Credit card count in Denmark 2000-2021

The total number of cards with a credit function issued in Denmark from 2000 to 2021 fluctuated, with a slight decline in the second half of the period. In 2021, there were around 1.64 million payment cards in Denmark with a credit function. Card payments, both credit and debit, accounted for almost 70 percent of all transactions in Denmark.

Number of payment cards with a credit function issued in Denmark from 2000 to 2021

Characteristic	Number of cards
2021	1,643,000
2020	1,667,000
2019	1,736,000
2018	1,752,000
2017	1,754,000
2016	1,776,000
2015	1,880,003
2014	1,800,888
2013	1,768,159
2012	1,808,688
2011	2,014,599
2010	2,017,899
2009	1,950,998
2008	1,115,101
2007	941,469
2006	1,021,356
2005	957,072
2004	789,933
2003	590,000
2002	541,000
2001	497,000
2000	458,000

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Release date

November 2023

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Region

Denmark

Survey time period

2000 to 2021

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Issued by resident PSPs; The source significantly changed its database in November 2023. This may mean methodology changes, or not all EU-27 countries reporting the same figures.

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The figures have been taken from several publications.

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