CTA1: Selected data from T1-T6
«Belgium»
Year
« ‹ 2015 › »
20112012201320142015
Basic statistical data
GDP (USD bn)nap496522535462
Population (thousands)nap11,10011,15111,20911,268
GDP per capita (USD per inhabitant)nap44,66946,77547,68841,004
CPI inflation (% change on previous year)nap2.81.10.30.6
Exchange rate (domestic currency vis-à-vis USD):
  end of year (Per USD)		nap0.7580.7250.8240.919
Exchange rate (domestic currency vis-à-vis USD):
  average (Per USD)		nap0.7790.7530.7540.902
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)nap1211814
Bank deposits held at the central bank:
  Value as a percentage of GDP (%)		nap2.32.11.73.1
Interbank deposits: Total value (USD bn)nap90844942
Interbank deposits: Value as a percentage of GDP (%)nap17.715.510.19.3
Institutions offering payment services/instruments
 (units)
Number of institutions: Total number nap120120132125
Number of institutions: Number per 1 million inhabitants nap10.810.811.811.1
Number of branches or offices: Total number nap5,1665,0878,4568,064
Number of branches or offices:
  Number per 1 million inhabitants 		nap465.4456.2754.4715.7
Payment accounts held by end users
Total number of payment accounts (thousands)napnavnav20,38921,191
Number of accounts per inhabitant (units)napnavnav22
Total value of payment accounts (USD bn)napnavnav226220
Value per inhabitant (USD)napnavnav20,17819,494
Value as a percentage of GDP (%)napnavnav42.347.5
Use of payment services/instruments
Volume of cashless payments
Total volume of cashless payments (millions)nap2,5112,7023,4343,187
Increase in the total volume of cashless payments
 (% change on previous year)		nap0.37.627.1-7.2
Average number of cashless payments per inhabitant (units)nap226242306283
Daily average volume of cashless payments (millions)nap7799
Volume of cashless payments by instrument type
 (millions)
Credit transfers nap9471,0231,3661,287
Direct debits nap286313529413
Cheques nap5432
Card and e-money payments: Total volume nap1,2731,3621,5341,483
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function nap1,0881,1691,3061,276
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function 		nap139164146128
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function napnavnav7072
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments nap4629127
Other payment instruments napnavnav11
Memo: Money remittances napnavnav00
Relative importance of cashless payments, in volume of payments
 (% of total cashless payments)
Credit transfers nap37.737.939.840.4
Direct debits nap11.411.615.413.0
Cheques nap0.20.20.10.1
Card and e-money payments: Total volume nap50.750.444.746.5
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function nap43.343.338.040.0
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function 		nap5.56.14.24.0
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function napnavnav2.02.3
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments nap1.81.10.40.2
Other payment instruments napnavnav0.00.0
Memo: Money remittances napnavnav0.00.0
Increase in the volume of cashless payments
 (% change on previous year)
Credit transfers nap-7.88.033.6-5.8
Direct debits nap8.09.669.1-21.9
Cheques nap-16.3-21.2-33.4-13.9
Card and e-money payments: Total volume napnap7.012.7-3.3
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function nap6.67.411.7-2.3
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function 		nap4.117.5-10.9-12.1
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function napnavnavnav3.1
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments nap-8.5-36.4-58.1-42.9
Other payment instruments napnavnavnav-18.7
Memo: Money remittances napnapnavnav-1.1
Volume of cashless payments per inhabitant
 (units)
Credit transfers nap85.391.7121.9114.2
Direct debits nap25.728.147.236.7
Cheques nap0.50.40.30.2
Card and e-money payments: Total volume nap114.7122.1136.8131.6
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function nap98.0104.8116.5113.2
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function 		nap12.514.713.011.4
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function napnavnav6.26.4
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments nap4.22.61.10.6
Other payment instruments napnavnav0.10.1
Memo: Money remittances napnavnav0.00.0
Daily average volume of cashless payments
 (thousands)
Credit transfers nap2,5942,8023,7443,526
Direct debits nap7838581,4511,132
Cheques nap151287
Card and e-money payments: Total volume nap3,4883,7304,2034,063
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function nap2,9803,2023,5783,495
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function 		nap382448400351
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function napnavnav192198
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments nap127803419
Other payment instruments napnavnav33
Memo: Money remittances napnavnav11
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)nap4,919,8655,521,8119,152,4486,977,239
Cashless payments: Increase in the real value
 (% change on previous year, adjusted by CPI inflation)		nap-15.411.065.2-24.2
Cashless payments: Average value per cashless payment (USD)nap1,9592,0442,6652,189
Cashless payments: Average value per inhabitant (USD)nap443,231495,185816,527619,208
Cashless payments: Value as a ratio to GDP (%)nap992.31,058.61,712.21,510.1
Cashless payments: Daily average value (USD millions)nap13,47915,12825,07519,116
Value of cashless payments by instrument type
 (USD millions)
Credit transfers nap4,694,5255,277,6838,853,7146,750,661
Direct debits nap91,481103,929159,252112,474
Cheques nap47,66945,07531,78319,826
Card and e-money payments: Total value nap86,15795,124105,03592,112
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function nap69,09775,30183,99772,326
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function 		nap16,80119,63613,27813,438
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function napnavnav7,3575,943
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments nap259187403406
Other payment instruments napnavnav2,6642,166
Memo: Money remittances napnavnav2,0691,248
Relative importance of cashless payments, in value of payments
 (% of total cashless payments)
Credit transfers nap95.495.696.796.8
Direct debits nap1.91.91.71.6
Cheques nap1.00.80.30.3
Card and e-money payments: Total value nap1.81.71.11.3
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function nap1.41.40.91.0
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function 		nap0.30.40.10.2
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function napnavnav0.10.1
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments nap0.00.00.00.0
Other payment instruments napnavnav0.00.0
Memo: Money remittances napnavnav0.00.0
Increase in the real value of cashless payments
 (% change on previous year, adjusted by CPI inflation)
Credit transfers nap-15.611.267.2-24.2
Direct debits nap-4.212.452.7-29.8
Cheques nap-28.4-6.5-29.7-38.0
Card and e-money payments: Total value napnap9.210.0-12.8
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function nap-4.17.811.2-14.4
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function 		nap-9.115.6-32.60.6
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function napnavnavnav-19.7
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments nap-21.9-28.7115.30.1
Other payment instruments napnavnavnav-19.1
Memo: Money remittances napnapnavnav-40.0
Average value of cashless payments per payment
 (USD)
Credit transfers nap4,9585,1606,4805,245
Direct debits nap320332301272
Cheques nap8,77110,52711,1528,082
Card and e-money payments: Total value nap68706862
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function nap64646457
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function 		nap12112091105
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function napnavnav10582
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments nap663358
Other payment instruments napnavnav2,1872,188
Memo: Money remittances napnavnav5,8433,565
Average value of cashless payments per inhabitant
 (USD)
Credit transfers nap422,930473,292789,875599,100
Direct debits nap8,2429,32014,2079,982
Cheques nap4,2944,0422,8361,759
Card and e-money payments: Total value nap7,7628,5319,3718,175
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function nap6,2256,7537,4946,419
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function 		nap1,5141,7611,1851,193
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function napnavnav656527
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments nap23173636
Other payment instruments napnavnav238192
Memo: Money remittances napnavnav185111
Value of cashless payments as a ratio to GDP
 (%)
Credit transfers nap946.81,011.81,656.41,461.1
Direct debits nap18.519.929.824.3
Cheques nap9.68.65.94.3
Card and e-money payments: Total value nap17.418.219.719.9
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function nap13.914.415.715.7
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function 		nap3.43.82.52.9
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function napnavnav1.41.3
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments nap0.10.00.10.1
Other payment instruments napnavnav0.50.5
Memo: Money remittances napnavnav0.40.3
Daily average value of cashless payments
 (USD millions)
Credit transfers nap12,86214,45924,25718,495
Direct debits nap251285436308
Cheques nap1311238754
Card and e-money payments: Total value nap236261288252
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function nap189206230198
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function 		nap46543637
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function napnavnav2016
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments nap1111
Other payment instruments napnavnav76
Memo: Money remittances napnavnav63
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)nap426435365340
With cards issued inside the country:
  Increase in total volume
 (% change on previous year)		napnap2.1-16.1-6.7
With cards issued inside the country:
  Average volume per inhabitant (units)		nap38393330
With cards issued inside the country:
  Daily average volume (units)		nap1,166,0271,190,658999,364932,630
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 nap426435338316
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations inside the country 		nap411420320301
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations outside the country 		nap14141815
Memo: Cash withdrawals at locations inside the country napnavnav326308
Cash withdrawals with cards issued outside the country napnavnav67
Cash deposits at locations inside and outside the country napnavnav2523
Cash deposits with cards issued inside the country at locations
  inside the country 		napnavnav2523
E-money loading/unloading transactions napnavnav21
Relative importance of withdrawals/deposits,
 in volume of transactions
 (%)
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country nap100.0100.092.692.8
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations inside the country 		nap96.696.787.788.5
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations outside the country 		nap3.43.34.94.3
Cash withdrawals:total napnavnav6.96.8
Cash deposits with cards issued inside the country at locations
  inside the country 		napnavnav6.96.8
E-money loading/unloading transactions napnavnav0.50.4
Increase in the volume of withdrawals/deposits
 (% change on previous year)
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country napnap2.1-22.3-6.5
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations inside the country 		napnap2.2-23.9-5.8
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations outside the country 		napnap0.024.1-17.7
Memo: Cash withdrawals at locations inside the country napnapnavnav-5.6
Cash withdrawals with cards issued outside the country napnapnavnav5.3
Cash withdrawals:total napnapnavnav-8.8
Cash deposits with cards issued inside the country at locations
  inside the country 		napnapnavnav-8.8
E-money loading/unloading transactions napnavnavnav-15.8
Volume of withdrawals/deposits per inhabitant
 (units)
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country nap38393028
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations inside the country 		nap37382927
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations outside the country 		nap1121
Cash withdrawals:total napnavnav22
Cash deposits with cards issued inside the country at locations
  inside the country 		napnavnav22
E-money loading/unloading transactions napnavnav00
Daily average volume of withdrawals/deposits
 (thousands)
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country nap1,1661,191925865
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations inside the country 		nap1,1271,151876825
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations outside the country 		nap39394940
Memo: Cash withdrawals at locations inside the country napnavnav894843
Cash withdrawals with cards issued outside the country napnavnav1718
Cash withdrawals:total napnavnav6963
Cash deposits with cards issued inside the country at locations
  inside the country 		napnavnav6963
E-money loading/unloading transactions napnavnav54
Value of withdrawals/deposits
Total value (USD millions)nap68,32473,453111,37674,608
Increase in the real value
 (% change on previous year, adjusted by CPI inflation)		napnap6.351.1-33.4
Average value per transaction (USD)nap161169305219
Average value per inhabitant (USD)nap6,1556,5879,9366,621
Total value as a ratio to GDP (%)nap13.814.120.816.1
Daily average value (USD millions)nap187201305204
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 nap68,32473,45366,43853,688
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations inside the country 		nap65,73070,67363,29951,357
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations outside the country 		nap2,5942,7813,1392,331
Memo: Cash withdrawals at locations inside the country nap67,36472,39164,50152,430
Cash withdrawals with cards issued outside the country nap1,6351,7181,2021,073
Cash deposits at locations inside and outside the country napnavnav43,60024,125
Cash deposits with cards issued inside the country at locations
  inside the country 		napnavnav43,60024,125
E-money loading/unloading transactions napnavnav149196
Relative importance of withdrawals/deposits, in value of transactions
 (%)
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country nap100.0100.059.772.0
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations inside the country 		nap96.296.256.868.8
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations outside the country 		nap3.83.82.83.1
Cash withdrawals:total napnavnav39.132.3
Cash deposits with cards issued inside the country at locations
  inside the country 		napnavnav39.132.3
E-money loading/unloading transactions napnavnav0.10.3
Increase in the real value of withdrawals/deposits
 (% change on previous year, adjusted by CPI inflation)
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country napnap6.3-9.9-19.6
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations inside the country 		napnap6.3-10.7-19.3
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations outside the country 		napnap6.012.5-26.1
Memo: Cash withdrawals at locations inside the country napnap6.3-11.2-19.2
Cash withdrawals with cards issued outside the country napnap3.9-30.3-11.3
Cash withdrawals:total napnapnavnav-45.0
Cash deposits with cards issued inside the country at locations
  inside the country 		napnapnavnav-45.0
E-money loading/unloading transactions napnavnavnav31.1
Value withdrawals/deposits per transaction
 (USD)
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country nap161169197170
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations inside the country 		nap160168198171
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations outside the country 		nap181194176159
Memo: Cash withdrawals at locations inside the country napnavnav198170
Cash withdrawals with cards issued outside the country napnavnav191162
Cash withdrawals:total napnavnav1,7241,046
Cash deposits with cards issued inside the country at locations
  inside the country 		napnavnav1,7241,046
E-money loading/unloading transactions napnavnav84132
Average value of withdrawals/deposits per inhabitant
 (USD)
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country nap6,1556,5875,9274,765
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations inside the country 		nap5,9226,3385,6474,558
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations outside the country 		nap234249280207
Cash withdrawals:total napnavnav3,8902,141
Cash deposits with cards issued inside the country at locations
  inside the country 		napnavnav3,8902,141
E-money loading/unloading transactions napnavnav1317
Value of withdrawals/deposits as a ratio to GDP
 (%)
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country nap13.814.112.411.6
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations inside the country 		nap13.313.511.811.1
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations outside the country 		nap0.50.50.60.5
Cash withdrawals:total napnavnav8.25.2
Cash deposits with cards issued inside the country at locations
  inside the country 		napnavnav8.25.2
E-money loading/unloading transactions napnavnav0.00.0
Daily average value of withdrawals/deposits
 (USD millions)
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country nap187201182147
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations inside the country 		nap180194173141
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations outside the country 		nap7896
Memo: Cash withdrawals at locations inside the country nap185198177144
Cash withdrawals with cards issued outside the country nap4533
Cash withdrawals:total napnavnav11966
Cash deposits with cards issued inside the country at locations
  inside the country 		napnavnav11966
E-money loading/unloading transactions napnavnav01
Number of cards
 (thousands)
Total nap20,64720,04122,77022,954
With a cash function nap20,64720,04121,39721,875
With a debit function nap16,19715,68416,22317,022
With a delayed debit function nap4,4504,3572,8643,225
With a credit function napnavnav2,1022,333
With an e-money function nap13,01013,46110,6814,824
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 napnap-2.913.60.8
With a cash function napnav-2.96.82.2
With a debit function napnap-3.23.44.9
With a delayed debit function napnap-2.1-34.312.6
With a credit function napnapnavnav11.0
With an e-money function napnap3.5-20.7-54.8
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 nap1.861.802.032.04
With a cash function nap1.861.801.911.94
With a debit function nap1.461.411.451.51
With a delayed debit function nap0.400.390.260.29
With a credit function napnavnav0.190.21
With an e-money function nap1.171.210.950.43
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 nap136140183185
EFTPOS terminals: total nap136140183185
EFTPOS terminals: contactless napnapnapnapnap
ATMs: total nap16151316
ATMs: cash withdrawal nap9988
ATMs: cash deposit napnapnapnapnap
ATMs: credit transfer nap101088
ATMs: contactless napnapnapnapnap
Terminals located in the country: increase in the number of terminals
 (% change on previous year)
POS terminals nap-3.32.830.81.1
EFTPOS terminals: total nap-3.32.830.81.1
EFTPOS terminals: contactless napnapnapnapnap
ATMs: total nap-0.7-5.1-14.726.0
ATMs: cash withdrawal nap1.10.2-3.3-0.2
ATMs: cash deposit napnapnapnapnap
ATMs: credit transfer nap0.50.7-22.41.6
ATMs: contactless napnapnapnapnap
Number of terminals per inhabitant
 (units)
POS terminals nap0.0120.0130.0160.016
EFTPOS terminals: total nap0.0120.0130.0160.016
EFTPOS terminals: contactless napnapnapnapnap
ATMs: total nap0.0010.0010.0010.001
ATMs: cash withdrawal nap0.0010.0010.0010.001
ATMs: cash deposit napnapnapnapnap
ATMs: credit transfer nap0.0010.0010.0010.001
ATMs: contactless napnapnapnapnap