CTA1: Selected data from T1-T6
Year
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Basic statistical data
GDP (USD bn)695725721740800
Population (thousands)8,4528,5148,5758,6388,705
GDP per capita (USD per inhabitant)82,25685,16284,12985,69891,927
CPI inflation (% change on previous year)0.50.90.4-0.70.6
Exchange rate (domestic currency vis-à-vis USD):
  end of year (Per USD)
0.9760.9840.9660.8800.912
Exchange rate (domestic currency vis-à-vis USD):
  average (Per USD)
0.9850.9790.9940.9380.914
Banknotes and coins in circulation
Total value (USD bn)878791105103
Value per inhabitant (USD)10,28010,19410,58112,12611,824
Value as a percentage of GDP (%)12.412.012.213.312.8
Value as a percentage of narrow money (%)13.312.713.012.512.2
Deposits held by banks
Bank deposits held at the central bank: Total value (USD bn)481484521718715
Bank deposits held at the central bank:
  Value as a percentage of GDP (%)
68.567.270.391.089.1
Interbank deposits: Total value (USD bn)7879708674
Interbank deposits: Value as a percentage of GDP (%)11.110.99.410.99.2
Institutions offering payment services/instruments
 (units)
Number of institutions: Total number 263258257254248
Number of institutions: Number per 1 million inhabitants 31.130.330.029.428.5
Number of branches or offices: Total number napnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or offices:
  Number per 1 million inhabitants
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Payment accounts held by end users
Total number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Number of accounts per inhabitant (units)napnapnapnapnap
Total value of payment accounts (USD bn)1,4991,4781,5412,1172,201
Value per inhabitant (USD)177,347173,561179,763245,071252,786
Value as a percentage of GDP (%)215.6203.8213.7286.0275.0
Use of payment services/instruments
Volume of cashless payments
Total volume of cashless payments (millions)2,3272,5472,7772,9213,243
Increase in the total volume of cashless payments
 (% change on previous year)
8.49.49.05.211.0
Average number of cashless payments per inhabitant (units)275299324338373
Daily average volume of cashless payments (millions)67889
Volume of cashless payments by instrument type
 (millions)
Credit transfers 1,0091,0351,0621,0951,166
Direct debits 6263646567
Cheques navnavnavnavnav
Card and e-money payments: Total volume 1,2561,4491,6501,7612,010
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function 8179341,0611,1831,346
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function
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Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function 401465530515587
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments 3949606476
Other payment instruments napnapnapnapnap
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnapnap
Relative importance of cashless payments, in volume of payments
 (% of total cashless payments)
Credit transfers 43.340.638.337.536.0
Direct debits 2.72.52.32.22.1
Cheques navnavnavnavnav
Card and e-money payments: Total volume 54.056.959.460.362.0
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function 35.136.738.240.541.5
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function
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Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function 17.218.319.117.618.1
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments 1.71.92.12.22.4
Other payment instruments napnapnapnapnap
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnapnap
Increase in the volume of cashless payments
 (% change on previous year)
Credit transfers 3.62.52.73.16.5
Direct debits 3.82.21.81.32.2
Cheques navnavnavnavnav
Card and e-money payments: Total volume 12.915.313.96.714.1
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function 10.814.313.511.513.8
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function
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Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function 16.316.113.8-2.814.1
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments 27.626.921.56.620.1
Other payment instruments napnapnapnapnap
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnapnap
Volume of cashless payments per inhabitant
 (units)
Credit transfers 119.4121.5123.9126.7134.0
Direct debits 7.37.47.57.67.7
Cheques navnavnavnavnav
Card and e-money payments: Total volume 148.7170.2192.4203.9230.9
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function 96.7109.7123.7136.9154.7
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function
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Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function 47.454.761.859.667.5
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments 4.65.87.07.48.8
Other payment instruments napnapnapnapnap
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnapnap
Daily average volume of cashless payments
 (thousands)
Credit transfers 2,7642,8342,9102,9993,196
Direct debits 170173177179183
Cheques navnavnavnavnav
Card and e-money payments: Total volume 3,4423,9694,5204,8255,507
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function 2,2392,5602,9063,2413,688
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function
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Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function 1,0981,2751,4511,4101,609
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments 106134163174209
Other payment instruments napnapnapnapnap
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnapnap
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)4,473,6044,687,9784,860,7515,369,3145,717,595
Cashless payments: Increase in the real value
 (% change on previous year, adjusted by CPI inflation)
-0.73.83.311.35.9
Cashless payments: Average value per cashless payment (USD)1,9221,8411,7511,8381,763
Cashless payments: Average value per inhabitant (USD)529,295550,620566,851621,592656,817
Cashless payments: Value as a ratio to GDP (%)643.5646.6673.8725.3714.5
Cashless payments: Daily average value (USD millions)12,25612,84413,31714,71015,665
Value of cashless payments by instrument type
 (USD millions)
Credit transfers 4,296,7104,499,9734,668,2475,174,1725,496,181
Direct debits 84,98888,35788,63488,04096,351
Cheques navnavnavnavnav
Card and e-money payments: Total value 91,90699,648103,871107,103125,064
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function 48,65452,04953,91061,86970,244
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function
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Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function 40,95544,85646,94442,06850,677
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments 2,2972,7443,0163,1664,142
Other payment instruments napnapnapnapnap
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnapnap
Relative importance of cashless payments, in value of payments
 (% of total cashless payments)
Credit transfers 96.096.096.096.496.1
Direct debits 1.91.91.81.61.7
Cheques navnavnavnavnav
Card and e-money payments: Total value 2.12.12.12.02.2
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function 1.11.11.11.21.2
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function
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Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function 0.91.01.00.80.9
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments 0.10.10.10.10.1
Other payment instruments napnapnapnapnap
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnapnap
Increase in the real value of cashless payments
 (% change on previous year, adjusted by CPI inflation)
Credit transfers -0.93.83.411.65.6
Direct debits 2.83.0-0.00.18.8
Cheques navnavnavnavnav
Card and e-money payments: Total value 6.37.43.93.916.1
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function 3.76.03.215.612.9
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function
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Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function 9.08.54.3-9.719.8
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments 16.818.49.55.730.1
Other payment instruments napnapnapnapnap
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnapnap
Average value of cashless payments per payment
 (USD)
Credit transfers 4,2594,3504,3954,7264,712
Direct debits 1,3721,3961,3761,3491,445
Cheques navnavnavnavnav
Card and e-money payments: Total value 7369636162
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function 6056515252
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function
napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function 10296898286
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments 5956515054
Other payment instruments napnapnapnapnap
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnapnap
Average value of cashless payments per inhabitant
 (USD)
Credit transfers 508,366528,538544,402599,001631,382
Direct debits 10,05510,37810,33610,19211,068
Cheques navnavnavnavnav
Card and e-money payments: Total value 10,87411,70412,11312,39914,367
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function 5,7576,1136,2877,1628,069
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function
napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function 4,8465,2685,4754,8705,822
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments 272322352366476
Other payment instruments napnapnapnapnap
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnapnap
Value of cashless payments as a ratio to GDP
 (%)
Credit transfers 618.0620.6647.1699.0686.8
Direct debits 12.212.212.311.912.0
Cheques navnavnavnavnav
Card and e-money payments: Total value 13.213.714.414.515.6
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function 7.07.27.58.48.8
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function
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Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function 5.96.26.55.76.3
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments 0.30.40.40.40.5
Other payment instruments napnapnapnapnap
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnapnap
Daily average value of cashless payments
 (USD millions)
Credit transfers 11,77212,32912,79014,17615,058
Direct debits 233242243241264
Cheques navnavnavnavnav
Card and e-money payments: Total value 252273285293343
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function 133143148170192
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function
napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function 112123129115139
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments 688911
Other payment instruments napnapnapnapnap
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnapnap
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)
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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)143147185165161
With cards issued inside the country:
  Increase in total volume
 (% change on previous year)
-5.52.925.5-10.9-2.3
With cards issued inside the country:
  Average volume per inhabitant (units)
1717221919
With cards issued inside the country:
  Daily average volume (units)
392,575403,795506,682451,699441,359
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 138140175152145
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations inside the country
119122158143132
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations outside the country
191817913
Memo: Cash withdrawals at locations inside the country 124127163146135
Cash withdrawals with cards issued outside the country 55533
Cash deposits at locations inside and outside the country napnapnapnapnap
Cash deposits with cards issued inside the country at locations
  inside the country
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E-money loading/unloading transactions 57101316
Relative importance of withdrawals/deposits,
 in volume of transactions
 (%)
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country 96.295.094.692.490.3
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations inside the country
83.182.685.386.882.0
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations outside the country
13.112.49.35.68.3
Cash withdrawals:total napnapnapnapnap
Cash deposits with cards issued inside the country at locations
  inside the country
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E-money loading/unloading transactions 3.85.05.47.69.7
Increase in the volume of withdrawals/deposits
 (% change on previous year)
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country -6.61.524.9-12.9-4.5
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations inside the country
-7.92.329.5-9.3-7.7
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations outside the country
2.1-3.1-5.8-46.244.6
Memo: Cash withdrawals at locations inside the country -7.62.228.4-10.3-7.5
Cash withdrawals with cards issued outside the country -2.0-0.32.6-41.00.3
Cash withdrawals:total napnapnapnapnap
Cash deposits with cards issued inside the country at locations
  inside the country
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E-money loading/unloading transactions 38.236.836.225.024.8
Volume of withdrawals/deposits per inhabitant
 (units)
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country 1616201817
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations inside the country
1414181715
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations outside the country
22212
Cash withdrawals:total napnapnapnapnap
Cash deposits with cards issued inside the country at locations
  inside the country
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E-money loading/unloading transactions 11112
Daily average volume of withdrawals/deposits
 (thousands)
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country 378384479417399
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations inside the country
326334432392362
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations outside the country
5150472537
Memo: Cash withdrawals at locations inside the country 341348447401371
Cash withdrawals with cards issued outside the country 15151599
Cash withdrawals:total napnapnapnapnap
Cash deposits with cards issued inside the country at locations
  inside the country
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E-money loading/unloading transactions 1520273443
Value of withdrawals/deposits
Total value (USD millions)33,34337,25552,10457,71160,027
Increase in the real value
 (% change on previous year, adjusted by CPI inflation)
-9.310.739.411.63.4
Average value per transaction (USD)233253282350373
Average value per inhabitant (USD)3,9454,3766,0766,6816,896
Total value as a ratio to GDP (%)4.85.17.27.87.5
Daily average value (USD millions)91102143158164
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 31,00634,41048,78854,44155,833
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations inside the country
26,11329,52244,32251,62252,294
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations outside the country
4,8934,8894,4662,8193,539
Memo: Cash withdrawals at locations inside the country 27,27530,69845,56552,48853,224
Cash withdrawals with cards issued outside the country 1,1621,1771,243866930
Cash deposits at locations inside and outside the country napnapnapnapnap
Cash deposits with cards issued inside the country at locations
  inside the country
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E-money loading/unloading transactions 2,3372,8453,3163,2704,194
Relative importance of withdrawals/deposits, in value of transactions
 (%)
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country 93.092.493.694.393.0
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations inside the country
78.379.285.189.487.1
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations outside the country
14.713.18.64.95.9
Cash withdrawals:total napnapnapnapnap
Cash deposits with cards issued inside the country at locations
  inside the country
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E-money loading/unloading transactions 7.07.66.45.77.0
Increase in the real value of withdrawals/deposits
 (% change on previous year, adjusted by CPI inflation)
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country -10.310.041.312.42.0
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations inside the country
-12.112.049.617.30.7
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations outside the country
1.3-1.0-9.0-36.424.8
Memo: Cash withdrawals at locations inside the country -11.711.547.916.00.8
Cash withdrawals with cards issued outside the country -0.60.45.2-29.86.7
Cash withdrawals:total napnapnapnapnap
Cash deposits with cards issued inside the country at locations
  inside the country
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E-money loading/unloading transactions 6.820.616.1-0.727.5
Value withdrawals/deposits per transaction
 (USD)
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country 225246279357384
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations inside the country
219242281361396
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations outside the country
260268260306265
Memo: Cash withdrawals at locations inside the country 219241279359393
Cash withdrawals with cards issued outside the country 218222228269288
Cash withdrawals:total napnapnapnapnap
Cash deposits with cards issued inside the country at locations
  inside the country
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E-money loading/unloading transactions 434386331261268
Average value of withdrawals/deposits per inhabitant
 (USD)
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country 3,6684,0425,6906,3036,414
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations inside the country
3,0903,4675,1695,9766,007
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations outside the country
579574521326407
Cash withdrawals:total napnapnapnapnap
Cash deposits with cards issued inside the country at locations
  inside the country
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E-money loading/unloading transactions 276334387379482
Value of withdrawals/deposits as a ratio to GDP
 (%)
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country 4.54.76.87.47.0
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations inside the country
3.84.16.17.06.5
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations outside the country
0.70.70.60.40.4
Cash withdrawals:total napnapnapnapnap
Cash deposits with cards issued inside the country at locations
  inside the country
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E-money loading/unloading transactions 0.30.40.50.40.5
Daily average value of withdrawals/deposits
 (USD millions)
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country 8594134149153
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations inside the country
7281121141143
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations outside the country
131312810
Memo: Cash withdrawals at locations inside the country 7584125144146
Cash withdrawals with cards issued outside the country 33323
Cash withdrawals:total napnapnapnapnap
Cash deposits with cards issued inside the country at locations
  inside the country
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E-money loading/unloading transactions 689911
Number of cards
 (thousands)
Total 19,78420,63021,45822,56523,206
With a cash function navnavnavnavnav
With a debit function 10,50610,64210,79911,12011,379
With a delayed debit function napnapnapnapnap
With a credit function 6,5796,9147,2187,9828,323
With an e-money function 2,6993,0743,4413,4633,504
Total number of cards: of which: contactless 12,92115,68517,34118,96021,706
Total number of cards: of which: issued by a non-bank 13,07013,80814,47215,59215,856
Total number of cards:
  of which: able to initiate device-not-present payments
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Increase in the number of cards
 (% change on previous year)
Total 2.84.34.05.22.8
With a cash function navnavnavnavnav
With a debit function 0.21.31.53.02.3
With a delayed debit function napnapnapnapnap
With a credit function 3.75.14.410.64.3
With an e-money function 12.313.911.90.61.2
Total number of cards: of which: contactless 31.121.410.69.314.5
Total number of cards: of which: issued by a non-bank 4.15.64.87.71.7
Total number of cards:
  of which: able to initiate device-not-present payments
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Number of cards per inhabitant
 (units)
Total 2.342.422.502.612.67
With a cash function navnavnavnavnav
With a debit function 1.241.251.261.291.31
With a delayed debit function napnapnapnapnap
With a credit function 0.780.810.840.920.96
With an e-money function 0.320.360.400.400.40
Total number of cards: of which: contactless 1.531.842.022.192.49
Total number of cards: of which: issued by a non-bank 1.551.621.691.811.82
Total number of cards:
  of which: able to initiate device-not-present payments
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Number of terminals
 (thousands)
POS terminals 313338331316257
EFTPOS terminals: total 313338331316257
EFTPOS terminals: contactless 132201186174153
ATMs: total 77777
ATMs: cash withdrawal 77777
ATMs: cash deposit napnapnapnapnap
ATMs: credit transfer napnapnapnapnap
ATMs: contactless napnapnapnapnap
Terminals located in the country: increase in the number of terminals
 (% change on previous year)
POS terminals 5.57.9-2.0-4.3-18.7
EFTPOS terminals: total 5.57.9-2.0-4.3-18.7
EFTPOS terminals: contactless 38.351.7-7.4-6.5-12.2
ATMs: total 0.42.0-1.4-2.6-1.8
ATMs: cash withdrawal 0.42.0-1.4-2.6-1.8
ATMs: cash deposit napnapnapnapnap
ATMs: credit transfer napnapnapnapnap
ATMs: contactless napnapnapnapnap
Number of terminals per inhabitant
 (units)
POS terminals 0.0370.0400.0390.0370.030
EFTPOS terminals: total 0.0370.0400.0390.0370.030
EFTPOS terminals: contactless 0.0160.0240.0220.0200.018
ATMs: total 0.0010.0010.0010.0010.001
ATMs: cash withdrawal 0.0010.0010.0010.0010.001
ATMs: cash deposit napnapnapnapnap
ATMs: credit transfer napnapnapnapnap
ATMs: contactless napnapnapnapnap