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 10 | Austria | 95.1% | 2024 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 11 | United Kingdom | 95.0% | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 12 | New Zealand | 94.5% | 2024 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 13 | Croatia | 94.2% | 2024 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 14 | Canada | 94.0% | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 16 | Lithuania | 92.9% | 2024 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 17 | France | 92.4% | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 18 | Australia | 92.2% | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 19 | Japan | 92.1% | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 21 | Mongolia | 91.1% | 2024 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 22 | Slovakia | 91.0% | 2024 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 23 | Taiwan | 89.9% | 2024 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 24 | Iran | 89.2% | 2024 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 25 | Hong Kong | 88.5% | 2024 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 26 | United States | 88.3% | 2024 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 27 | Czechia | 88.2% | 2024 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 28 | Latvia | 88.2% | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 29 | Cyprus | 88.0% | 2024 | up 76.2% | rising |
| 30 | Portugal | 87.3% | 2024 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 31 | Spain | 85.0% | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 32 | Italy | 84.6% | 2024 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 33 | Greece | 83.6% | 2024 | up 43.7% | rising |
| 34 | Turkey | 82.9% | 2024 | up 78.7% | rising |
| 35 | Poland | 82.8% | 2024 | up 63.7% | rising |
| 36 | Bulgaria | 82.1% | 2024 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 37 | Malaysia | 82.1% | 2024 | up 91.2% | rising |
| 38 | Serbia | 81.9% | 2024 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 39 | Hungary | 81.3% | 2024 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 40 | China | 80.9% | 2024 | up 71.7% | rising |
| 41 | Ukraine | 80.6% | 2024 | up 107.9% | rising |
| 42 | Chile | 80.4% | 2024 | up 48.7% | rising |
| 43 | Venezuela | 79.5% | 2024 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 44 | Saudi Arabia | 79.0% | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 45 | North Macedonia | 79.0% | 2024 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 46 | Mauritius | 78.9% | 2024 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 47 | South Korea | 78.2% | 2024 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 48 | Brazil | 74.6% | 2024 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 49 | Uruguay | 74.3% | 2024 | up 75.5% | rising |
| 50 | Kazakhstan | 70.6% | 2024 | up 90.8% | rising |
| 51 | Russia | 69.3% | 2024 | up 50.4% | rising |
| 52 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 68.5% | 2024 | up 86.1% | rising |
| 53 | Argentina | 67.1% | 2024 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 54 | Georgia | 65.3% | 2024 | up 98.3% | rising |
| 55 | Vietnam | 64.8% | 2024 | up 167.8% | volatile |
| 56 | South Africa | 63.9% | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 57 | Romania | 63.6% | 2024 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 58 | Costa Rica | 62.9% | 2024 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 59 | Thailand | 62.0% | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 60 | Uzbekistan | 58.7% | 2024 | up 90.9% | rising |
| 61 | Nigeria | 58.2% | 2024 | up 47.5% | rising |
| 62 | Azerbaijan | 55.4% | 2024 | up 173.5% | rising |
| 63 | Panama | 52.6% | 2024 | up 90.0% | rising |
| 64 | Dominican Republic | 46.4% | 2024 | up 82.1% | rising |
| 65 | Ecuador | 46.2% | 2024 | up 66.3% | rising |
| 66 | Indonesia | 43.3% | 2024 | up 66.3% | rising |
| 67 | Mexico | 42.7% | 2024 | up 48.2% | rising |
| 68 | Moldova | 42.5% | 2024 | up 147.4% | rising |
| 69 | Palestine | 39.8% | 2024 | up 148.7% | rising |
| 70 | Peru | 39.4% | 2024 | up 67.1% | rising |
| 71 | Jordan | 37.3% | 2024 | up 48.5% | rising |
| 72 | Albania | 34.0% | 2024 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 73 | Bolivia | 33.3% | 2024 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 74 | Botswana | 30.7% | 2024 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 75 | Colombia | 26.7% | 2024 | down 20.7% | flat |
| 76 | Algeria | 26.0% | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 77 | Philippines | 25.9% | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 78 | El Salvador | 25.7% | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 79 | Kenya | 23.6% | 2024 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 80 | Zimbabwe | 22.0% | 2024 | up 16.9% | falling |
| 81 | Honduras | 21.0% | 2024 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 82 | Guatemala | 18.7% | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 83 | Tanzania | 17.1% | 2024 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 84 | Zambia | 17.0% | 2024 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 85 | Lebanon | 16.6% | 2024 | down 55.7% | 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 74.5%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 74.0%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 72.7%
- Kosovo 64.7%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 55.5%
- Low & middle income 55.4%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 47.9%
- Lower middle income 37.8%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 26.5%
About this data
The percentage of respondents who report having a debit card, older (% age 25+)