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Annual payment card transaction number at any location in the EU-27 2000-2022
The total number of payment card transactions in the EU-27 decreased by over two percent between 2021 and 2022, the second negative growth figure since 2000. In 2022, card payments with cards issued in the entire EU-27 reached a number of approximately 7.2 billion.