What percent of transactions in the Netherlands are with credit cards? Dutch consumers used credit cards for roughly one percent of their transactions at bars, restaurants, shops, hotels and other points of sale in 2020. Contactless payments with a debit card, on the other hand, made up 63 percent of all transactions that year, whereas the share of cash payments had dropped to 32 percent. The Netherlands ranked as the European country where cash money was used the least.
Distribution of payment methods used at POS (points of sale) in the Netherlands from 2010 to 2020, based on transaction volume
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Cash
Debit card (contact only, in Dutch: contactrijk)
Debit card (contactless only)
Chipknip*
Credit card
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* Chipknip was an electronic wallet, exclusively used in the Netherlands. It existed from 1996 to 2015, and is not in use anymore.
Percentage points exceeding 100 percent are probably due to rounding. The source mentions that the "share of credit card payments on the total number of transactions is 0.4 percent (in 2018), which is slightly below the 0.5 percent in previous years."
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DNB. (July 28, 2021). Distribution of payment methods used at POS (points of sale) in the Netherlands from 2010 to 2020, based on transaction volume [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1032423/volume-share-of-pos-payments-in-the-netherlands-by-method/
DNB. "Distribution of payment methods used at POS (points of sale) in the Netherlands from 2010 to 2020, based on transaction volume." Chart. July 28, 2021. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1032423/volume-share-of-pos-payments-in-the-netherlands-by-method/
DNB. (2021). Distribution of payment methods used at POS (points of sale) in the Netherlands from 2010 to 2020, based on transaction volume. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1032423/volume-share-of-pos-payments-in-the-netherlands-by-method/
DNB. "Distribution of Payment Methods Used at Pos (Points of Sale) in The Netherlands from 2010 to 2020, Based on Transaction Volume." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Jul 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1032423/volume-share-of-pos-payments-in-the-netherlands-by-method/
DNB, Distribution of payment methods used at POS (points of sale) in the Netherlands from 2010 to 2020, based on transaction volume Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1032423/volume-share-of-pos-payments-in-the-netherlands-by-method/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Distribution of payment methods used at POS (points of sale) in the Netherlands from 2010 to 2020, based on transaction volume [Graph], DNB, July 28, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1032423/volume-share-of-pos-payments-in-the-netherlands-by-method/
