Percent people with credit cards - Country rankings
* indicates monthly or quarterly data series
Percent of people aged 15+ who have a credit card, 2021:
The average for 2021 based on 24 countries was 4.2 percent. The highest value was in Mauritius: 20.06 percent and the lowest value was in Tanzania: 0.31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 20.06 | 1 | 2011 - 2021 |
| Namibia | 13.25 | 2 | 2014 - 2021 |
| Mozambique | 10.87 | 3 | 2017 - 2021 |
| South Africa | 10.01 | 4 | 2011 - 2021 |
| Kenya | 6.35 | 5 | 2011 - 2021 |
| Mali | 5.98 | 6 | 2011 - 2021 |
| Senegal | 4.81 | 7 | 2011 - 2021 |
| Uganda | 3.51 | 8 | 2011 - 2021 |
| Liberia | 3.47 | 9 | 2011 - 2021 |
| Gabon | 3.24 | 10 | 2011 - 2021 |
| Burkina Faso | 2.7 | 11 | 2011 - 2021 |
| Ivory Coast | 2.33 | 12 | 2014 - 2021 |
| Zambia | 2.03 | 13 | 2011 - 2021 |
| R. of Congo | 1.9 | 14 | 2011 - 2021 |
| Cameroon | 1.64 | 15 | 2011 - 2021 |
| Nigeria | 1.61 | 16 | 2011 - 2021 |
| Togo | 1.52 | 17 | 2011 - 2021 |
| Benin | 1.41 | 18 | 2011 - 2021 |
| Malawi | 0.97 | 19 | 2011 - 2021 |
| Guinea | 0.9 | 20 | 2011 - 2021 |
| Ghana | 0.87 | 21 | 2011 - 2021 |
| Sierra Leone | 0.5 | 22 | 2011 - 2021 |
| Zimbabwe | 0.49 | 23 | 2011 - 2021 |
| Tanzania | 0.31 | 24 | 2011 - 2021 |
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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