Retail cashless transactions per 1,000 adults by country

Countries reporting

Highest

804.11

South Korea

Lowest

0.0657

Iraq

Median

61.63

Years covered

2011–2015

Data points

445

What the numbers show

Retail cashless transactions per 1,000 adults is currently reported for 85 countries. The highest value is 804.11 in South Korea; the lowest is 0.0657 in Iraq.

The median across all reporting countries is 61.63, and the mean is 146.17.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 12,244.

Retail cashless transactions per 1,000 adults: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	South Korea	804.11	2015	—	rising
2	Singapore	768.45	2015	—	rising
3	Netherlands	741.2	2015	—	rising
4	Switzerland	667.33	2015	—	rising
5	Estonia	638.77	2015	—	rising
6	New Zealand	464.43	2015	—	rising
7	Finland	447.1	2015	—	falling
8	Australia	443.48	2015	—	rising
9	Sweden	434.38	2015	—	rising
10	United Kingdom	394.25	2015	—	rising
11	United States	390.69	2015	—	flat
12	Slovenia	371.17	2015	—	flat
14	Lithuania	312.95	2015	—	rising
15	France	282.77	2015	—	rising
16	Germany	277.69	2015	—	rising
18	Argentina	258.37	2015	—	rising
19	Croatia	255.25	2015	—	volatile
20	Portugal	244.8	2015	—	rising
21	Latvia	243.68	2015	—	rising
22	San Marino	240.2	2015	—	rising
23	Georgia	238.42	2015	—	volatile
24	Austria	211.38	2015	—	falling
25	Slovakia	210.25	2015	—	rising
26	Israel	176.43	2015	—	rising
27	Hungary	168.03	2015	—	rising
28	Brazil	159.04	2015	—	rising
30	Spain	149.33	2015	—	rising
31	Poland	147.38	2015	—	rising
32	Russia	141.48	2015	—	rising
33	Trinidad and Tobago	130.75	2015	—	rising
34	Cayman Islands	130	2015	—	rising
35	Thailand	129	2015	—	rising
36	Costa Rica	122.4	2015	—	rising
37	Serbia	117.17	2015	—	flat
38	Turkey	117.1	2015	—	rising
39	Hong Kong	113.83	2015	—	rising
40	Malaysia	110.82	2015	—	rising
41	Mauritius	109.71	2015	—	rising
42	Cyprus	82.77	2015	—	falling
43	Chile	77.35	2015	—	rising
44	Uruguay	66.14	2015	—	rising
45	Greece	63.7	2015	—	rising
46	Dominican Republic	61.63	2015	—	rising
47	Saudi Arabia	61.46	2015	—	rising
48	Bulgaria	58.93	2015	—	rising
49	Cape Verde	58.04	2015	—	rising
50	United Arab Emirates	49.44	2015	—	rising
51	South Africa	48.96	2015	—	rising
52	Seychelles	41.18	2015	—	volatile
53	Namibia	37.84	2015	—	rising
54	Romania	37.64	2015	—	rising
55	Montenegro	26.37	2015	—	rising
56	Kazakhstan	26.05	2015	—	rising
57	Colombia	25.13	2015	—	rising
58	Fiji	22.72	2015	—	volatile
59	Moldova	19.57	2015	—	rising
60	Ecuador	17.33	2015	—	rising
61	Zimbabwe	16.28	2015	—	volatile
62	Sri Lanka	14.76	2015	—	rising
63	India	13.56	2015	—	rising
64	Vietnam	13.53	2015	—	rising
65	Armenia	12.71	2015	—	rising
66	Azerbaijan	11.65	2015	—	rising
67	Albania	11.63	2015	—	rising
68	Eswatini	11.18	2015	—	rising
69	Morocco	11.06	2015	—	rising
70	Angola	9.82	2015	—	rising
71	Philippines	7.48	2015	—	volatile
72	Bolivia	6.67	2015	—	volatile
73	Mozambique	6.6	2015	—	rising
74	Tunisia	6.26	2015	—	rising
75	Jordan	5.82	2015	—	rising
76	Nigeria	3.91	2015	—	volatile
77	Zambia	3.73	2015	—	rising
78	Egypt	3.49	2015	—	volatile
79	Pakistan	2.2	2015	—	rising
80	Malawi	1.78	2015	—	rising
81	Guatemala	1.41	2015	—	falling
82	Bangladesh	1.08	2015	—	volatile
83	Honduras	0.7376	2015	—	falling
84	Yemen	0.7111	2015	—	flat
85	Japan	0.6709	2015	—	volatile
86	Ethiopia	0.0925	2015	—	volatile
87	Cambodia	0.0757	2015	—	rising
88	Iraq	0.0657	2015	—	volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

Kosovo 11.37

About this data

Indicator: Retail cashless transactions per 1,000 adults
Source: World Bank
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 89 places, 445 data points, 2011–2015
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026