* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Percent of people aged 15+ who have a credit card, 2021:

The average for 2021 based on 34 countries was 18.32 percent. The highest value was in Israel: 79.05 percent and the lowest value was in Afghanistan: 0 percent. The indicator is available from 2011 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
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Countries Percent people with credit cards, 2021 Global rank Available data
Israel 79.05 1 2011 - 2021
Hong Kong 71.63 2 2011 - 2021
Japan 69.66 3 2011 - 2021
South Korea 68.44 4 2011 - 2021
Taiwan 63.77 5 2011 - 2021
Singapore 41.74 6 2011 - 2021
China 37.95 7 2011 - 2021
UA Emirates 26.84 8 2011 - 2021
Saudi Arabia 25.42 9 2011 - 2021
Thailand 22.61 10 2011 - 2021
Kazakhstan 20.86 11 2011 - 2021
Georgia 12.92 12 2011 - 2021
Sri Lanka 10.03 13 2011 - 2021
Armenia 9.22 14 2011 - 2021
Philippines 8.09 15 2011 - 2021
Malaysia 7.89 16 2011 - 2021
Iran 7.47 17 2011 - 2021
Mongolia 6.96 18 2011 - 2021
India 4.62 19 2011 - 2021
Uzbekistan 3.78 20 2011 - 2021
Palestine 3.58 21 2011 - 2021
Kyrgyzstan 3.13 22 2011 - 2021
Lebanon 2.99 23 2011 - 2021
Jordan 2.82 24 2011 - 2021
Tajikistan 2.19 25 2011 - 2021
Burma 2 26 2014 - 2021
Nepal 1.87 27 2011 - 2021
Indonesia 1.6 28 2011 - 2021
Iraq 1.56 29 2011 - 2021
Laos 1 30 2011 - 2021
Bangladesh 0.62 31 2011 - 2021
Cambodia 0.24 32 2011 - 2021
Pakistan 0.22 33 2011 - 2021
Afghanistan 0 34 2011 - 2021


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Definition: The percentage of respondents with a credit card (% age 15+). The data are from the World bank Global Financial Inclusion survey.

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