Quarterly adoption of cash by consumers, online or offline, in China 2018-2024
The share of cash transactions at POS (Point-of-Sale) in China declined by nine percentage points between 2018 and 2024. This is according to two different questions asked throughout multiple surveys from Statista's Consumer Insights. The numbers shown here refer to a rolling 12-month share of respondents who indicated they used cash in a brick and mortar shop or whilst shopping online. In 2018, the share of respondents using cash transactions at POS (Point-of-Sale) stood at 55 percent, which declined to 46 percent in the third quarter of 2023. On the other hand, cash paid in advance for online payments stayed relatively stable, in the range of 14 to 20 percent. Moreover, the share of respondents paying through cash on delivery stayed about the same, ranging between 22 to 27 percent.