In 2022, credit card payments accounted for 30.4 percent of the private final consumption expenditure in Japan, making them the leading cashless payment method. The overall cashless payment ratio increased by 3.5 percentage points year on year.
Ratio of cashless payments in Japan from 2013 to 2022, by payment method
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Credit card payments
Debit card payments
Electronic money payments
QR code payments
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The cashless payment ratio is calculated by dividing the sum of credit card payments*, debit card payments**, electronic money payments***, or QR code payments**** by the private final consumption expenditure*****.
*Figures of the Japan Consumer Credit Association.
**Figures of the Japan Debit Card Promotion Council until 2015, and Bank of Japan from 2016 onwards.
***Figures of the Bank of Japan.
****Figures of the Payments Japan Association.
*****Figures of the Cabinet Office.
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METI (Japan). (April 6, 2023). Ratio of cashless payments in Japan from 2013 to 2022, by payment method [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1226696/japan-cashless-payment-ratio-by-payment-method/
METI (Japan). "Ratio of cashless payments in Japan from 2013 to 2022, by payment method." Chart. April 6, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1226696/japan-cashless-payment-ratio-by-payment-method/
METI (Japan). (2023). Ratio of cashless payments in Japan from 2013 to 2022, by payment method. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1226696/japan-cashless-payment-ratio-by-payment-method/
METI (Japan). "Ratio of Cashless Payments in Japan from 2013 to 2022, by Payment Method." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Apr 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1226696/japan-cashless-payment-ratio-by-payment-method/
METI (Japan), Ratio of cashless payments in Japan from 2013 to 2022, by payment method Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1226696/japan-cashless-payment-ratio-by-payment-method/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Ratio of cashless payments in Japan from 2013 to 2022, by payment method [Graph], METI (Japan), April 6, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1226696/japan-cashless-payment-ratio-by-payment-method/