This statistic displays the number of adults in the United Kingdom (UK) that had in October 2017 - or in the prior 12 months - a form of credit or loan, by type of credit. Approximately 39.6 million adults in the UK had a form of credit or loan in 2017. Among these, 31.6 million adults in the United Kingdom owned a credit card and nearly 13 million had an overdraft account in 2017. What could be perceived as alarming is the number of UK adults that had a high-cost loan in 2017, with approximately 3.1 million.
Number of adults with a form of credit or loan in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017, by type*
(in millions)
* Credit in October 2017 or in the prior 12 months. ** Transactors relate to consumers that always pay of their credit in full on the due date of payment.
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Financial Conduct Authority. (June 20, 2018). Number of adults with a form of credit or loan in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017, by type* (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/793489/number-of-adults-with-credit-loan-united-kingdom/
Financial Conduct Authority. "Number of adults with a form of credit or loan in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017, by type* (in millions)." Chart. June 20, 2018. Statista. Accessed December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/793489/number-of-adults-with-credit-loan-united-kingdom/
Financial Conduct Authority. (2018). Number of adults with a form of credit or loan in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017, by type* (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/793489/number-of-adults-with-credit-loan-united-kingdom/
Financial Conduct Authority. "Number of Adults with a Form of Credit or Loan in The United Kingdom (Uk) in 2017, by Type* (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Jun 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/793489/number-of-adults-with-credit-loan-united-kingdom/
Financial Conduct Authority, Number of adults with a form of credit or loan in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017, by type* (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/793489/number-of-adults-with-credit-loan-united-kingdom/ (last visited December 23, 2024)
Number of adults with a form of credit or loan in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017, by type* (in millions) [Graph], Financial Conduct Authority, June 20, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/793489/number-of-adults-with-credit-loan-united-kingdom/
