Quarterly adoption of mobile payments at POS in China 2018-2024
Between 2018 and 2024, the usage of mobiles at point of sale in China increased by three percentage points. The share of respondents using mobile payments at POS peaked in the third quarter of 2021, at 84 percent, after which it declined by 15 percentage points in the following periods until the third quarter of 2023. This is according to a question 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 a mobile payment device — smartphones, but also smartwatches — in offline shopping areas, such as stores or restaurants.