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.

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.

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 October of 2025.

United States Delinquency Rate: Consumer: Credit Cards data was reported at 2.540 % in Mar 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 2.560 % for Dec 2017. United States Delinquency Rate: Consumer: Credit Cards data is updated quarterly, averaging 4.200 % from Mar 1991 (Median) to Mar 2018, with 109 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6.610 % in Mar 2009 and a record low of 2.010 % in Jun 2015. United States Delinquency Rate: Consumer: Credit Cards data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Reserve Board. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.KA010: Commercial Banks: Charge Off and Delinquency Rates.

CE Vision USA is the premier merchant attributable data set tracking consumer spend on credit and debit cards. Private investors and corporate clients use CE Vision to track market share, uncover customer insights, compare shopping patterns by demo and geo, and analyze market dynamics.

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

CE Vision US is the premier merchant attributable data set tracking consumer spend on credit and debit cards. Private equity venture capital firms use Consumer Edge alternative data for consensus estimates, deal sourcing, live diligences, portfolio monitoring, and market share tracking.

United States Delinquency Rate: Other Banks: Consumer: Credit Cards data was reported at 5.900 % in Mar 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 5.770 % for Dec 2017. United States Delinquency Rate: Other Banks: Consumer: Credit Cards data is updated quarterly, averaging 4.260 % from Mar 1991 (Median) to Mar 2018, with 109 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6.640 % in Dec 2003 and a record low of 2.880 % in Dec 2015. United States Delinquency Rate: Other Banks: Consumer: Credit Cards data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Reserve Board. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.KA010: Commercial Banks: Charge Off and Delinquency Rates.

Graph and download economic data for Personal Saving Rate (PSAVERT) from Jan 1959 to Aug 2025 about savings, personal, rate, and USA.

This dataset explores outstanding business debt by province for 2006. More data by industry can be found at the original source, Statistics Canada. x : suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Notes: All data are as at December 31. More detailed statistics on suppliers of business financing are available (free) online at the SME Financial Data Initiative website. 1. All financing suppliers includes debt outstanding owed to suppliers shown in the table, i.e., domestic banks, other banks, credit unions and caisses populaires, and finance companies, as well as debt owed to suppliers not shown, i.e., portfolio managers, venture capital companies, financial funds, and insurance and leasing companies. 2. Credit unions and caisses populaires. 3. Total debt outstanding is displayed by four classification variables: authorization level; debt instrument type; province/territory; and industry. All add to the same total. 4. Authorization level is the maximum amount a client is permitted to borrow. 5. Term instruments, such as term loans and mortgage loans, generally cover longer periods of time and involve periodic repayment of both principal and interest. 6. Operating instruments, such as lines of credit and credit cards, are used for the day to day operations of a business and entail non-periodic repayments. 7. Knowledge-based industries are defined as knowledge producers (science and technology-based firms) and high-knowledge users (business innovators and large scale knowledge user firms). Typically, firms involved in pharmaceuticals, health biotechnology, development of new materials, telecommunications, information technology, software design, medical equipment manufacturing and avionics are considered to be knowledge-based industries. These industries represent a subset of the industries listed in the table above. Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Suppliers of Business Financing. Last modified: 2008-03-10.

United States Charge Off Rate: sa: 100 Largest Banks: Consumer: Credit Cards data was reported at 3.650 % in Mar 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 3.510 % for Dec 2017. United States Charge Off Rate: sa: 100 Largest Banks: Consumer: Credit Cards data is updated quarterly, averaging 4.050 % from Mar 1985 (Median) to Mar 2018, with 133 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 10.640 % in Dec 2009 and a record low of 1.990 % in Mar 1985. United States Charge Off Rate: sa: 100 Largest Banks: Consumer: Credit Cards data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Reserve Board. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.KA010: Commercial Banks: Charge Off and Delinquency Rates.

External Debt in Pakistan increased to 134971 USD Million in the second quarter of 2025 from 130179 USD Million in the first quarter of 2025. This dataset provides - Pakistan External Debt - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.