Credit and debit card count in Netherlands 2024| Statista

In the Netherlands, approximately two percent of payment cards issued were credit cards, reaching a total of over 7.3 million in 2024. Debit cards were found more often in the country, as that year there were around 31.4 million of these cards. The figures provided are estimates based on the data central banks have to supply. Owning a payment card does not immediately indicate it gets used, as there are considerable differences within Europe when it comes to the use of certain payment methods.

Total number of credit cards and debit cards in circulation in the Netherlands from 2000 to 2024

Characteristic	Credit cards	Debit cards
2024	7,377,648	31,411,138
2023	7,132,021	32,719,999
2022	6,866,136	31,525,444
2021	4,874,923	22,503,712
2020	4,638,448	21,491,824
2019	3,320,548	20,106,219
2018	3,230,548	18,553,929
2017	3,128,381	18,281,126
2016	3,011,159	17,935,635
2015	2,920,589	17,854,717
2014	3,099,931	25,577,626
2013	-	24,493,949
2012	-	24,662,621

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July 2025

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Netherlands

Survey time period

July 2025

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Credit card figures include cards with a credit function and a delayed debit function.

Supplementary notes

The figures have been taken from several publications, as (the quality of) data tracking of card payments can vary significantly between countries, and to unify figures across different countries worldwide.

All figures stem from either the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) or the European Central Bank (ECB). Both use figures submitted by the country's central bank to either or both sources.

2022 figures and beyond - release date November 2023 and later - made significant strides in reporting quality, sometimes causing significant breaks in methodology in individual countries. Statista sometimes still had to calculate figures, however, as card figures were split between non-remote and remote use cases, or credit cards were not always clearly defined.

Depending on the content, additional sources were used:

Per capita, 15 years and older: World Bank;
U.S. dollar conversion: Bilateral exchange rates from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS).

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