Based on a comparison of 51 countries in 2017, Japan ranked the highest in bank payment card penetration with 554% followed by South Korea and China. On the other end of the scale was Philippines with 57.9%, Dominican Republic with 59.8% and India with 68.1%.
Data for more countries are available at Bank Payment Card Penetration indicator page.
Bank Payment Card Penetration | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
Austria | % | 157% | 155% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Belgium | % | 203% | 201% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Bulgaria | % | 110% | 109% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Croatia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 207% | 210% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
Czechia | % | 106% | 100% | 0.116% | 0.121% | 0.129% | ... | |||||||||||||||
France | % | 126% | 128% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Germany | % | 183% | 186% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Hungary | % | 91.6% | 93.8% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Italy | % | 131% | 136% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Netherlands | % | 186% | 187% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Poland | % | 94.3% | 101% | 0.109% | 0.113% | 0.115% | ||||||||||||||||
Russia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 182% | 195% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||
Slovakia | % | 102% | 96.3% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Sweden | % | 180% | 164% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Turkey | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 230% | 252% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |