PayPal use by country 2024

PayPal was used more often for online payments in both Germany and Mexico than in the United States. This reveals itself when comparing two questions from Statista's Consumer Insights. Nearly five out of 10 consumers from Germany replied they had used PayPal in a store or restaurant between July 2023 and June 2024 - with nearly nine out of ten stating they had used PayPal for online payments. Interestingly, the global user count of PayPal declined throughout 2023.

How many PayPal users are there per country?

PayPal does not share user figures on an individual country basis. Instead, tracking companies try to estimate where payment providers such as PayPal are the biggest. The country-by-country number of merchants who accept PayPal for online payments was the highest in the United States in 2022. Relatively speaking, however, German websites accepted PayPal more often than websites from other countries. Roughly one-third of global websites that offer PayPal at check-out were in the United States.

Are wallets bigger than other payment methods available?

Mobile wallets - the digital payments category PayPal belongs to, along with Apple Pay and Google Pay - are anticipated to make up more than half of all e-commerce transaction value by 2026. Note that payment wallets differ significantly across the world. The market size of mobile wallets in Asia is expected to be nearly six times larger than that of North America by 2025. Super apps such as WeChat are at the heart of this movement, whereas PayPal is associated with the Western world.

PayPal usage either for online payments or at POS in various countries worldwide as of July 2024

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Release date

July 2024

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

July 3, 2023, to June 17, 2024

Number of respondents

12,000+ per country

Age group

18-64 years

Special properties

Internet users; Respondents who used online payment methods

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

The questions were phrased by the source as follows: "Which online payment services have you used in the past 12 months? (multi-pick)" and "Which of these services have you used in the past 12 months to pay in stores, restaurants or other points of sale with your mobile device (e.g. smartphone)? (multi-pick)".

The countries provided are part of the extended questionnaire within Statista's Global Consumer Survey, meaning there are no other countries with this same information. More information on the methodology can be found here.

The source adds: "For countries/territories receiving the extended questionnaire the Global Consumer Survey utilizes a rolling survey system with four survey waves per year: The most recent data set contains the interviews of the last 12 months. This ensures trend stability and a higher number of interviews available for analysis, allowing you to adequately analyze smaller target groups, media and brands."

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