Europe: direct debits per country 2000-2020

This statistic presents the volume of direct debit transactions in Europe from 2000 to 2020, broken down by its countries. The highest volume of direct debiting was recorded in Germany, where the creditors initiated approximately 11 billion payments in 2019. This was followed by the United Kingdom and France who saw a total of almost 4.5 billion and over 4.4 billion direct debit payments made respectively in 2019.

Total number of direct debit payments in 27 countries in Europe from 2000 to 2020 (in millions)

Characteristic	Germany	France	Spain	Netherlands	Italy	Belgium	Austria	Sweden	Portugal	Ireland	Hungary	Slovenia	Czechia	Slovakia	Greece	Poland	Luxembourg	Croatia	Romania	Lithuania	Cyprus	Bulgaria	Finland	Latvia	Estonia	Denmark	Malta
2000	4,766.23	1,968.6	1,175.9	836.22	326.44	166.17	268.5	91	113.32	50	42.8	-	124.2	-	3.43	0.25	2.69	-	2.64	0.83	5.13	1.25	43	0.02	2.78	129.83	0
2001	4,834.36	2,063.54	1,154.3	876.08	361.87	176.93	272.8	98	119.11	50	46.5	-	200.3	-	6.47	0.96	3.74	-	3.69	0.72	5.46	1.46	48	0.05	4.94	137.74	0
2002	4,554.32	2,183.81	1,192.2	947.04	401.55	168.79	347.3	119	121.53	36.83	51.2	-	209.7	-	10.89	2.26	4.24	-	4.56	0.83	5.94	1.42	54	0.17	6.59	145.93	0.3
2003	5,458.84	2,353.22	1,382.95	1,000.75	414.35	192.35	647.4	131	143.05	37.9	54.7	-	250.3	2.42	11.79	4.43	4.9	-	8.59	1.83	6.65	1.62	64	0.37	8.57	151.43	0.4
2004	6,056.02	2,542.73	2,118.15	1,051.31	453.22	211.35	615.8	143	144.6	42.21	55.06	35.38	269.72	2.83	13.1	7.54	5.3	-	19.31	2.86	8.73	0.99	69	0.82	10.34	157.93	0.48
2005	6,662.1	2,512.76	2,181.6	1,059.35	463.24	218.98	668	160	159.14	82.3	59.79	35.93	-	23.96	14.96	11.87	5.77	-	20.67	3.53	9.46	1.1	72	1.37	12.44	168.09	0.6
2006	7,363.34	2,736.8	2,103.1	1,139.06	480.03	231.32	682	197	163.93	100.1	74.6	40.12	-	29.42	16.35	15.45	10.69	-	24.1	7.29	10.62	1.2	72	3.7	14.34	175.33	0.73
2007	7,720.57	2,909.78	2,222.26	1,176.94	508.79	239.98	719	208.1	185.2	109.1	78.33	41.73	-	65.06	17.87	19.29	12.89	-	10.22	8.88	11.76	0.76	76	4.05	16.13	185.51	0.78
2008	7,949.21	3,023.63	2,308.85	1,225.54	554.08	247.94	794	228.6	223.13	112.5	67.74	41.51	-	60.96	12.25	21.31	14.08	-	6.71	10.94	8.07	0.4	82	4.36	17.84	193.23	1.05
2009	8,189.07	3,265.48	2,431.32	1,272.13	575.83	260.27	841	241	231.91	110.9	67.73	46.3	-	70.59	14.03	22.53	14.92	-	3.6	12.05	7.29	0.21	84	4.36	18.67	178.3	1.2
2010	8,687.26	3,411.19	2,364.86	1,310.15	593.17	246.02	843	272	236.94	108	65.03	50	147.64	69.59	17.04	22.59	15.72	-	1.67	13.95	7.9	5.18	84	4.2	18.88	188.1	1.21
2011	8,648.3	3,533.32	2,286.63	1,340.38	600.7	264.55	871	289	243.04	107.01	63.66	51.43	145.81	73.19	18.53	23.28	16.72	-	3.87	14.8	7.7	8.54	81.85	4.22	18.87	194.28	1.33
2012	8,809.46	3,543.38	2,437.18	1,368.65	602.27	285.64	893	297	252.37	109.09	64.39	41.54	140.96	79	16.34	23.25	15.46	-	7.06	13.18	7.13	6.94	80.9	4.28	19.5	211.24	1.4
2013	9,676.4	3,107.73	2,431.11	1,329.71	624.34	313.1	902	312	220.32	108.57	64.42	39.03	147.62	84.64	14.3	23.11	15.39	18.19	7.88	13.8	5.87	5.6	71.77	4.44	5.04	215.94	2.4
2014	8,517.85	3,541.46	2,090.1	1,163.44	608.08	529.45	450.2	323	168.76	-	65.88	38.92	141.92	29.89	16.73	23.59	14.91	20	9.38	14.09	5.65	5.55	2.64	4.4	2.24	207.09	1.97
2015	9,675.92	3,879.07	1,831.31	1,288.99	682.25	413.35	428.01	280	217.75	120.46	67.69	40.74	54.91	29.54	27.05	24.92	17.31	20.98	10.3	17.08	8.98	5.05	-	-	-	-	2.41
2016	9,764.51	3,962.65	1,920.09	1,161.59	790.67	445.68	422.32	301	247.81	123.09	69.72	41.51	43.41	28.46	26.37	26.5	18.49	24.55	10.77	-	9.09	5.66	-	-	-	-	-
2017	10,305.73	4,091.29	2,241.08	1,210.98	822	467.99	435.38	334	261.82	126.69	72.56	40.98	42.23	29.94	29.22	28.26	18.18	27.21	11.48	-	9.34	6.01	-	-	-	-	-
2018	10,619.93	4,211.09	2,000.12	1,406.19	919.62	500.09	457.6	360.34	244.17	132.33	77.37	41.84	46.32	31.39	26.23	29.43	19.15	27.49	12.68	-	9.33	0	0.13	-	-	-	-
2019	10,979	4,370.24	1,956.02	1,472.34	979	526.96	465.32	400	244.74	139.81	79.85	43.02	45.03	33.8	28.87	28.15	20.26	27.91	13.68	-	9.59	6.6	0.13	-	-	-	-
2020	11,593.78	4,621.65	1,911.09	1,517.43	1,033.48	546.11	462.58	447.89	228.72	149.6	73.92	44.31	41.77	37.48	28.57	28.16	20.79	19.89	14.7	10.19	9.29	6.89	0.33	-	-	-	-

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July 2021

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Survey time period

2000 to 2020

Special properties

Direct debit allows for the automatic deduction of money from one's bank account in order to pay regular bills - based on a prior authorization; Due to Brexit, the source from 2020 onwards removed all figures that cover the United Kingdom

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The figures have been taken from several publications.

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