Credit card transaction volume in EUR in the EU-27 2000-2020, by country

Published by Statista Research Department, Apr 10, 2025
The payments made using cards with a credit function carried out in countries belonging to the European Union (EU) as of 2020 can be divided by country. In France, the value of payments made using cards with a credit function amounted to approximately 31.9 billion euros in 2019, almost 20 billion euros more than was seen in Ireland.

Value of payments with cards with a credit function, issued by resident PSPs, in 23 countries in Europe from 2000 to 2020 (in million euros)

CharacteristicFranceSwedenPolandIrelandFinlandGermanyLuxembourgBelgiumGreeceDenmarkAustriaCzechiaRomaniaHungaryCyprusSlovakiaBulgariaEstoniaLithuaniaLatviaSloveniaCroatiaMalta
2000 - 1,961.71 461.06 4,000 - - - - 3,092.12 1,475.75 - - 2.94 48.3 427.55 - - - 13.11 - 29.47 - -
2001 - 2,475.28 608.91 6,096 - - 1,164.57 - 2,120.28 1,603.31 - - 2.25 84.62 535.14 15.11 11.23 - 20.89 - 48.82 - 66.97
2002 - 2,046.16 1,126.92 7,282 - - 1,323.02 - 2,185.37 1,749.54 - - 15.05 151.39 642.86 35.78 19.36 - 20.68 - 59.23 - 76.47
2003 - 2,528.32 1,253.08 8,066.7 - - 1,358.54 - 4,289.26 1,749.5 - - 30.81 209.48 717.56 55.36 29.41 - 43.24 - 78.5 - 111.81
2004 - 2,476.89 1,581.91 9,345.7 - - 1,423.75 - 5,432.8 3,621.71 - 200.96 152.6 281.87 1,007.39 97.36 91.49 193.98 59.89 - 83.08 - 135.08
2005 - 2,908.8 2,463.54 10,680 - - 1,472.18 - 6,389.22 4,076.44 - 230.83 122.25 390.37 931.48 159.52 113.76 234.35 118.47 - 93.82 - 164.63
2006 - 3,349.76 3,183.7 12,567 - - 1,602.5 - 6,342.22 4,418.36 3,205 325.37 221.62 555.87 1,041.29 265.82 69.23 341.06 208.87 - 104.59 - 200.04
2007 - 3,567.53 4,233.57 14,060 - 3,315 1,794.91 - 7,346.87 4,943.36 3,461 423.22 626.01 748.82 1,315.39 352.94 187.5 452.79 313.63 413.18 104.82 - 253.32
2008 - 6,957.71 5,184.01 13,880.6 - 3,037 1,935.44 - 7,733.44 5,741.25 3,687 568.81 763.62 852.53 1,536.88 514.72 284.01 520.14 383.09 663.55 131.88 - 313.91
2009 - 5,895.06 4,706.91 11,860 - 2,711 1,959.38 - 7,121.13 3,134.71 3,735 661.57 581.82 764.17 1,486.25 598.53 360 472.32 332.83 437.87 111.42 - 344.63
2010 - 7,528.36 5,591.06 11,273 - 2,581 2,524.59 - 5,879.75 3,576.08 4,218 883.91 651.93 787.06 1,486.04 588.42 355.51 476.48 395.66 430.1 113.71 - 392.49
2011 - 7,530.58 5,802.03 10,672 - 3,144 3,272.77 - 5,172.39 4,006.13 4,449 1,216.94 819.32 860.42 1,599.73 602.68 408.73 509.28 483.03 425.11 117.04 - 418.39
2012 - 8,164 6,217.79 10,530 - 3,281 3,697.32 - 4,576.75 4,195.68 4,734 1,605.92 939.33 997.89 1,653.22 647.07 450.34 515.4 530.97 435.29 119.43 - 462.07
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Value of credit card paymentsFranceSwedenPolandIrelandFinlandGermanyLuxembourgBelgiumGreeceDenmarkAustriaCzechiaRomaniaHungaryCyprusSlovakiaBulgariaEstoniaLithuaniaLatviaSloveniaCroatiaMalta200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020
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July 2021

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Survey time period

2000 to 2020

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USD figures have been calculated by Statista. For more information, see the "Details" tab; No numbers were provided for credit cards from non-resident PSPs

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