Credit card debt in the United States has been growing at a fast pace between 2021 and 2025. In the fourth quarter of 2024, the overall amount of credit card debt reached its highest value throughout the timeline considered here. COVID-19 had a big impact on the indebtedness of Americans, as credit card debt decreased from *** billion U.S. dollars in the last quarter of 2019 to *** billion U.S. dollars in the first quarter of 2021. What portion of Americans use credit cards? A substantial portion of Americans had at least one credit card in 2025. That year, the penetration rate of credit cards in the United States was ** percent. This number increased by nearly seven percentage points since 2014. The primary factors behind the high utilization of credit cards in the United States are a prevalent culture of convenience, a wide range of reward schemes, and consumer preferences for postponed payments. Which companies dominate the credit card issuing market? In 2024, the leading credit card issuers in the U.S. by volume were JPMorgan Chase & Co. and American Express. Both firms recorded transactions worth over one trillion U.S. dollars that year. Citi and Capital One were the next banks in that ranking, with the transactions made with their credit cards amounting to over half a trillion U.S. dollars that year. Those industry giants, along with other prominent brand names in the industry such as Bank of America, Synchrony Financial, Wells Fargo, and others, dominate the credit card market. Due to their extensive customer base, appealing rewards, and competitive offerings, they have gained a significant market share, making them the preferred choice for consumers.

The tables and interactive maps below allow users to explore the ratio of debt to income by state, metropolitan statistical area, and county for each year since 1999. Household debt is calculated from Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY) Consumer Credit Panel/Equifax Data, and household income is reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Debt Balance Credit Cards in the United States decreased to 1.18 Trillion USD in the first quarter of 2025 from 1.21 Trillion USD in the fourth quarter of 2024. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for the United States Debt Balance Credit Cards.

Households Debt in the United States decreased to 69.20 percent of GDP in the fourth quarter of 2024 from 70.50 percent of GDP in the third quarter of 2024. This dataset provides - United States Households Debt To Gdp- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

The Credit Card Statistics provide data in relation to monthly credit card transactions. A breakdown of the number of credit cards issued to Irish residents is also provided.

Key information about United States Household Debt

• United States Household Debt reached 18,036.0 USD bn in Dec 2024, compared with the reported number of 17,943.0 USD bn in the previous quarter
• US Household Debt: USD mn data is updated quarterly, available from Mar 1999 to Dec 2024
• The data reached an all-time high of 18,036.0 USD bn in Dec 2024 and a record low of 4,540.0 USD bn in Mar 1999

• In the latest reports, United States Household Debt accounted for 61.7 % of the country's Nominal GDP in Dec 2024
• Money Supply M2 in United States increased 21,533.8 USD bn YoY in Dec 2024
• United States Foreign Exchange Reserves was measured at 34.9 USD bn in Dec 2024
• The Foreign Exchange Reserves equaled 0.1 Months of Import in Dec 2024
• United States Domestic Credit reached 30,648.3 USD bn in Mar 2024, representing an drop of 0.3 % YoY

Consumer Credit in the United States decreased to 5.10 USD Billion in May from 16.87 USD Billion in April of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United States Consumer Credit Change - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Consumer Credit in Canada increased to 786799 CAD Million in April from 783297 CAD Million in March of 2025. This dataset provides - Canada Consumer Credit - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Daily Card Payments by Irish Households. A subset of the monthly Card Payment Statistics. The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic created the need for timely, high-frequency data, such as the Daily Credit and Debit Card Statistics, to better understand the impact of the pandemic on personal expenditure and economic activity. his high-frequency daily Credit and Debit Data captures expenditure of euro-denominated credit and debit cards issued to Irish residents. The dataset consists of total daily debit and credit card spending and ATM withdrawals, while from 1 October 2020, expenditure in a number of key sectors of the economy, and a split of online and in-store spending is also available.

Dataset from Singapore Department of Statistics. For more information, visit https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_5c8e5801c2a64e2e6b16608296ef3e02/view

Israel Number of Credit Cards in Use data was reported at 8,443,559.000 Unit in Mar 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 8,271,394.000 Unit for Dec 2017. Israel Number of Credit Cards in Use data is updated quarterly, averaging 7,747,530.000 Unit from Sep 2014 (Median) to Mar 2018, with 15 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 8,443,559.000 Unit in Mar 2018 and a record low of 7,070,462.000 Unit in Sep 2014. Israel Number of Credit Cards in Use data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bank of Israel. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Israel – Table IL.KA007: Credit Card Statistics.

Graph and download economic data for Sources of Revenue: Credit Card Income from Consumers for Credit Intermediation and Related Activities, All Establishments, Employer Firms (REVCICEF522ALLEST) from 2013 to 2022 about finance companies, intermediate, employer firms, consumer credit, credit cards, accounting, companies, revenue, finance, establishments, financial, loans, consumer, services, income, and USA.

Daily, weekly and monthly data showing seasonally adjusted and non-seasonally adjusted UK spending using debit and credit cards. These are official statistics in development. Source: CHAPS, Bank of England.

The monthly card payment statistics provide data in relation to credit and debit card transactions undertaken by Irish resident households. The data includes the monthly value and volume of transactions across both credit and debit cards by Irish households. The data is collected from issuers of credit and debit cards and specifically from reporting agents that are resident in Ireland (including established foreign branches). The aggregate data is further broken down into, remote and non-remote card spending; contactless and mobile wallet card spending; sectoral card spending; domestic and non-domestic card spending; regional card spending in Ireland; and cash withdrawals. A breakdown of the number of credit & debit cards currently issued to Irish residents is also provided. Note, only Personal Cards are in scope for this reporting, business cards and cards issued to non-Irish residents are not included. Additionally, data files uploaded here follow the SDMX –ML format where Series Key are the primary identifier for a reporting period (Date for which the data is reported is represented in the Reporting Period field). For example : PCI.M.IE.W2.PCS_ALL.11.PN is the series key and each element/dimension between the delimiter “.” is expanded with a description in subsequent columns ending with the subscript “DESC” to understand the meaning of each element/dimension. The Observation_free column represents the value (€ EUR) or Volume (PN) of transactions depending on the last element/dimension, EUR or PN. For further information on the Payment Statistics Monthly, the reporting instructions in the Landing page link has additional details about the table and the column names used in this data collection.

Kazakhstan Payment Cards: Number of Cards in Circulation: ow Visa International: Credit Card data was reported at 3,083.600 Unit th in Jun 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 2,991.400 Unit th for May 2018. Kazakhstan Payment Cards: Number of Cards in Circulation: ow Visa International: Credit Card data is updated monthly, averaging 2,228.400 Unit th from Feb 2011 (Median) to Jun 2018, with 89 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3,601.000 Unit th in May 2014 and a record low of 616.300 Unit th in Feb 2011. Kazakhstan Payment Cards: Number of Cards in Circulation: ow Visa International: Credit Card data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by The National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Kazakhstan – Table KZ.KA010: Payment Cards Statistics.

Credit Card Payments Data is provided by Card Issuers and contain statistics on number of cards, transactions, payments and outstanding value

Colombia Credit Cards: Purchases: Volume: Abroad data was reported at 5,759,183.000 Unit in Mar 2019. This records an increase from the previous number of 5,289,341.000 Unit for Feb 2019. Colombia Credit Cards: Purchases: Volume: Abroad data is updated monthly, averaging 5,055,220.000 Unit from Jan 2015 (Median) to Mar 2019, with 51 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 121,056,241.000 Unit in Apr 2018 and a record low of 1,882,912.000 Unit in Feb 2015. Colombia Credit Cards: Purchases: Volume: Abroad data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Banking and Financial Institution Association of Colombia. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Colombia – Table CO.KB018: Credit Card Statistics.

Quarterly financial flows and stocks of household credit market debt, consumer credit, non-mortgage loans, and mortgage loans, on a seasonally adjusted basis.

Households Debt in Canada decreased to 99.58 percent of GDP in the first quarter of 2025 from 100.39 percent of GDP in the fourth quarter of 2024. This dataset provides - Canada Households Debt To Gdp- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Private Debt to GDP in the United States decreased to 142 percent in 2024 from 147.50 percent in 2023. United States Private Debt to GDP - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on July of 2025.