CTA1: Selected data from T1-T6
«Belgium»
Year
« ‹ 2013 › »
20092010201120122013
Basic statistical data
GDP (USD bn)napnapnap496522
Population (thousands)napnapnap11,10011,151
GDP per capita (USD per inhabitant)napnapnap44,66946,775
CPI inflation (% change on previous year)napnapnap2.81.1
Exchange rate (domestic currency vis-à-vis USD):
  end of year (Per USD)		napnapnap0.7580.725
Exchange rate (domestic currency vis-à-vis USD):
  average (Per USD)		napnapnap0.7790.753
Banknotes and coins in circulation
Total value (USD bn)napnapnapnapnap
Value per inhabitant (USD)napnapnapnapnap
Value as a percentage of GDP (%)napnapnapnapnap
Value as a percentage of narrow money (%)napnapnapnapnap
Deposits held by banks
Bank deposits held at the central bank: Total value (USD bn)napnapnap1211
Bank deposits held at the central bank:
  Value as a percentage of GDP (%)		napnapnap2.32.1
Interbank deposits: Total value (USD bn)napnapnap9084
Interbank deposits: Value as a percentage of GDP (%)napnapnap17.715.5
Institutions offering payment services/instruments
 (units)
Number of institutions: Total number napnapnap120120
Number of institutions: Number per 1 million inhabitants napnapnap10.810.8
Number of branches or offices: Total number napnapnap5,1665,087
Number of branches or offices:
  Number per 1 million inhabitants 		napnapnap465.4456.2
Payment accounts held by end users
Total number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnavnav
Number of accounts per inhabitant (units)napnapnapnavnav
Total value of payment accounts (USD bn)napnapnapnavnav
Value per inhabitant (USD)napnapnapnavnav
Value as a percentage of GDP (%)napnapnapnavnav
Use of payment services/instruments
Volume of cashless payments
Total volume of cashless payments (millions)napnapnap2,5112,702
Increase in the total volume of cashless payments
 (% change on previous year)		napnapnap0.37.6
Average number of cashless payments per inhabitant (units)napnapnap226242
Daily average volume of cashless payments (millions)napnapnap77
Volume of cashless payments by instrument type
 (millions)
Credit transfers napnapnap9471,023
Direct debits napnapnap286313
Cheques napnapnap54
Card and e-money payments: Total volume napnapnap1,2731,362
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function napnapnap1,0881,169
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function 		napnapnap139164
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function napnapnapnavnav
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments napnapnap4629
Other payment instruments napnapnapnavnav
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnavnav
Relative importance of cashless payments, in volume of payments
 (% of total cashless payments)
Credit transfers napnapnap37.737.9
Direct debits napnapnap11.411.6
Cheques napnapnap0.20.2
Card and e-money payments: Total volume napnapnap50.750.4
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function napnapnap43.343.3
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function 		napnapnap5.56.1
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function napnapnapnavnav
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments napnapnap1.81.1
Other payment instruments napnapnapnavnav
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnavnav
Increase in the volume of cashless payments
 (% change on previous year)
Credit transfers napnapnap-7.88.0
Direct debits napnapnap8.09.6
Cheques napnapnap-16.3-21.2
Card and e-money payments: Total volume napnapnapnap7.0
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function napnapnap6.67.4
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function 		napnapnap4.117.5
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function napnapnapnavnav
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments napnapnap-8.5-36.4
Other payment instruments napnapnapnavnav
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnapnav
Volume of cashless payments per inhabitant
 (units)
Credit transfers napnapnap85.391.7
Direct debits napnapnap25.728.1
Cheques napnapnap0.50.4
Card and e-money payments: Total volume napnapnap114.7122.1
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function napnapnap98.0104.8
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function 		napnapnap12.514.7
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function napnapnapnavnav
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments napnapnap4.22.6
Other payment instruments napnapnapnavnav
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnavnav
Daily average volume of cashless payments
 (thousands)
Credit transfers napnapnap2,5942,802
Direct debits napnapnap783858
Cheques napnapnap1512
Card and e-money payments: Total volume napnapnap3,4883,730
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function napnapnap2,9803,202
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function 		napnapnap382448
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function napnapnapnavnav
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments napnapnap12780
Other payment instruments napnapnapnavnav
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnavnav
Volume of fast payments
Fast payments: Total volume (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Fast payments: By credit transfer (%)napnapnapnapnap
Fast payments: By direct debit (%)napnapnapnapnap
Fast payments: By other instrument type (%)napnapnapnapnap
Fast payments: Of total cashless payments (%)napnapnapnapnap
Fast payments: Increase in volume (%)napnapnapnapnap
Fast payments: Average volume per inhabitant (units)napnapnapnapnap
Fast payments: Daily average volume (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of cashless payments
Cashless payments: Total value (USD millions)napnapnap4,919,8655,521,811
Cashless payments: Increase in the real value
 (% change on previous year, adjusted by CPI inflation)		napnapnap-15.411.0
Cashless payments: Average value per cashless payment (USD)napnapnap1,9592,044
Cashless payments: Average value per inhabitant (USD)napnapnap443,231495,185
Cashless payments: Value as a ratio to GDP (%)napnapnap992.31,058.6
Cashless payments: Daily average value (USD millions)napnapnap13,47915,128
Value of cashless payments by instrument type
 (USD millions)
Credit transfers napnapnap4,694,5255,277,683
Direct debits napnapnap91,481103,929
Cheques napnapnap47,66945,075
Card and e-money payments: Total value napnapnap86,15795,124
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function napnapnap69,09775,301
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function 		napnapnap16,80119,636
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function napnapnapnavnav
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments napnapnap259187
Other payment instruments napnapnapnavnav
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnavnav
Relative importance of cashless payments, in value of payments
 (% of total cashless payments)
Credit transfers napnapnap95.495.6
Direct debits napnapnap1.91.9
Cheques napnapnap1.00.8
Card and e-money payments: Total value napnapnap1.81.7
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function napnapnap1.41.4
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function 		napnapnap0.30.4
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function napnapnapnavnav
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments napnapnap0.00.0
Other payment instruments napnapnapnavnav
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnavnav
Increase in the real value of cashless payments
 (% change on previous year, adjusted by CPI inflation)
Credit transfers napnapnap-15.611.2
Direct debits napnapnap-4.212.4
Cheques napnapnap-28.4-6.5
Card and e-money payments: Total value napnapnapnap9.2
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function napnapnap-4.17.8
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function 		napnapnap-9.115.6
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function napnapnapnavnav
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments napnapnap-21.9-28.7
Other payment instruments napnapnapnavnav
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnapnav
Average value of cashless payments per payment
 (USD)
Credit transfers napnapnap4,9585,160
Direct debits napnapnap320332
Cheques napnapnap8,77110,527
Card and e-money payments: Total value napnapnap6870
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function napnapnap6464
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function 		napnapnap121120
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function napnapnapnavnav
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments napnapnap66
Other payment instruments napnapnapnavnav
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnavnav
Average value of cashless payments per inhabitant
 (USD)
Credit transfers napnapnap422,930473,292
Direct debits napnapnap8,2429,320
Cheques napnapnap4,2944,042
Card and e-money payments: Total value napnapnap7,7628,531
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function napnapnap6,2256,753
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function 		napnapnap1,5141,761
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function napnapnapnavnav
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments napnapnap2317
Other payment instruments napnapnapnavnav
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnavnav
Value of cashless payments as a ratio to GDP
 (%)
Credit transfers napnapnap946.81,011.8
Direct debits napnapnap18.519.9
Cheques napnapnap9.68.6
Card and e-money payments: Total value napnapnap17.418.2
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function napnapnap13.914.4
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function 		napnapnap3.43.8
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function napnapnapnavnav
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments napnapnap0.10.0
Other payment instruments napnapnapnavnav
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnavnav
Daily average value of cashless payments
 (USD millions)
Credit transfers napnapnap12,86214,459
Direct debits napnapnap251285
Cheques napnapnap131123
Card and e-money payments: Total value napnapnap236261
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function napnapnap189206
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function 		napnapnap4654
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function napnapnapnavnav
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments napnapnap11
Other payment instruments napnapnapnavnav
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnavnav
Value of fast payments
Fast payments: Total value (USD millions)napnapnapnapnap
Fast payments: By credit transfer (%)napnapnapnapnap
Fast payments: By direct debit (%)napnapnapnapnap
Fast payments: By other instrument type (%)napnapnapnapnap
Fast payments: Of total cashless payments (%)napnapnapnapnap
Fast payments: Increase in real value
 (% change on previous year, adjusted by CPI inflation)		napnapnapnapnap
Fast payments: Average value per payment (USD)napnapnapnapnap
Fast payments: Average value per inhabitant (USD)napnapnapnapnap
Fast payments: Value as ratio of GDP (%)napnapnapnapnap
Volume of withdrawals/deposits
With cards issued inside the country: Total volume (millions)napnapnap426435
With cards issued inside the country:
  Increase in total volume
 (% change on previous year)		napnapnapnap2.1
With cards issued inside the country:
  Average volume per inhabitant (units)		napnapnap3839
With cards issued inside the country:
  Daily average volume (units)		napnapnap1,166,0271,190,658
Volume of withdrawals/deposits broken down by cash withdrawals,
 cash deposits and e-money loading and unloading transactions
 (millions)
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country napnapnap426435
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations inside the country 		napnapnap411420
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations outside the country 		napnapnap1414
Memo: Cash withdrawals at locations inside the country napnapnapnavnav
Cash withdrawals with cards issued outside the country napnapnapnavnav
Cash deposits at locations inside and outside the country napnapnapnavnav
Cash deposits with cards issued inside the country at locations
  inside the country 		napnapnapnavnav
E-money loading/unloading transactions napnapnapnavnav
Relative importance of withdrawals/deposits,
 in volume of transactions
 (%)
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country napnapnap100.0100.0
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations inside the country 		napnapnap96.696.7
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations outside the country 		napnapnap3.43.3
Cash withdrawals:total napnapnapnavnav
Cash deposits with cards issued inside the country at locations
  inside the country 		napnapnapnavnav
E-money loading/unloading transactions napnapnapnavnav
Increase in the volume of withdrawals/deposits
 (% change on previous year)
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country napnapnapnap2.1
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations inside the country 		napnapnapnap2.2
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations outside the country 		napnapnapnap0.0
Memo: Cash withdrawals at locations inside the country napnapnapnapnav
Cash withdrawals with cards issued outside the country napnapnapnapnav
Cash withdrawals:total napnapnapnapnav
Cash deposits with cards issued inside the country at locations
  inside the country 		napnapnapnapnav
E-money loading/unloading transactions napnapnapnavnav
Volume of withdrawals/deposits per inhabitant
 (units)
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country napnapnap3839
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations inside the country 		napnapnap3738
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations outside the country 		napnapnap11
Cash withdrawals:total napnapnapnavnav
Cash deposits with cards issued inside the country at locations
  inside the country 		napnapnapnavnav
E-money loading/unloading transactions napnapnapnavnav
Daily average volume of withdrawals/deposits
 (thousands)
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country napnapnap1,1661,191
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations inside the country 		napnapnap1,1271,151
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations outside the country 		napnapnap3939
Memo: Cash withdrawals at locations inside the country napnapnapnavnav
Cash withdrawals with cards issued outside the country napnapnapnavnav
Cash withdrawals:total napnapnapnavnav
Cash deposits with cards issued inside the country at locations
  inside the country 		napnapnapnavnav
E-money loading/unloading transactions napnapnapnavnav
Value of withdrawals/deposits
Total value (USD millions)napnapnap68,32473,453
Increase in the real value
 (% change on previous year, adjusted by CPI inflation)		napnapnapnap6.3
Average value per transaction (USD)napnapnap161169
Average value per inhabitant (USD)napnapnap6,1556,587
Total value as a ratio to GDP (%)napnapnap13.814.1
Daily average value (USD millions)napnapnap187201
Value of withdrawals/deposits broken down by cash withdrawals,
 cash deposits and e-money loading and unloading transactions
 (USD millions)
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country napnapnap68,32473,453
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations inside the country 		napnapnap65,73070,673
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations outside the country 		napnapnap2,5942,781
Memo: Cash withdrawals at locations inside the country napnapnap67,36472,391
Cash withdrawals with cards issued outside the country napnapnap1,6351,718
Cash deposits at locations inside and outside the country napnapnapnavnav
Cash deposits with cards issued inside the country at locations
  inside the country 		napnapnapnavnav
E-money loading/unloading transactions napnapnapnavnav
Relative importance of withdrawals/deposits, in value of transactions
 (%)
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country napnapnap100.0100.0
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations inside the country 		napnapnap96.296.2
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations outside the country 		napnapnap3.83.8
Cash withdrawals:total napnapnapnavnav
Cash deposits with cards issued inside the country at locations
  inside the country 		napnapnapnavnav
E-money loading/unloading transactions napnapnapnavnav
Increase in the real value of withdrawals/deposits
 (% change on previous year, adjusted by CPI inflation)
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country napnapnapnap6.3
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations inside the country 		napnapnapnap6.3
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations outside the country 		napnapnapnap6.0
Memo: Cash withdrawals at locations inside the country napnapnapnap6.3
Cash withdrawals with cards issued outside the country napnapnapnap3.9
Cash withdrawals:total napnapnapnapnav
Cash deposits with cards issued inside the country at locations
  inside the country 		napnapnapnapnav
E-money loading/unloading transactions napnapnapnavnav
Value withdrawals/deposits per transaction
 (USD)
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country napnapnap161169
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations inside the country 		napnapnap160168
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations outside the country 		napnapnap181194
Memo: Cash withdrawals at locations inside the country napnapnapnavnav
Cash withdrawals with cards issued outside the country napnapnapnavnav
Cash withdrawals:total napnapnapnavnav
Cash deposits with cards issued inside the country at locations
  inside the country 		napnapnapnavnav
E-money loading/unloading transactions napnapnapnavnav
Average value of withdrawals/deposits per inhabitant
 (USD)
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country napnapnap6,1556,587
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations inside the country 		napnapnap5,9226,338
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations outside the country 		napnapnap234249
Cash withdrawals:total napnapnapnavnav
Cash deposits with cards issued inside the country at locations
  inside the country 		napnapnapnavnav
E-money loading/unloading transactions napnapnapnavnav
Value of withdrawals/deposits as a ratio to GDP
 (%)
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country napnapnap13.814.1
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations inside the country 		napnapnap13.313.5
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations outside the country 		napnapnap0.50.5
Cash withdrawals:total napnapnapnavnav
Cash deposits with cards issued inside the country at locations
  inside the country 		napnapnapnavnav
E-money loading/unloading transactions napnapnapnavnav
Daily average value of withdrawals/deposits
 (USD millions)
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country napnapnap187201
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations inside the country 		napnapnap180194
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations outside the country 		napnapnap78
Memo: Cash withdrawals at locations inside the country napnapnap185198
Cash withdrawals with cards issued outside the country napnapnap45
Cash withdrawals:total napnapnapnavnav
Cash deposits with cards issued inside the country at locations
  inside the country 		napnapnapnavnav
E-money loading/unloading transactions napnapnapnavnav
Number of cards
 (thousands)
Total napnapnap20,64720,041
With a cash function napnapnap20,64720,041
With a debit function napnapnap16,19715,684
With a delayed debit function napnapnap4,4504,357
With a credit function napnapnapnavnav
With an e-money function napnapnap13,01013,461
Total number of cards: of which: contactless napnapnapnapnap
Total number of cards: of which: issued by a non-bank napnapnapnapnap
Total number of cards:
  of which: able to initiate device-not-present payments 		napnapnapnapnap
Increase in the number of cards
 (% change on previous year)
Total napnapnapnap-2.9
With a cash function napnapnapnav-2.9
With a debit function napnapnapnap-3.2
With a delayed debit function napnapnapnap-2.1
With a credit function napnapnapnapnav
With an e-money function napnapnapnap3.5
Total number of cards: of which: contactless napnapnapnapnap
Total number of cards: of which: issued by a non-bank napnapnapnapnap
Total number of cards:
  of which: able to initiate device-not-present payments 		napnapnapnapnap
Number of cards per inhabitant
 (units)
Total napnapnap1.861.80
With a cash function napnapnap1.861.80
With a debit function napnapnap1.461.41
With a delayed debit function napnapnap0.400.39
With a credit function napnapnapnavnav
With an e-money function napnapnap1.171.21
Total number of cards: of which: contactless napnapnapnapnap
Total number of cards: of which: issued by a non-bank napnapnapnapnap
Total number of cards:
  of which: able to initiate device-not-present payments 		napnapnapnapnap
Number of terminals
 (thousands)
POS terminals napnapnap136140
EFTPOS terminals: total napnapnap136140
EFTPOS terminals: contactless napnapnapnapnap
ATMs: total napnapnap1615
ATMs: cash withdrawal napnapnap99
ATMs: cash deposit napnapnapnapnap
ATMs: credit transfer napnapnap1010
ATMs: contactless napnapnapnapnap
Terminals located in the country: increase in the number of terminals
 (% change on previous year)
POS terminals napnapnap-3.32.8
EFTPOS terminals: total napnapnap-3.32.8
EFTPOS terminals: contactless napnapnapnapnap
ATMs: total napnapnap-0.7-5.1
ATMs: cash withdrawal napnapnap1.10.2
ATMs: cash deposit napnapnapnapnap
ATMs: credit transfer napnapnap0.50.7
ATMs: contactless napnapnapnapnap
Number of terminals per inhabitant
 (units)
POS terminals napnapnap0.0120.013
EFTPOS terminals: total napnapnap0.0120.013
EFTPOS terminals: contactless napnapnapnapnap
ATMs: total napnapnap0.0010.001
ATMs: cash withdrawal napnapnap0.0010.001
ATMs: cash deposit napnapnapnapnap
ATMs: credit transfer napnapnap0.0010.001
ATMs: contactless napnapnapnapnap