The volume of e-money payments in Europe as of 2020 can be broken down by country. The highest use of e-money was recorded in Luxembourg, where approximately 3.36 billion transactions were carried out with e-money. This was followed by Italy, who saw 969 million e-money transactions in 2019.
In Luxembourg, e-money transactions are by far the most popular means of payment; in 2019, almost 92 percent of payments in this country were made through e-money transactions.
Total number of e-money transactions in 25 countries in Europe from 2000 to 2020
(in millions)
Characteristic
Luxembourg
Italy
Ireland
Portugal
Belgium
Lithuania
Greece
France
Spain
Germany
Bulgaria
Latvia
Croatia
Cyprus
Austria
Slovenia
Netherlands
Malta
Slovakia
Sweden
Finland
Czechia
Hungary
Denmark
2000
0.96
-
-
4.79
51.27
0.64
-
0
1.79
26.63
-
-
-
0
3.07
-
25.33
-
-
2.9
0.61
-
-
7.9
-
2001
1.25
-
-
3.17
60.46
0.87
-
2.8
1.13
29.35
-
-
-
0
5.08
-
30.9
-
-
1.5
0.74
-
-
7.8
-
2002
2.82
1.03
-
2.7
120.83
1.8
0
18.4
1.21
35.85
-
-
-
0
17.2
-
87.02
-
-
0.7
0.81
-
-
7.6
-
2003
3.02
2.74
-
1.34
107.06
1.18
0
18.1
1.28
37.37
-
-
-
-
17.66
-
109.16
-
-
0.2
0.83
-
-
7.1
-
2004
3.31
9.33
-
0.71
106.9
1.12
0
16
1.14
38.31
-
-
-
-
19.35
-
127.27
-
-
-
0.73
10.37
-
6.46
-
2005
3.17
20.38
-
1.08
102.02
0.98
0
17.03
0.99
37.78
-
-
-
-
22.08
-
146.93
-
-
-
0.42
44.28
-
3.68
-
2006
2.81
33.89
-
1.05
96.02
0.45
0.1
20.06
0.85
42.28
-
0.04
-
-
24.31
-
164.39
-
-
-
-
45.5
-
-
-
2007
2.4
49.57
-
1.65
89.82
0.03
0.53
26.44
0.6
51.82
-
0.6
-
-
29.29
-
174.83
-
-
-
-
60.18
-
-
-
2008
308.79
72.56
-
1.99
81.17
0
0.89
32.17
0.4
47.42
-
0.86
-
-
28.95
-
176.12
-
-
-
-
84.93
-
-
-
2009
408.64
89.71
-
2.18
70.49
0
1.82
36.04
0.37
43.08
-
0.78
-
0
27.06
-
177.05
-
0.01
-
-
57.63
-
-
-
2010
555.75
118.27
-
2.11
60.62
0
2.56
41.09
0.3
38.94
-
1.07
-
0
26.61
-
178.29
-
0.02
-
-
65.4
-
-
-
2011
770.67
151.89
-
2.17
50.51
0
3.95
46.5
0.15
35.92
0.01
1.11
-
0.7
26.15
-
171.72
-
0.05
-
-
23.95
-
-
-
2012
995.28
191.24
-
6.95
46.2
-
4.51
52.25
0.12
33.6
0.01
1.46
-
0.98
28.04
0.02
148.04
-
0.07
-
-
7.48
-
-
-
2013
1,241.35
243.98
-
30.83
29.36
-
4.41
50.53
-
31.76
0.11
1.92
0.52
1.19
27.08
0.14
122.1
-
0.07
-
-
8.55
-
-
-
2014
1,535.92
291.38
-
42.22
12.31
-
5.73
52.91
0
34.02
0.78
-
4.4
-
9.87
0.25
77.95
-
0.09
-
-
8.81
-
-
-
2015
1,849
373.91
-
50.7
7.01
-
9.23
36.37
0
32.35
1.03
-
4
-
10.69
-
2.38
0.85
0.13
3.46
-
0.81
-
-
-
2016
2,184.25
461.19
-
56.17
10.93
-
15.02
38.06
0
36.8
2.23
-
4.44
-
10.2
0.54
0.39
0.99
1.95
6.6
-
-
-
-
-
2017
2,620.79
583
-
63.46
18.25
-
22.65
55.1
0
35.51
3.73
0.18
5.28
-
6.52
0.68
0.38
1.27
2.12
5
-
0.95
-
-
-
2018
3,063.78
739
6.31
72.27
49.65
7.75
36.1
61.54
0
34.64
6.4
0.07
5.46
-
4.42
0.82
0.56
1.53
1.88
0
-
-
-
-
-
2019
3,355.99
969
15.44
85.54
44.92
-
33.48
61.97
0
33.48
9
0.26
2.88
4.77
4.73
-
0.64
1.17
0.74
0
-
-
3.96
-
-
2020
4,454.85
1,158.71
180.85
68.07
57.2
42.33
36.24
35.67
34.76
27.09
10.75
6.81
6.78
5.42
4.7
3.68
2.07
1.57
0.7
0
-
-
-
-
-
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