Mobile payments worldwide

Statistics report on the market size of different types of mobile payments across the world

Mobile payments worldwide

Mobile payments are transactions that can be performed on any mobile device. How big is this alternative payment, and where in the world can they be found?

This report provides a comparison between different forms of mobile payments - including mobile wallets, contactless payments (or proximity mobile payments), mobile money, instant payments (or real-time payments), QR codes, and cryptocurrency. How big are mobile payments? How big will mobile wallets be in the future? Which countries are the most into mobile money? And are consumers interested in using cryptocurrency for payments?

After an introduction that lays out the overall market size and the trends under consideration, the report continues with an individual chapter on each of these trends. It closes with a short chapter on emerging technology trends that may impact mobile payments and/or mobile wallets in the future, focusing on artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality (VR)/augmented reality (AR).

Table of contents

Penetration rates

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  • Premium Statistic Number of digital payments worldwide 2018-2023 with forecasts to 2028, by region
  • Premium Statistic M-commerce share of total retail online sales worldwide 2022, by region
  • Premium Statistic Countries with the highest share of retail sales taking place online 2023
  • Basic Statistic Smartphone penetration rate in selected countries 2022
  • Premium Statistic Global leading markets based on internet usage rate 2025

Mobile wallets

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  • Premium Statistic Global mobile wallet market size in 2020 with forecasts to 2025, by region
  • Premium Statistic Mobile wallet adoption in 38 countries and territories worldwide as of 2023
  • Premium Statistic PayPal penetration, online and offline, in 21 countries worldwide in Q4 2024
  • Premium Statistic Apple Pay penetration, online and offline, in 19 countries worldwide in Q4 2024
  • Premium Statistic Google Pay penetration, online and offline, in 19 countries worldwide in Q4 2024

Contactless, NFC payments

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  • Premium Statistic Global NFC payment value in 2020 with forecasts to 2024, by region
  • Premium Statistic Top 10 countries worldwide with highest number of contactless card transactions 2022
  • Premium Forecast Mobile POS payment penetration rate in 34 countries worldwide 2023
  • Premium Statistic Adoption of mobile contactless/tap to pay in 23 countries worldwide in 2019 and 2021
  • Premium Statistic Top 10 countries worldwide with highest number of POS terminals 2022

Mobile money

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  • Premium Statistic Mobile money transaction value 2020-2022, by region
  • Premium Statistic Mobile money accounts worldwide 2020-2022, by region
  • Premium Statistic Live mobile money services worldwide 2020-2023
  • Premium Statistic Leading mobile money operators in Africa, by number of countries 2020
  • Premium Statistic Transaction volume of M-Pesa from 2017 to 2024

Instant payments

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  • Premium Statistic Transaction value of real-time payments worldwide in 2024, with a 2028 forecast
  • Premium Statistic Top five countries in the world with the most real-time payments (RTP) in 2023
  • Premium Statistic Value of monthly UPI transactions India 2018-2023
  • Premium Statistic Annual real-time payment spending Pix in Brazil 2020-2022, in local currency and USD
  • Premium Statistic Value of PromptPay transactions Thailand 2017-2024

QR codes

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  • Premium Statistic Global QR payment market size in 2020 with forecasts to 2025, by region
  • Premium Statistic Top 10 countries worldwide based on number of mobile devices with QR codes 2022
  • Premium Statistic QR code penetration for payments in Southeast Asia 2022, by country
  • Premium Statistic Most used payment methods in online transactions Indonesia 2022
  • Premium Statistic Leading payment methods among Japanese online buyers 2023

Cryptocurrency

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  • Premium Statistic Transaction value of crypto gateway payments worldwide in 2023, with a 2030 forecast
  • Premium Statistic Most used payment methods in e-commerce worldwide in 2024, with a forecast for 2030
  • Premium Statistic Global consumer and merchant acceptance of crypto payments 2021, by industry
  • Premium Statistic Industries that accept cryptocurrency payments through BitPay 2020-2023
  • Basic Statistic Popular goods and services to buy with crypto 2022, by gender and income group

Future technologies

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  • Premium Statistic Adoption of artificial intelligence (AI)-driven payments worldwide 2024, by age group
  • Premium Statistic Consumer opinion on artificial intelligence (AI)-driven payments worldwide 2023
  • Premium Statistic Consumer opinion on virtual (VR) and augmented reality (AR) payments worldwide 2023
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