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.

Households Debt in the United States decreased to 68.30 percent of GDP in the first quarter of 2025 from 69.40 percent of GDP in the fourth quarter of 2024. This dataset provides - United States Households Debt To Gdp- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

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

The G.19 Statistical Release, Consumer Credit, reports outstanding credit extended to individuals for household, family, and other personal expenditures, excluding loans secured by real estate. Total consumer credit comprises two major types: revolving and nonrevolving. Revolving credit plans may be unsecured or secured by collateral and allow a consumer to borrow up to a prearranged limit and repay the debt in one or more installments. Credit card loans comprise most of revolving consumer credit measured in the G.19, but other types, such as prearranged overdraft plans, are also included. Nonrevolving credit is closed-end credit extended to consumers that is repaid on a prearranged repayment schedule and may be secured or unsecured. To borrow additional funds, the consumer must enter into an additional contract with the lender. Consumer motor vehicle and education loans comprise the majority of nonrevolving credit, but other loan types, such as boat loans, recreational vehicle loans, and personal loans, are also included. This statistical release is designated by OMB as a Principal Federal Economic Indicator (PFEI).

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 Canada increased to 794832 CAD Million in July from 794478 CAD Million in June of 2025. This dataset provides - Canada Consumer Credit - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

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.

Consumer Credit in the United States decreased to 0.36 USD Billion in August from 18.05 USD Billion in July 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.

Review of Economics and Statistics: Forthcoming.. Visit https://dataone.org/datasets/sha256%3A5b772e98338aa1037ce48ea8fe598b34e13d528a6c923067cb8fcb4c85fa8282 for complete metadata about this dataset.

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

Statistics on student debt, including the average debt at graduation, the percentage of graduates who owed large debt at graduation and the percentage of graduates with debt who had paid it off at the time of the interview, are presented by the province of study and the level of study. Estimates are available at five-year intervals.

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

http://debtpro.co/credit-card-debt-consolidation-bad-credit/ The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) loans are public and publicly guaranteed debt extended by the World Bank Group. IBRD loans are made to, or guaranteed by, countries that are members of IBRD. IBRD may also make loans to IFC. IBRD lends at market rates. Data are in U.S. dollars calculated using historical rates. This dataset contains the latest available snapshot of the Statement of Loans. The World Bank complies with all sanctions applicable to World Bank transactions.

Brazil Debt Card Transaction: Quarterly: Value data was reported at 259.930 BRL bn in Dec 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 241.933 BRL bn for Sep 2024. Brazil Debt Card Transaction: Quarterly: Value data is updated quarterly, averaging 236.143 BRL bn from Mar 2019 (Median) to Dec 2024, with 24 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 264.121 BRL bn in Dec 2022 and a record low of 151.765 BRL bn in Mar 2019. Brazil Debt Card Transaction: Quarterly: Value data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Central Bank of Brazil. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Brazil – Table BR.KAA001: Credit Card Statistics.

The Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) is normally a triennial cross-sectional survey of U.S. families. The survey data include information on families' balance sheets, pensions, income, and demographic characteristics.

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.

Total external debt is debt owed to non residents repayable in foreign currency, goods, or services. Total external debt is the sum of public, publicly guaranteed, and private non-guaranteed long-term debt, use of IMF credit, and short-term debt. Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrears on long-term debt. Data are in million current U.S. dollars. This Data set uses 0 = no value, however the original data source uses -9999 as its original value. Data was found online at http://geodata.grid.unep.ch

The dataset comprises a broad range of variables to understand the full picture of consumers’ financial health: family socio-demographics, total income, total expenses, employment information, as well as all credit details. The features considered for the analyses were: socio-demographic characterization (marital status, level of education completed, number of people in the household), the perceived causes for over-indebtedness (from a predetermined pool of causes), and data concerning their economic situation, including the total income and expenses of the household as well as data concerning their credits and debts (amount of the monthly installments for credit cards, housing credit, car credit, personal credit and other types of credit or debts; total monthly installment concerning all credits). Each household is represented by one record (one observation) of the dataset with many features to describe their characteristics and behavior

Taiwan Credit Card: CCC: AE: Bad Debts Written Off data was reported at 2.612 NTD mn in Oct 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 2.463 NTD mn for Sep 2018. Taiwan Credit Card: CCC: AE: Bad Debts Written Off data is updated monthly, averaging 4.465 NTD mn from Jun 2004 (Median) to Oct 2018, with 173 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 633.440 NTD mn in Apr 2006 and a record low of 0.659 NTD mn in Mar 2015. Taiwan Credit Card: CCC: AE: Bad Debts Written Off data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Banking Bureau, Financial Supervisory Commission. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Taiwan – Table TW.KA027: Credit Card Statistics.

Amount of debt financing (mortgage, line of credit, term loan, credit card) requested and authorized for small and medium enterprises in 2020 by region, CMA level, North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), demographics, age of business, employment size, rate of growth, etc.