* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

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

The average for 2021 based on 38 countries was 37.99 percent. The highest value was in Iceland: 74 percent and the lowest value was in Albania: 4.94 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
Iceland 74 1 2021 - 2021
Switzerland 69.21 2 2014 - 2021
Norway 66.74 3 2014 - 2021
Finland 65.29 4 2011 - 2021
UK 62.11 5 2011 - 2021
Austria 58.99 6 2011 - 2021
Denmark 58.5 7 2011 - 2021
Italy 57.88 8 2011 - 2021
Spain 56.61 9 2011 - 2021
Germany 56.52 10 2011 - 2021
Ireland 54.96 11 2011 - 2021
Belgium 49.82 12 2011 - 2021
Sweden 48.35 13 2011 - 2021
Slovenia 45.05 14 2011 - 2021
Malta 42.48 15 2011 - 2021
France 39.76 16 2011 - 2021
Portugal 38.54 17 2011 - 2021
Netherlands 37.43 18 2011 - 2021
Ukraine 37.02 19 2011 - 2021
Croatia 35.75 20 2011 - 2021
Estonia 34.86 21 2011 - 2021
Turkey 32.61 22 2011 - 2021
Cyprus 32.48 23 2011 - 2021
Slovakia 30.94 24 2011 - 2021
Czechia 29.85 25 2011 - 2021
Russia 25.08 26 2011 - 2021
Poland 24.44 27 2011 - 2021
Bulgaria 23.27 28 2011 - 2021
Greece 23.17 29 2011 - 2021
North Macedonia 22.2 30 2011 - 2021
Bosnia & Herz. 18.03 31 2011 - 2021
Romania 17.78 32 2011 - 2021
Latvia 17.08 33 2011 - 2021
Serbia 16.16 34 2011 - 2021
Hungary 15.92 35 2011 - 2021
Lithuania 11.89 36 2011 - 2021
Moldova 8.09 37 2011 - 2021
Albania 4.94 38 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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