CTA1: Selected data from T1-T6
«China»
Year
« ‹ 2021 › »
20172018201920202021
Basic statistical data
GDP (USD bn)12,01513,36314,39514,86817,682
Population (thousands)1,390,0801,395,3801,400,0501,412,1201,412,600
GDP per capita (USD per inhabitant)8,6439,57610,28210,52912,517
CPI inflation (% change on previous year)1.51.93.02.60.8
Exchange rate (domestic currency vis-à-vis USD):
  end of year (Per USD)		6.5086.8786.9626.5386.352
Exchange rate (domestic currency vis-à-vis USD):
  average (Per USD)		6.7596.6196.9116.9006.449
Banknotes and coins in circulation
Total value (USD bn)1,1841,1511,1901,3741,514
Value per inhabitant (USD)8528258509731,072
Value as a percentage of GDP (%)9.58.98.38.88.4
Value as a percentage of narrow money (%)14.214.314.414.414.9
Deposits held by banks
Bank deposits held at the central bank: Total value (USD bn)navnavnavnavnav
Bank deposits held at the central bank:
  Value as a percentage of GDP (%)		navnavnavnavnav
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 4,7974,8274,8444,8374,827
Number of institutions: Number per 1 million inhabitants 3.53.53.53.43.4
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)133,920198,362312,549340,973426,902
Increase in the total volume of cashless payments
 (% change on previous year)		38.648.157.69.125.2
Average number of cashless payments per inhabitant (units)96142223241302
Daily average volume of cashless payments (millions)3675438569341,170
Volume of cashless payments by instrument type
 (millions)
Credit transfers 73,51399,262153,111162,828194,558
Direct debits 1,524542455390390
Cheques 256222190149137
Card and e-money payments: Total volume 58,62798,336158,792177,605231,818
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 00000
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnapnap
Relative importance of cashless payments, in volume of payments
 (% of total cashless payments)
Credit transfers 54.950.049.047.845.6
Direct debits 1.10.30.10.10.1
Cheques 0.20.10.10.00.0
Card and e-money payments: Total volume 43.849.650.852.154.3
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 0.00.00.00.00.0
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnapnap
Increase in the volume of cashless payments
 (% change on previous year)
Credit transfers 29.935.054.36.319.5
Direct debits 5.6-64.5-16.0-14.3-0.1
Cheques -12.8-13.2-14.5-21.3-8.5
Card and e-money payments: Total volume 53.067.761.511.830.5
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 -51.2-9.3-5.5-6.20.0
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnapnap
Volume of cashless payments per inhabitant
 (units)
Credit transfers 52.971.1109.4115.3137.7
Direct debits 1.10.40.30.30.3
Cheques 0.20.20.10.10.1
Card and e-money payments: Total volume 42.270.5113.4125.8164.1
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 201,405271,950419,483446,104533,035
Direct debits 4,1751,4841,2471,0691,068
Cheques 701608520409375
Card and e-money payments: Total volume 160,621269,414435,047486,589635,117
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 11111
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnapnap
Volume of fast payments
Fast payments: Total volume (thousands)122,473,081188,409,275303,518,265331,677,46117,491,330
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 (%)91.595.097.197.34.1
Fast payments: Increase in volume (%)40.853.861.19.3-94.7
Fast payments: Average volume per inhabitant (units)8813521723512
Fast payments: Daily average volume (thousands)335,543516,190831,557908,70547,921
Value of cashless payments
Cashless payments: Total value (USD millions)536,633,729551,429,205531,724,685569,833,710672,914,328
Cashless payments: Increase in the real value
 (% change on previous year, adjusted by CPI inflation)		-0.90.8-6.44.517.1
Cashless payments: Average value per cashless payment (USD)4,0072,7801,7011,6711,576
Cashless payments: Average value per inhabitant (USD)386,045395,182379,790403,531476,366
Cashless payments: Value as a ratio to GDP (%)4,466.54,126.73,693.73,832.73,805.6
Cashless payments: Daily average value (USD millions)1,470,2291,510,7651,456,7801,561,1881,843,601
Value of cashless payments by instrument type
 (USD millions)
Credit transfers 494,274,573508,627,461487,733,257527,978,344625,855,931
Direct debits 6,375,8725,958,4327,275,4406,590,7288,034,338
Cheques 25,503,48622,491,28219,360,84117,938,79817,467,383
Card and e-money payments: Total value 10,159,67314,014,62016,950,29116,906,34821,083,920
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 320,125337,410404,856419,492472,755
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnapnap
Relative importance of cashless payments, in value of payments
 (% of total cashless payments)
Credit transfers 92.192.291.792.793.0
Direct debits 1.21.11.41.21.2
Cheques 4.84.13.63.12.6
Card and e-money payments: Total value 1.92.53.23.03.1
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 0.10.10.10.10.1
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnapnap
Increase in the real value of cashless payments
 (% change on previous year, adjusted by CPI inflation)
Credit transfers 0.51.0-6.95.617.5
Direct debits -47.5-8.318.5-11.720.9
Cheques -11.1-13.5-16.5-9.7-3.4
Card and e-money payments: Total value 17.735.317.4-2.723.7
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 -28.23.416.51.011.7
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnapnap
Average value of cashless payments per payment
 (USD)
Credit transfers 6,7245,1243,1853,2433,217
Direct debits 4,18410,99915,98516,89320,611
Cheques 99,667101,302101,944120,061127,704
Card and e-money payments: Total value 1731431079591
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 1,067,0841,240,4801,575,3161,740,6321,961,640
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnapnap
Average value of cashless payments per inhabitant
 (USD)
Credit transfers 355,573364,508348,368373,891443,052
Direct debits 4,5874,2705,1974,6675,688
Cheques 18,34716,11813,82912,70312,365
Card and e-money payments: Total value 7,30910,04412,10711,97214,926
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 230242289297335
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnapnap
Value of cashless payments as a ratio to GDP
 (%)
Credit transfers 4,113.93,806.43,388.13,551.23,539.5
Direct debits 53.144.650.544.345.4
Cheques 212.3168.3134.5120.798.8
Card and e-money payments: Total value 84.6104.9117.7113.7119.2
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 2.72.52.82.82.7
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnapnap
Daily average value of cashless payments
 (USD millions)
Credit transfers 1,354,1771,393,5001,336,2551,446,5161,714,674
Direct debits 17,46816,32419,93318,05722,012
Cheques 69,87361,62053,04349,14747,856
Card and e-money payments: Total value 27,83538,39646,43946,31957,764
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 8779241,1091,1491,295
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnapnap
Value of fast payments
Fast payments: Total value (USD millions)93,014,049112,284,376113,126,400116,955,68742,449,166
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 (%)17.320.421.320.56.3
Fast payments: Increase in real value
 (% change on previous year, adjusted by CPI inflation)		1.618.4-2.20.8-64.0
Fast payments: Average value per payment (USD)7595963733532,427
Fast payments: Average value per inhabitant (USD)66,91380,46980,80282,82330,050
Fast payments: Value as ratio of GDP (%)napnapnapnapnap
Volume of withdrawals/deposits
With cards issued inside the country: Total volume (millions)26,95821,95018,47013,74812,604
With cards issued inside the country:
  Increase in total volume
 (% change on previous year)		-5.3-18.6-15.9-25.6-8.3
With cards issued inside the country:
  Average volume per inhabitant (units)		191613109
With cards issued inside the country:
  Daily average volume (units)		73,857,19760,136,95350,603,50137,666,17834,530,896
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 17,31714,08711,3858,3127,556
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 9,6417,8637,0855,4365,047
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 64.264.261.660.560.0
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 35.835.838.439.540.0
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 -3.8-18.7-19.2-27.0-9.1
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 -7.9-18.4-9.9-23.3-7.1
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 1210865
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 76544
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 47,44338,59431,19222,77420,702
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 26,41421,54319,41114,89213,828
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)19,677,36917,968,40415,124,98211,734,26111,763,644
Increase in the real value
 (% change on previous year, adjusted by CPI inflation)		-9.7-10.4-18.3-24.4-0.6
Average value per transaction (USD)730819819854933
Average value per inhabitant (USD)14,15612,87710,8038,3108,328
Total value as a ratio to GDP (%)163.8134.5105.178.966.5
Daily average value (USD millions)53,91149,22941,43832,14932,229
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 9,628,0048,899,0777,473,3675,748,5025,807,858
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 10,049,3659,069,3277,651,6165,985,7595,955,786
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 48.949.549.449.049.4
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 51.150.550.651.050.6
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 -3.8-9.3-18.5-25.00.2
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
Memo: Cash withdrawals at locations inside the country napnapnapnapnap
Cash withdrawals with cards issued outside the country napnapnapnapnap
Cash withdrawals:total -14.8-11.5-18.1-23.7-1.3
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 556632656692769
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 1,0421,1531,0801,1011,180
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 6,9266,3785,3384,0714,111
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 7,2296,5005,4654,2394,216
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 80.166.651.938.732.8
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 83.667.953.240.333.7
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 26,37824,38120,47515,74915,912
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 27,53324,84720,96316,39916,317
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 6,692,5927,596,7378,418,6388,954,4289,246,778
With a cash function 6,692,5927,596,7378,418,6388,954,4289,246,778
With a debit function 6,159,1226,913,2087,674,7268,178,5538,448,587
With a delayed debit function napnapnapnapnap
With a credit function 587,585685,892746,096777,862800,014
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 9.313.510.86.43.3
With a cash function 9.313.510.86.43.3
With a debit function 8.012.211.06.63.3
With a delayed debit function napnapnapnapnap
With a credit function 26.416.78.84.32.8
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 4.815.446.016.346.55
With a cash function 4.815.446.016.346.55
With a debit function 4.434.955.485.795.98
With a delayed debit function napnapnapnapnap
With a credit function 0.420.490.530.550.57
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 31,18934,14835,01738,33038,936
EFTPOS terminals: total napnapnapnapnap
EFTPOS terminals: contactless napnapnapnapnap
ATMs: total 9611,1111,0981,014948
ATMs: cash withdrawal 961navnavnavnav
ATMs: cash deposit napnapnapnapnap
ATMs: credit transfer 961navnavnavnav
ATMs: contactless napnapnapnapnap
Terminals located in the country: increase in the number of terminals
 (% change on previous year)
POS terminals 27.19.52.59.51.6
EFTPOS terminals: total napnapnapnapnap
EFTPOS terminals: contactless napnapnapnapnap
ATMs: total 3.915.6-1.2-7.6-6.5
ATMs: cash withdrawal 3.9navnavnavnav
ATMs: cash deposit napnapnapnapnap
ATMs: credit transfer 3.9navnavnavnav
ATMs: contactless napnapnapnapnap
Number of terminals per inhabitant
 (units)
POS terminals 0.0220.0240.0250.0270.028
EFTPOS terminals: total napnapnapnapnap
EFTPOS terminals: contactless napnapnapnapnap
ATMs: total 0.0010.0010.0010.0010.001
ATMs: cash withdrawal 0.001navnavnavnav
ATMs: cash deposit napnapnapnapnap
ATMs: credit transfer 0.001navnavnavnav
ATMs: contactless napnapnapnapnap