Countries by debit card ownership, adults
The Netherlands had the highest debit card ownership, adults of 144 countries in 2017, at 98.81%. Sierra Leone had the lowest, at 1.73%. The median was 33.42%. Source: the World Bank.
Map of countries, 2017
- Under 11
- 11 to 21
- 21 to 32
- 32 to 62
- 62 to 83
- 83 and over
- No data
Top 40 countries, 2017
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About this ranking
Percentage of respondents aged 15 and over who report having an ATM or debit card.
Global Findex survey estimates for people aged 15 and over, or the named subgroup. Percentages use all respondents in that population, not only savers, borrowers or account owners. Only published survey years are stored; no values are interpolated or carried forward. The 2025 edition reports 2024 fieldwork. Some earlier-wave surveys were conducted in 2022; the publisher year labels are retained. In 2024, account and debit-card ownership were asked more widely than other financial-use questions, so available years vary by measure and economy. Survey coverage and questions can change between waves.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. 17 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2017 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
World Bank, Global Findex Database. Global Findex: Owns a debit card (% age 15+) (fin2.t.d). https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/fin2.t.d?format=json&per_page=20000&date=2011:2024&source=28. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.Citation styles
APA 7
World Bank. (2025). Global Findex: Owns a debit card (% age 15+) (fin2.t.d) (Countries by debit card ownership, adults, 2017) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/fin2.t.d?format=json&per_page=20000&date=2011:2024&source=28
MLA 9
Global Findex: Owns a debit card (% age 15+) (fin2.t.d), Countries by debit card ownership, adults, 2017. World Bank, 6 Oct. 2025, https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/fin2.t.d?format=json&per_page=20000&date=2011:2024&source=28. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/debit-card-ownership-adults/countries?period=2017. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
World Bank. 2025. Global Findex: Owns a debit card (% age 15+) (fin2.t.d). Countries by debit card ownership, adults, 2017. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/fin2.t.d?format=json&per_page=20000&date=2011:2024&source=28. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/debit-card-ownership-adults/countries?period=2017.
Harvard
World Bank (2025) Global Findex: Owns a debit card (% age 15+) (fin2.t.d), Countries by debit card ownership, adults, 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/fin2.t.d?format=json&per_page=20000&date=2011:2024&source=28, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/debit-card-ownership-adults/countries?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{world_countries_by_debit_card_2017,
author = {{World Bank}},
title = {{Global Findex: Owns a debit card (\% age 15+) (fin2.t.d): Countries by debit card ownership, adults, 2017}},
year = {2025},
howpublished = {Data set},
url = {https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/fin2.t.d?format=json&per_page=20000&date=2011:2024&source=28},
urldate = {2026-10-12},
note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/debit-card-ownership-adults/countries?period=2017. Publisher attribution: World Bank, Global Findex Database. Global Findex: Owns a debit card (\% age 15+) (fin2.t.d). https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/all/indicator/fin2.t.d?format=json\&per\_page=20000\&date=2011:2024\&source=28. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.},
}
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Which country has the highest debit card ownership, adults?
The Netherlands, with 98.81% in 2017, according to the World Bank.
Which country has the lowest debit card ownership, adults?
Sierra Leone, with 1.73% in 2017.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: World Bank, Global Findex: Owns a debit card (% age 15+) (fin2.t.d). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 17 countries have no value for 2017 and are not ranked.