Annual adoption of mobile payments at POS in the UAE 2020-2023
Between 2020 and 2023, the usage of mobiles at point of sale in the United Arab Emirates increased by 13 percentage points. In 2020, the share of respondents using mobile payments at POS was 28 percent, which increased to 41 percent in 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.