Frequency of use of cash money in the Benelux in 2017, by country

Published by Raynor de Best, Nov 17, 2020

This statistic shows the frequency of use of cash money in the Benelux countries (Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands) in 2017. Approximately 20 percent of the Belgian respondents indicated the last time they used cash was last week. This is a higher percentage than the one reached by the European consumer, indicating that Belgians make less of cash money than the European average.

In the last years, the number of available mobile payment apps in the Benelux countries steadily increased. In the Netherlands, banking apps from major banks as Rabobank, ING and ABN Amro were updated in 2013 to enable checkouts using iDEAL, a payment method with a current market share of over 50 percent. In March 2017, Belgian banks BNP Paribas Fortis, Fintro and Hello Bank! launched their support for Android Pay whilst the Swedish mobile payment platform Seqr was introduced in Luxembourg in July 2016.

When was the last time you used cash?

Characteristic	Last three days	Last week	Last month	Last year +	I don't remember
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Release date

April 2017

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Region

Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands

Survey time period

February 7, 2017 to February 27, 2017

Number of respondents

2,500 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

The source mentions that the options given included:

“last 24 hours”;
“last 48 hours”;
“last 72 hours”;
“last week”;
“last month”;
“last year (2016)”;
“longer than one year ago”;
and “I don’t remember”.

** The source does not provide any information regarding percentage points exceeding 100 percent.