This statistic shows the answers to a survey question on the leading payment methods for online shopping from Belgium 2016 to 2019. As of 2019, roughly 20 percent of the Belgian respondents said they prefer using PayPal or a similar service when paying for an online purchase. One preferred way of conducting money transfers in Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands is by card. In 2018, Luxembourg had approximately 282 card payments per capita compared to 184 in Belgium and 275 in the Netherlands.
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Which of the following methods do you prefer to use when you pay for a product you have bought online?
Leading payment methods for online shopping in Belgium 2016-2019
Published by Raynor de Best,
Dec 4, 2019
Which of the following methods do you prefer to use when you pay for a product you have bought online?
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Belgium
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2019
Number of respondents
n 2019 = 1,174
Age group
15-79 years old
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Have shopped online; The figures have been taken from several publications.
Method of interview
Online survey
Leading payment methods for online shopping in Belgium 2016-2019
Published by Raynor de Best,
Dec 4, 2019
This statistic shows the answers to a survey question on the leading payment methods for online shopping from Belgium 2016 to 2019. As of 2019, roughly 20 percent of the Belgian respondents said they prefer using PayPal or a similar service when paying for an online purchase. One preferred way of conducting money transfers in Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands is by card. In 2018, Luxembourg had approximately 282 card payments per capita compared to 184 in Belgium and 275 in the Netherlands.
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Statistics on "E-commerce in Europe"
- Overview
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- United Kingdom
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