TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, April 8. The number of MasterCard Worldwide payment cards issued in Uzbekistan reached 225,942 in 2023, Trend reports.
According to data from Uzbekistan’s Open Data Portal, this figure represents an increase of 123,784 payment cards (121.1 percent), compared to the previous year (102,158 in 2022).
The total number of issued MasterCard payment cards amounted to 328,100 from January 2022 through December 2023.
In the meantime, Uzbekistan issued 71,117 MasterCard payment cards over the first two months of 2024 - 33,351 in January 2024, and 37,766 - in February.
Data from the Uzbek Open Data Portal indicates that this number has increased by 47,764 payment cards, marking a 104.5 percent annual increase (23,353 in Jan.-Feb. 2023).
Meanwhile, the number of issued Visa payment cards reached 6.1 million from January 2022 through February 2024. The volume of MasterCard Worldwide payment cards amounted to 399,217 during the same period. In total, 6.5 million Visa and MasterCard payment cards were issued in Uzbekistan from January 2022 through February 2024.