CTA1: Selected data from T1-T6
«China»
Year
« ‹ 2018 › »
20142015201620172018
Basic statistical data
GDP (USD bn)10,50411,12311,22212,01513,363
Population (thousands)1,367,8201,374,6201,382,7101,390,0801,395,380
GDP per capita (USD per inhabitant)7,6798,0928,1168,6439,576
CPI inflation (% change on previous year)2.11.52.11.51.9
Exchange rate (domestic currency vis-à-vis USD):
  end of year (Per USD)		6.2076.4866.9456.5086.878
Exchange rate (domestic currency vis-à-vis USD):
  average (Per USD)		6.1616.2856.6446.7596.619
Banknotes and coins in circulation
Total value (USD bn)1,0821,0781,0781,1841,151
Value per inhabitant (USD)791784780852825
Value as a percentage of GDP (%)10.410.010.09.58.9
Value as a percentage of narrow money (%)19.317.415.414.214.3
Deposits held by banks
Bank deposits held at the central bank: Total value (USD bn)3,6513,2793,454navnav
Bank deposits held at the central bank:
  Value as a percentage of GDP (%)		35.030.432.2navnav
Interbank deposits: Total value (USD bn)napnapnapnapnap
Interbank deposits: Value as a percentage of GDP (%)napnapnapnapnap
Institutions offering payment services/instruments
 (units)
Number of institutions: Total number 4,0924,2634,4004,7974,827
Number of institutions: Number per 1 million inhabitants 3.03.13.23.53.5
Number of branches or offices: Total number napnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or offices:
  Number per 1 million inhabitants 		napnapnapnapnap
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)napnapnapnapnap
Value per inhabitant (USD)napnapnapnapnap
Value as a percentage of GDP (%)napnapnapnapnap
Use of payment services/instruments
Volume of cashless payments
Total volume of cashless payments (millions)36,62066,70996,639133,920198,362
Increase in the total volume of cashless payments
 (% change on previous year)		41.282.244.938.648.1
Average number of cashless payments per inhabitant (units)27497096142
Daily average volume of cashless payments (millions)100183265367543
Volume of cashless payments by instrument type
 (millions)
Credit transfers 13,68734,92856,57373,51399,262
Direct debits 2,6002,3321,4431,524542
Cheques 578417293256222
Card and e-money payments: Total volume 19,75429,03038,32958,62798,336
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function 		napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments napnapnapnapnap
Other payment instruments 01100
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnapnap
Relative importance of cashless payments, in volume of payments
 (% of total cashless payments)
Credit transfers 37.452.458.554.950.0
Direct debits 7.13.51.51.10.3
Cheques 1.60.60.30.20.1
Card and e-money payments: Total volume 53.943.539.743.849.6
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function 		napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments napnapnapnapnap
Other payment instruments 0.00.00.00.00.0
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnapnap
Increase in the volume of cashless payments
 (% change on previous year)
Credit transfers 31.6155.262.029.935.0
Direct debits 39.1-10.3-38.15.6-64.5
Cheques -16.6-27.9-29.6-12.8-13.2
Card and e-money payments: Total volume 52.347.032.053.067.7
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function 		napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments napnapnapnapnap
Other payment instruments 0.0nav-27.7-51.2-9.3
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnapnap
Volume of cashless payments per inhabitant
 (units)
Credit transfers 10.025.440.952.971.1
Direct debits 1.91.71.01.10.4
Cheques 0.40.30.20.20.2
Card and e-money payments: Total volume 14.421.127.742.270.5
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function 		napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments napnapnapnapnap
Other payment instruments 0.00.00.00.00.0
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnapnap
Daily average volume of cashless payments
 (thousands)
Credit transfers 37,49995,694154,995201,405271,950
Direct debits 7,1246,3903,9534,1751,484
Cheques 1,5841,142804701608
Card and e-money payments: Total volume 54,12179,534105,011160,621269,414
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function 		napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments napnapnapnapnap
Other payment instruments 02211
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnapnap
Volume of fast payments
Fast payments: Total volume (thousands)30,872,09157,615,63987,002,149122,473,081188,409,275
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 (%)84.386.490.091.595.0
Fast payments: Increase in volume (%)43.386.651.040.853.8
Fast payments: Average volume per inhabitant (units)23426388135
Fast payments: Daily average volume (thousands)84,581157,851238,362335,543516,190
Value of cashless payments
Cashless payments: Total value (USD millions)271,428,980525,780,230533,465,508536,633,729551,429,205
Cashless payments: Increase in the real value
 (% change on previous year, adjusted by CPI inflation)		11.290.8-0.6-0.90.8
Cashless payments: Average value per cashless payment (USD)7,4127,8825,5204,0072,780
Cashless payments: Average value per inhabitant (USD)198,439382,491385,812386,045395,182
Cashless payments: Value as a ratio to GDP (%)2,584.04,727.14,753.84,466.54,126.7
Cashless payments: Daily average value (USD millions)743,6411,440,4941,461,5491,470,2291,510,765
Value of cashless payments by instrument type
 (USD millions)
Credit transfers 217,681,183458,306,060484,289,970494,274,573508,627,461
Direct debits 3,048,06520,384,72311,970,0776,375,8725,958,432
Cheques 43,820,29137,902,47128,263,39125,503,48622,491,282
Card and e-money payments: Total value 6,879,4408,750,5288,503,11210,159,67314,014,620
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function 		napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments napnapnapnapnap
Other payment instruments 0436,448438,958320,125337,410
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnapnap
Relative importance of cashless payments, in value of payments
 (% of total cashless payments)
Credit transfers 80.287.290.892.192.2
Direct debits 1.13.92.21.21.1
Cheques 16.17.25.34.84.1
Card and e-money payments: Total value 2.51.71.61.92.5
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function 		napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments napnapnapnapnap
Other payment instruments 0.00.10.10.10.1
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnapnap
Increase in the real value of cashless payments
 (% change on previous year, adjusted by CPI inflation)
Credit transfers 15.6107.33.50.51.0
Direct debits 14.1558.6-42.5-47.5-8.3
Cheques -8.2-14.8-27.0-11.1-13.5
Card and e-money payments: Total value 30.225.3-4.817.735.3
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function 		napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments napnapnapnapnap
Other payment instruments -2.0nav-1.5-28.23.4
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnapnap
Average value of cashless payments per payment
 (USD)
Credit transfers 15,90413,1218,5606,7245,124
Direct debits 1,1728,7408,2974,18410,999
Cheques 75,78590,89196,32799,667101,302
Card and e-money payments: Total value 348301222173143
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function 		napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments napnapnapnapnap
Other payment instruments nav512,865713,7531,067,0841,240,480
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnapnap
Average value of cashless payments per inhabitant
 (USD)
Credit transfers 159,145333,406350,247355,573364,508
Direct debits 2,22814,8298,6574,5874,270
Cheques 32,03727,57320,44118,34716,118
Card and e-money payments: Total value 5,0296,3666,1507,30910,044
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function 		napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments napnapnapnapnap
Other payment instruments 0318317230242
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnapnap
Value of cashless payments as a ratio to GDP
 (%)
Credit transfers 2,072.34,120.44,315.64,113.93,806.4
Direct debits 29.0183.3106.753.144.6
Cheques 417.2340.8251.9212.3168.3
Card and e-money payments: Total value 65.578.775.884.6104.9
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function 		napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments napnapnapnapnap
Other payment instruments 0.03.93.92.72.5
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnapnap
Daily average value of cashless payments
 (USD millions)
Credit transfers 596,3871,255,6331,326,8221,354,1771,393,500
Direct debits 8,35155,84932,79517,46816,324
Cheques 120,056103,84277,43469,87361,620
Card and e-money payments: Total value 18,84823,97423,29627,83538,396
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function 		napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments napnapnapnapnap
Other payment instruments 01,1961,203877924
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnapnap
Value of fast payments
Fast payments: Total value (USD millions)49,478,29283,638,03390,172,36293,014,049112,284,376
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 (%)18.215.916.917.320.4
Fast payments: Increase in real value
 (% change on previous year, adjusted by CPI inflation)		4.266.55.61.618.4
Fast payments: Average value per payment (USD)1,6031,4521,036759596
Fast payments: Average value per inhabitant (USD)36,17360,84465,21466,91380,469
Fast payments: Value as ratio of GDP (%)napnapnapnapnap
Volume of withdrawals/deposits
With cards issued inside the country: Total volume (millions)28,70127,61328,47126,95821,950
With cards issued inside the country:
  Increase in total volume
 (% change on previous year)		10.1-3.83.1-5.3-18.6
With cards issued inside the country:
  Average volume per inhabitant (units)		2120211916
With cards issued inside the country:
  Daily average volume (units)		78,633,83075,652,41678,003,99773,857,19760,136,953
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 19,91118,42117,99817,31714,087
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations inside the country 		napnapnapnapnap
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations outside the country 		napnapnapnapnap
Memo: Cash withdrawals at locations inside the country napnapnapnapnap
Cash withdrawals with cards issued outside the country napnapnapnapnap
Cash deposits at locations inside and outside the country 8,7909,19210,4749,6417,863
Cash deposits with cards issued inside the country at locations
  inside the country 		napnapnapnapnap
E-money loading/unloading transactions napnapnapnapnap
Relative importance of withdrawals/deposits,
 in volume of transactions
 (%)
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country 69.466.763.264.264.2
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations inside the country 		napnapnapnapnap
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations outside the country 		napnapnapnapnap
Cash withdrawals:total 30.633.336.835.835.8
Cash deposits with cards issued inside the country at locations
  inside the country 		napnapnapnapnap
E-money loading/unloading transactions napnapnapnapnap
Increase in the volume of withdrawals/deposits
 (% change on previous year)
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country 9.9-7.5-2.3-3.8-18.7
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations inside the country 		napnapnapnapnap
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations outside the country 		napnapnapnapnap
Memo: Cash withdrawals at locations inside the country napnapnapnapnap
Cash withdrawals with cards issued outside the country napnapnapnapnap
Cash withdrawals:total 10.74.613.9-7.9-18.4
Cash deposits with cards issued inside the country at locations
  inside the country 		napnapnapnapnap
E-money loading/unloading transactions napnapnapnapnap
Volume of withdrawals/deposits per inhabitant
 (units)
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country 1513131210
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations inside the country 		napnapnapnapnap
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations outside the country 		napnapnapnapnap
Cash withdrawals:total 67876
Cash deposits with cards issued inside the country at locations
  inside the country 		napnapnapnapnap
E-money loading/unloading transactions napnapnapnapnap
Daily average volume of withdrawals/deposits
 (thousands)
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country 54,55150,46849,30947,44338,594
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations inside the country 		napnapnapnapnap
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations outside the country 		napnapnapnapnap
Memo: Cash withdrawals at locations inside the country napnapnapnapnap
Cash withdrawals with cards issued outside the country napnapnapnapnap
Cash withdrawals:total 24,08325,18428,69526,41421,543
Cash deposits with cards issued inside the country at locations
  inside the country 		napnapnapnapnap
E-money loading/unloading transactions napnapnapnapnap
Value of withdrawals/deposits
Total value (USD millions)23,543,57022,928,96521,472,13519,677,36917,968,404
Increase in the real value
 (% change on previous year, adjusted by CPI inflation)		3.2-4.1-8.3-9.7-10.4
Average value per transaction (USD)820830754730819
Average value per inhabitant (USD)17,21216,68015,52914,15612,877
Total value as a ratio to GDP (%)224.1206.1191.3163.8134.5
Daily average value (USD millions)64,50362,81958,82853,91149,229
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 12,077,81111,637,9079,857,2459,628,0048,899,077
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations inside the country 		napnapnapnapnap
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations outside the country 		napnapnapnapnap
Memo: Cash withdrawals at locations inside the country napnapnapnapnap
Cash withdrawals with cards issued outside the country napnapnapnapnap
Cash deposits at locations inside and outside the country 11,465,75911,291,05811,614,89010,049,3659,069,327
Cash deposits with cards issued inside the country at locations
  inside the country 		napnapnapnapnap
E-money loading/unloading transactions napnapnapnapnap
Relative importance of withdrawals/deposits, in value of transactions
 (%)
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country 51.350.845.948.949.5
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations inside the country 		napnapnapnapnap
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations outside the country 		napnapnapnapnap
Cash withdrawals:total 48.749.254.151.150.5
Cash deposits with cards issued inside the country at locations
  inside the country 		napnapnapnapnap
E-money loading/unloading transactions napnapnapnapnap
Increase in the real value of withdrawals/deposits
 (% change on previous year, adjusted by CPI inflation)
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country 2.8-5.1-17.1-3.8-9.3
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations inside the country 		napnapnapnapnap
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations outside the country 		napnapnapnapnap
Memo: Cash withdrawals at locations inside the country napnapnapnapnap
Cash withdrawals with cards issued outside the country napnapnapnapnap
Cash withdrawals:total 3.7-3.00.7-14.8-11.5
Cash deposits with cards issued inside the country at locations
  inside the country 		napnapnapnapnap
E-money loading/unloading transactions napnapnapnapnap
Value withdrawals/deposits per transaction
 (USD)
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country 607632548556632
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations inside the country 		napnapnapnapnap
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations outside the country 		napnapnapnapnap
Memo: Cash withdrawals at locations inside the country napnapnapnapnap
Cash withdrawals with cards issued outside the country napnapnapnapnap
Cash withdrawals:total 1,3041,2281,1091,0421,153
Cash deposits with cards issued inside the country at locations
  inside the country 		napnapnapnapnap
E-money loading/unloading transactions napnapnapnapnap
Average value of withdrawals/deposits per inhabitant
 (USD)
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country 8,8308,4667,1296,9266,378
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations inside the country 		napnapnapnapnap
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations outside the country 		napnapnapnapnap
Cash withdrawals:total 8,3838,2148,4007,2296,500
Cash deposits with cards issued inside the country at locations
  inside the country 		napnapnapnapnap
E-money loading/unloading transactions napnapnapnapnap
Value of withdrawals/deposits as a ratio to GDP
 (%)
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country 115.0104.687.880.166.6
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations inside the country 		napnapnapnapnap
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations outside the country 		napnapnapnapnap
Cash withdrawals:total 109.2101.5103.583.667.9
Cash deposits with cards issued inside the country at locations
  inside the country 		napnapnapnapnap
E-money loading/unloading transactions napnapnapnapnap
Daily average value of withdrawals/deposits
 (USD millions)
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country 33,09031,88527,00626,37824,381
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations inside the country 		napnapnapnapnap
Cash withdrawals with cards issued inside the country:
  at locations outside the country 		napnapnapnapnap
Memo: Cash withdrawals at locations inside the country napnapnapnapnap
Cash withdrawals with cards issued outside the country napnapnapnapnap
Cash withdrawals:total 31,41330,93431,82227,53324,847
Cash deposits with cards issued inside the country at locations
  inside the country 		napnapnapnapnap
E-money loading/unloading transactions napnapnapnapnap
Number of cards
 (thousands)
Total 4,935,7195,442,3136,124,6386,692,5927,596,737
With a cash function 4,935,7195,442,3136,124,6386,692,5927,596,737
With a debit function 4,535,9115,049,1825,704,2216,159,1226,913,208
With a delayed debit function napnapnapnapnap
With a credit function 455,095432,207465,035587,585685,892
With an e-money function napnapnapnapnap
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 17.110.312.59.313.5
With a cash function 17.110.312.59.313.5
With a debit function 17.211.313.08.012.2
With a delayed debit function napnapnapnapnap
With a credit function 16.5-5.07.626.416.7
With an e-money function napnapnapnapnap
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 3.613.964.434.815.44
With a cash function 3.613.964.434.815.44
With a debit function 3.323.674.134.434.95
With a delayed debit function napnapnapnapnap
With a credit function 0.330.310.340.420.49
With an e-money function napnapnapnapnap
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 15,93522,82124,53531,18934,148
EFTPOS terminals: total napnapnapnapnap
EFTPOS terminals: contactless napnapnapnapnap
ATMs: total 6158679249611,111
ATMs: cash withdrawal 615867924961nav
ATMs: cash deposit napnapnapnapnap
ATMs: credit transfer 615867924961nav
ATMs: contactless napnapnapnapnap
Terminals located in the country: increase in the number of terminals
 (% change on previous year)
POS terminals 49.943.27.527.19.5
EFTPOS terminals: total napnapnapnapnap
EFTPOS terminals: contactless napnapnapnapnap
ATMs: total 18.241.06.63.915.6
ATMs: cash withdrawal 18.241.06.63.9nav
ATMs: cash deposit napnapnapnapnap
ATMs: credit transfer 18.241.06.63.9nav
ATMs: contactless napnapnapnapnap
Number of terminals per inhabitant
 (units)
POS terminals 0.0120.0170.0180.0220.024
EFTPOS terminals: total napnapnapnapnap
EFTPOS terminals: contactless napnapnapnapnap
ATMs: total 0.0000.0010.0010.0010.001
ATMs: cash withdrawal 0.0000.0010.0010.001nav
ATMs: cash deposit napnapnapnapnap
ATMs: credit transfer 0.0000.0010.0010.001nav
ATMs: contactless napnapnapnapnap