Quarterly adoption of cash by consumers, online or offline, in Brazil 2018-2023
The share of cash transactions at POS (Point-of-Sale) in Brazil declined by 26 percentage points between 2018 and 2023. This is according to two different questions asked throughout multiple surveys from Statista's Consumer Insights. The numbers shown here refer to a rolling 12-month share of respondents who indicated they used cash in a brick and mortar shop or whilst shopping online. In 2018, the share of respondents using cash transactions at POS (Point-of-Sale) stood at 79 percent, which declined to 53 percent in the third quarter of 2023. Moreover, cash paid in advance for online payments fell from 18 percent to 15 percent during the same period. On the other hand, the share of respondents paying through cash on delivery increased, from 12 to 20 percent.