Owns a debit card, young (% ages 15-24) by country
The percentage of respondents who report having a debit card, young (% ages 15-24)
Countries reporting
81
Highest
100.0%
United Kingdom
Lowest
2.2%
Lebanon
Median
64.7%
Years covered
14
2011–2024
Data points
470
What the numbers show
Owns a debit card, young (% ages 15-24) is currently reported for 81 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in United Kingdom; the lowest is 2.2% in Lebanon.
The median across all reporting countries is 64.7%, and the mean is 60.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 46.
Over the past decade 70 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Azerbaijan (up 539.7%), and the largest decrease in Lebanon (down 89.2%).
Owns a debit card, young: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Kingdom | 100.0% | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 1 | Sweden | 100.0% | 2024 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 3 | Austria | 98.6% | 2024 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 4 | Netherlands | 98.6% | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 5 | Canada | 98.4% | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 6 | Belgium | 98.0% | 2024 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 7 | Slovenia | 97.4% | 2024 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 8 | Finland | 97.0% | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 9 | Ireland | 96.9% | 2024 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 10 | Hungary | 96.4% | 2024 | up 129.6% | rising |
| 11 | France | 95.1% | 2024 | up 77.8% | rising |
| 12 | Denmark | 95.0% | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 13 | Lithuania | 94.9% | 2024 | up 269.7% | rising |
| 14 | Estonia | 94.6% | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 15 | Spain | 93.1% | 2024 | up 63.5% | rising |
| 16 | Malta | 92.5% | 2024 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 17 | Ukraine | 92.4% | 2024 | up 103.6% | rising |
| 19 | South Korea | 90.1% | 2024 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 20 | Australia | 89.7% | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 21 | New Zealand | 89.4% | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 22 | Iran | 88.7% | 2024 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 23 | Czechia | 87.8% | 2024 | up 72.1% | rising |
| 24 | Cyprus | 87.1% | 2024 | up 97.2% | rising |
| 25 | Russia | 86.4% | 2024 | up 145.1% | rising |
| 26 | Japan | 85.9% | 2024 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 28 | Portugal | 84.6% | 2024 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 29 | Chile | 83.1% | 2024 | up 54.1% | rising |
| 30 | United States | 82.8% | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 31 | China | 82.1% | 2024 | up 43.1% | rising |
| 32 | Germany | 79.7% | 2024 | down 10.2% | flat |
| 33 | Romania | 79.2% | 2024 | up 99.5% | rising |
| 34 | Latvia | 78.5% | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 35 | Slovakia | 76.7% | 2024 | up 118.2% | rising |
| 36 | Mauritius | 76.7% | 2024 | up 46.3% | rising |
| 37 | Taiwan | 75.3% | 2024 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 38 | Mongolia | 73.3% | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 39 | Malaysia | 72.6% | 2024 | up 102.0% | rising |
| 40 | Poland | 71.6% | 2024 | up 65.5% | rising |
| 41 | Brazil | 70.5% | 2024 | up 49.1% | rising |
| 42 | Bulgaria | 70.2% | 2024 | up 130.8% | rising |
| 43 | Vietnam | 64.7% | 2024 | up 89.0% | rising |
| 44 | Turkey | 63.5% | 2024 | up 94.7% | rising |
| 45 | Saudi Arabia | 63.5% | 2024 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 46 | Costa Rica | 62.8% | 2024 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 47 | Uruguay | 62.4% | 2024 | up 230.5% | volatile |
| 48 | Georgia | 59.2% | 2024 | up 460.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Greece | 57.7% | 2024 | up 68.7% | rising |
| 50 | Kazakhstan | 54.2% | 2024 | up 215.8% | volatile |
| 51 | Italy | 52.4% | 2024 | up 63.5% | rising |
| 52 | Argentina | 51.8% | 2024 | up 183.7% | volatile |
| 53 | Moldova | 50.5% | 2024 | up 342.5% | volatile |
| 54 | North Macedonia | 49.9% | 2024 | up 65.0% | rising |
| 55 | Croatia | 49.0% | 2024 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 56 | South Africa | 47.3% | 2024 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 57 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 44.2% | 2024 | up 104.8% | rising |
| 58 | Ecuador | 44.2% | 2024 | up 125.6% | rising |
| 59 | Venezuela | 43.5% | 2024 | up 94.8% | rising |
| 61 | Bolivia | 34.9% | 2024 | up 77.1% | rising |
| 62 | Indonesia | 34.5% | 2024 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 63 | Thailand | 33.3% | 2024 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 64 | Dominican Republic | 32.7% | 2024 | up 116.4% | rising |
| 65 | Uzbekistan | 31.8% | 2024 | up 183.9% | rising |
| 66 | Serbia | 31.5% | 2024 | down 47.8% | rising |
| 68 | Nigeria | 30.6% | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 69 | Peru | 26.2% | 2024 | up 70.9% | rising |
| 70 | Albania | 25.2% | 2024 | up 71.3% | rising |
| 71 | El Salvador | 24.6% | 2024 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 72 | Colombia | 23.6% | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 73 | Honduras | 22.7% | 2024 | up 68.4% | rising |
| 74 | Azerbaijan | 21.8% | 2024 | up 539.7% | volatile |
| 75 | Botswana | 19.4% | 2024 | down 44.7% | rising |
| 76 | Palestine | 16.9% | 2024 | up 532.8% | volatile |
| 77 | Guatemala | 16.6% | 2024 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 78 | Jordan | 15.7% | 2024 | up 74.3% | rising |
| 79 | Kenya | 11.5% | 2024 | down 60.1% | falling |
| 80 | Algeria | 10.8% | 2024 | down 27.3% | rising |
| 81 | Tanzania | 7.9% | 2024 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 82 | Zimbabwe | 7.3% | 2024 | up 57.0% | falling |
| 83 | Philippines | 5.9% | 2024 | down 49.3% | falling |
| 84 | Zambia | 5.6% | 2024 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 85 | Lebanon | 2.2% | 2024 | down 89.2% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Upper middle income 66.9%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 64.7%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 52.4%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 45.0%
- Low & middle income 38.4%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 31.9%
- Kosovo 29.1%
- Lower middle income 28.1%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 13.8%
About this data
The percentage of respondents who report having a debit card, young (% ages 15-24)