Credit card ownership and usage in 17 countries in Latin America in 2021

Published by Statista Research Department, Jun 27, 2024

The share of adult people who used a credit card in varied significantly across the different countries in Latin America. That year, approximately 37 percent of adults in Uruguay claimed to have used a credit card in the past year, against only nine percent of Peruvian adults.

Share of adult population who owned or used a credit card in selected countries in Latin America in 2021

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Release date

June 2022

Region

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, LAC

Survey time period

August to November 2021

Number of respondents

approx. 1,000 per country

Age group

15 years and older

Special properties

Entire civilian, noninstitutionalized population; The figures shown are from a global survey held every 3 years. The data for 2021 is the most recent available as of the mid of 2022.

Method of interview

Face-to-face interviews, telephone interviews

Supplementary notes

The source did not provide figures for all countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Mexico, for instance, did not feature in the most recent report.

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