Almost 90% of bank cards in Azerbaijan are debit

17:39 - 12.05.2025


May 12, Fineko/abc.az. Currently, debit cards make up the majority of active bank cards in Azerbaijan.

ABC.AZ reports that 88.87% of all active bank cards in the country, i.e. 18.18 million cards, are debit cards.

The number of credit cards is 2.278 million, which is equivalent to 11.13% of the total number of cards.

Among debit cards, 18.63% (3.387 million cards) are social cards (pensions, benefits, etc.), 15.99% (2.906 million cards) are salary cards.

The remaining 11.884 million cards (65.38%) are debit cards received by the population additionally for personal use.