Owns a debit card, primary education or less (% ages 15+) by country
The percentage of respondents who report having a debit card, primary education or less (% ages 15+)
Countries reporting
86
Highest
100.0%
Germany
Lowest
5.4%
Lebanon
Median
56.2%
Years covered
14
2011–2024
Data points
470
What the numbers show
Owns a debit card, primary education or less (% ages 15+) is currently reported for 86 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Germany; the lowest is 5.4% in Lebanon.
The median across all reporting countries is 56.2%, and the mean is 53.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 19.
Over the past decade 75 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Moldova (up 1,509.1%), and the largest decrease in Lebanon (down 70.2%).
Owns a debit card, primary education or less: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 100.0% | 2024 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 2 | Finland | 98.3% | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 3 | Austria | 97.7% | 2024 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 97.6% | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 5 | Denmark | 94.9% | 2024 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 6 | Slovenia | 94.4% | 2024 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 7 | Netherlands | 93.3% | 2024 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 8 | Estonia | 93.1% | 2024 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 9 | France | 91.8% | 2024 | up 44.9% | rising |
| 10 | Sweden | 89.9% | 2024 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 11 | Spain | 88.5% | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 12 | Belgium | 87.8% | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 13 | Canada | 87.6% | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 14 | New Zealand | 86.2% | 2024 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 15 | Ireland | 84.6% | 2024 | up 54.4% | rising |
| 16 | Singapore | 84.3% | 2024 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 17 | Ukraine | 84.0% | 2024 | up 724.8% | volatile |
| 18 | Japan | 83.6% | 2024 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 19 | Mongolia | 83.5% | 2024 | up 128.4% | rising |
| 20 | Iran | 81.4% | 2024 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 21 | Latvia | 78.5% | 2024 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 22 | Lithuania | 78.0% | 2024 | up 186.9% | rising |
| 23 | Cyprus | 77.2% | 2024 | up 402.6% | volatile |
| 24 | Portugal | 73.3% | 2024 | up 48.5% | rising |
| 25 | China | 72.1% | 2024 | up 85.2% | rising |
| 26 | Malta | 69.6% | 2024 | up 57.9% | rising |
| 27 | Hong Kong | 68.4% | 2024 | up 88.1% | rising |
| 28 | Czechia | 67.7% | 2024 | up 81.0% | rising |
| 29 | Italy | 67.2% | 2024 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 30 | Hungary | 67.0% | 2024 | up 113.8% | rising |
| 31 | Greece | 66.8% | 2024 | up 137.9% | rising |
| 32 | Saudi Arabia | 66.6% | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 33 | United States | 66.4% | 2024 | up 127.7% | rising |
| 34 | Mauritius | 66.1% | 2024 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 35 | Turkey | 65.4% | 2024 | up 116.1% | rising |
| 36 | Australia | 62.7% | 2024 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 37 | Croatia | 62.5% | 2024 | up 22.5% | flat |
| 38 | Malaysia | 61.5% | 2024 | up 126.7% | volatile |
| 39 | Venezuela | 58.4% | 2024 | up 118.9% | rising |
| 40 | Uruguay | 58.4% | 2024 | up 138.9% | volatile |
| 41 | Chile | 57.9% | 2024 | up 136.1% | rising |
| 42 | Thailand | 57.8% | 2024 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 43 | Taiwan | 57.1% | 2024 | up 73.0% | rising |
| 44 | South Korea | 55.3% | 2024 | up 108.6% | rising |
| 45 | Brazil | 53.1% | 2024 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 46 | Russia | 52.0% | 2024 | up 417.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Bulgaria | 50.8% | 2024 | up 97.1% | rising |
| 48 | North Macedonia | 49.9% | 2024 | up 133.6% | rising |
| 49 | Kosovo | 49.1% | 2024 | up 111.5% | rising |
| 49 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 49.1% | 2024 | up 111.5% | rising |
| 51 | Slovakia | 48.6% | 2024 | up 187.5% | rising |
| 52 | Serbia | 46.3% | 2024 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 53 | Argentina | 45.5% | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 54 | Poland | 44.9% | 2024 | up 79.4% | rising |
| 55 | Georgia | 42.7% | 2024 | up 47.2% | rising |
| 56 | Costa Rica | 40.7% | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 57 | South Africa | 37.0% | 2024 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 58 | Kazakhstan | 36.7% | 2024 | up 131.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Azerbaijan | 36.4% | 2024 | up 581.3% | volatile |
| 60 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 35.6% | 2024 | up 60.6% | rising |
| 61 | Romania | 34.5% | 2024 | up 88.4% | rising |
| 62 | Uzbekistan | 33.9% | 2024 | up 143.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Panama | 29.8% | 2024 | up 291.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Ecuador | 26.9% | 2024 | up 145.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Vietnam | 26.4% | 2024 | up 172.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Nigeria | 25.7% | 2024 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 67 | Moldova | 25.6% | 2024 | up 1,509.1% | volatile |
| 68 | Indonesia | 23.7% | 2024 | up 209.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Palestine | 23.6% | 2024 | up 240.6% | volatile |
| 70 | Dominican Republic | 23.2% | 2024 | up 75.6% | rising |
| 71 | Jordan | 21.8% | 2024 | up 125.3% | rising |
| 72 | Botswana | 21.0% | 2024 | up 103.2% | rising |
| 73 | Philippines | 19.8% | 2024 | up 115.0% | rising |
| 74 | Mexico | 19.2% | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 75 | El Salvador | 16.5% | 2024 | up 42.0% | rising |
| 76 | Peru | 14.9% | 2024 | up 90.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Honduras | 13.7% | 2024 | up 115.3% | rising |
| 78 | Albania | 13.3% | 2024 | up 61.0% | rising |
| 79 | Kenya | 12.4% | 2024 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 80 | Algeria | 11.8% | 2024 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 81 | Tanzania | 10.5% | 2024 | up 82.1% | rising |
| 82 | Colombia | 9.3% | 2024 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 83 | Guatemala | 9.1% | 2024 | up 62.0% | rising |
| 84 | Bolivia | 8.0% | 2024 | up 44.3% | volatile |
| 85 | Zambia | 7.2% | 2024 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 86 | Lebanon | 5.4% | 2024 | down 70.2% | 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 64.8%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 64.7%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 50.2%
- Low & middle income 38.9%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 33.7%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 32.5%
- Lower middle income 23.2%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 10.7%
About this data
The percentage of respondents who report having a debit card, primary education or less (% ages 15+)