Card payments overall in the EU-27 2000-2022

The total number of payment card transactions in the EU-27 decreased by over two percent between 2021 and 2022, the second negative growth figure since 2000. In 2022, card payments with cards issued in the entire EU-27 reached a number of approximately 7.2 billion.

Combined number of credit and debit card transactions, excluding cards with an e-money function, in the EU-27 as a whole from 2000 to 2022 (in millions)

Characteristic	Payment card transactions (in millions)	Year-on-year percentage change (%)
2022	72,775.6	-2.4
2021	74,539.23	16.8
2020	63,830.52	-26.4
2019	86,782.23	11.7
2018	77,696.14	12.6
2017	69,022.91	11
2016	62,193.81	11.6
2015	55,704.41	10.7
2014	50,335.23	8.9
2013	46,226.12	16.2
2012	39,772.56	7.2
2011	37,092.02	8.6
2010	34,148.6	8.2
2009	31,549.01	6.3
2008	29,666.2	8
2007	27,471.18	9
2006	25,199.53	8.6
2005	23,197.78	9.1
2004	21,259.02	13.4
2003	18,754.4	9.7
2002	17,091.31	20.7
2001	14,155.76	14.6
2000	12,357.15	-

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November 2023

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2000 to 2022

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The percentage changes have been calculated by Statista; 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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