Latin America: contactless payment penetration 2020, by country

Published by Statista Research Department, May 29, 2024
In 2020, it was estimated that contactless payments made up to 50 percent of all face-to-face (F2F) spending volume in Chile and Costa Rica. Meanwhile, contactless payments accounted for only five percent of F2F spending in Brazil.

Share of contactless payments on face-to-face spending volume in selected countries in Latin America in 2020

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February 2021

Region

LAC

Survey time period

2020

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Supplementary notes

* The value is higher than 50 percent
** The value is less than 10 percent

Various sources include: Associação Brasileira de Ensino de Ciências Sociais, BBVA, Visa, and Mastercard.

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