This statistic presents the per capita amount of checks written in the Eurozone from 2010 to 2018. A decline in the use of checks as a payment method took place during this period of time. A person living in the Euro area made on average 6 check transactions in 2018, nearly half as many that were made on average per capita in 2010.
Number of payments with check (cheque) per million inhabitants in the euro area from 2000 to 2021
Characteristic
Number of transactions per million inhabitants
2021
3.76
2020
4.04
2019
5.47
2018
6.07
2017
6.74
2016
7.5
2015
8.13
2014
8.85
2013
9.56
2012
10.3
2011
11.03
2010
11.8
2009
12.6
2008
13.83
2007
14.66
2006
15.71
2005
16.32
2004
17.13
2003
17.72
2002
18.28
2001
19.3
2000
21.08
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ECB. (July 22, 2022). Number of payments with check (cheque) per million inhabitants in the euro area from 2000 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/444016/check-payment-per-person-eurozone/
ECB. "Number of payments with check (cheque) per million inhabitants in the euro area from 2000 to 2021." Chart. July 22, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/444016/check-payment-per-person-eurozone/
ECB. (2022). Number of payments with check (cheque) per million inhabitants in the euro area from 2000 to 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/444016/check-payment-per-person-eurozone/
ECB. "Number of Payments with Check (Cheque) per Million Inhabitants in The Euro Area from 2000 to 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Jul 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/444016/check-payment-per-person-eurozone/
ECB, Number of payments with check (cheque) per million inhabitants in the euro area from 2000 to 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/444016/check-payment-per-person-eurozone/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Number of payments with check (cheque) per million inhabitants in the euro area from 2000 to 2021 [Graph], ECB, July 22, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/444016/check-payment-per-person-eurozone/
