Digital Payments Usage

Share of adults (15+) who made or received a digital payment in the past year. Global Findex survey waves 2011–2024.

Source: World Bank Global Findex Licence: CC BY 4.0 Unit: % Parsed: 2026-07-13 Open source ↗

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Avg (2024)
35.5%
-8.9pp vs 2021
Improving
62
of 142 tracked
Declining
70
period over period
Stable
6
±0.5pp band

Digital Payments Usage (% adults)

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Trend over time

Group average by period, 2014–2024.

17.9%36.2%54.5%72.8%91.1% 2014201720212024
AsiaEuropeAfricaAmericas

Movers

Biggest period-over-period changes.

Top risers

EntityNowChange
🇲🇪 Montenegro 64.3% +64.3pp
🇴🇲 Oman 60.4% +60.4pp
🇧🇿 Belize 51.2% +51.2pp
🇰🇬 Kyrgyz Republic 67.5% +28.1pp
🇿🇲 Zambia 71.2% +24.8pp

Top fallers

EntityNowChange
🇩🇰 Denmark 0% -100.0pp
🇮🇸 Iceland 0% -99.9pp
🇩🇪 Germany 0% -99.5pp
🇳🇴 Norway 0% -99.5pp
🇦🇹 Austria 0% -99.3pp

By group

Change by group, latest period.

Africa +5.5pp
Asia -4.2pp
Americas -6.6pp
Europe -18.5pp
GroupMembersAvgChange
Europe 15 67.5% -18.5pp
Asia 25 52.3% -4.2pp
Americas 17 48.4% -6.6pp
Africa 40 47.3% +5.5pp