Annual credit card and debit cards issued in Brazil 2012-2022
Brazil is believed to have nearly 140 million more debit cards in circulation than credit cards by the end of 2022. That said, the number of credit cards that year grew substantially faster than the number of debit cards issued. The number provided are estimates as the Brazilian central bank does not provide many figures on payment cards. For example, it does not supply figures on the total number of cards overall - be they credit or debit - for the country, as opposed to other countries in the world. This may indicate difficulties to map out the market.