CTA1: Selected data from T1-T6
«Korea»
Year
« ‹ 2021 › »
20172018201920202021
Basic statistical data
GDP (USD bn)1,6231,7241,6501,6461,809
Population (thousands)51,36251,58551,76551,83651,745
GDP per capita (USD per inhabitant)31,60633,43031,87731,74634,950
CPI inflation (% change on previous year)1.91.50.40.52.5
Exchange rate (domestic currency vis-à-vis USD):
  end of year (Per USD)		1,066.9641,116.0961,153.8901,088.7461,188.752
Exchange rate (domestic currency vis-à-vis USD):
  average (Per USD)		1,130.8181,100.7261,166.2781,179.3571,145.505
Banknotes and coins in circulation
Total value (USD bn)101103109136141
Value per inhabitant (USD)1,9692,0042,1042,6152,724
Value as a percentage of GDP (%)5.96.16.57.68.1
Value as a percentage of narrow money (%)12.713.313.212.312.2
Deposits held by banks
Bank deposits held at the central bank: Total value (USD bn)5555617780
Bank deposits held at the central bank:
  Value as a percentage of GDP (%)		3.23.23.74.34.6
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 3,7183,7033,7163,7233,735
Number of institutions: Number per 1 million inhabitants 72.471.871.871.872.2
Number of branches or offices: Total number 17,19417,17217,05016,64216,285
Number of branches or offices:
  Number per 1 million inhabitants 		334.8332.9329.4321.0314.7
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)312312338491521
Value per inhabitant (USD)6,0816,0466,5379,48110,067
Value as a percentage of GDP (%)19.218.120.529.928.8
Use of payment services/instruments
Volume of cashless payments
Total volume of cashless payments (millions)25,71628,35131,39332,14235,133
Increase in the total volume of cashless payments
 (% change on previous year)		10.810.210.72.49.3
Average number of cashless payments per inhabitant (units)501550606620679
Daily average volume of cashless payments (millions)7078868896
Volume of cashless payments by instrument type
 (millions)
Credit transfers 4,5875,2175,9046,5687,644
Direct debits 1,7111,6981,7322,4053,062
Cheques 160123947667
Card and e-money payments: Total volume 19,25921,31223,66423,09324,359
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function 7,3528,1608,8638,5388,889
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function 		napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function 11,87913,12614,76914,28615,287
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments 272632269184
Other payment instruments 00000
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnapnap
Relative importance of cashless payments, in volume of payments
 (% of total cashless payments)
Credit transfers 17.818.418.820.421.8
Direct debits 6.76.05.57.58.7
Cheques 0.60.40.30.20.2
Card and e-money payments: Total volume 74.975.275.471.869.3
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function 28.628.828.226.625.3
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function 		napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function 46.246.347.044.443.5
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments 0.10.10.10.80.5
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 8.213.713.211.216.4
Direct debits -3.4-0.72.038.927.3
Cheques -20.3-23.0-23.6-19.1-11.2
Card and e-money payments: Total volume 13.310.711.0-2.45.5
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function 14.911.08.6-3.74.1
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function 		napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function 12.410.512.5-3.37.0
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments -13.6-5.824.0745.2-31.5
Other payment instruments -19.7-11.6-10.3-16.2-1.3
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnapnap
Volume of cashless payments per inhabitant
 (units)
Credit transfers 89.3101.1114.1126.7147.7
Direct debits 33.332.933.546.459.2
Cheques 3.12.41.81.51.3
Card and e-money payments: Total volume 375.0413.1457.1445.5470.8
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function 143.1158.2171.2164.7171.8
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function 		napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function 231.3254.4285.3275.6295.4
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments 0.50.50.65.23.6
Other payment instruments 0.00.00.00.00.0
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnapnap
Daily average volume of cashless payments
 (thousands)
Credit transfers 12,56814,29416,17517,99320,943
Direct debits 4,6864,6534,7446,5888,389
Cheques 438337257208185
Card and e-money payments: Total volume 52,76458,38864,83263,26966,738
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function 20,14322,35724,28223,39324,352
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function 		napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function 32,54635,96140,46239,14041,882
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments 757087736504
Other payment instruments 11100
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnapnap
Volume of fast payments
Fast payments: Total volume (thousands)4,140,2214,797,8375,508,7956,155,4657,165,842
Fast payments: By credit transfer (%)100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0
Fast payments: By direct debit (%)napnapnapnapnap
Fast payments: By other instrument type (%)napnapnapnapnap
Fast payments: Of total cashless payments (%)16.116.917.519.220.4
Fast payments: Increase in volume (%)10.315.914.811.716.4
Fast payments: Average volume per inhabitant (units)8193106119138
Fast payments: Daily average volume (thousands)11,34313,14515,09316,86419,632
Value of cashless payments
Cashless payments: Total value (USD millions)21,919,35423,923,32023,104,71626,564,90432,045,417
Cashless payments: Increase in the real value
 (% change on previous year, adjusted by CPI inflation)		1.47.6-3.814.417.7
Cashless payments: Average value per cashless payment (USD)852844736826912
Cashless payments: Average value per inhabitant (USD)426,763463,764446,340512,478619,296
Cashless payments: Value as a ratio to GDP (%)1,350.31,387.31,400.21,614.31,771.9
Cashless payments: Daily average value (USD millions)60,05365,54363,30172,78187,796
Value of cashless payments by instrument type
 (USD millions)
Credit transfers 16,582,68818,632,44618,495,72321,685,26326,662,808
Direct debits 167,847174,668168,506248,295395,800
Cheques 4,425,9814,309,9023,638,2983,833,8764,088,573
Card and e-money payments: Total value 719,500784,659783,651782,031878,470
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function 150,857166,785167,403168,444186,135
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function 		napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function 567,974617,187615,479608,325688,325
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments 6696877695,2634,009
Other payment instruments 23,33821,64418,53715,43819,765
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnapnap
Relative importance of cashless payments, in value of payments
 (% of total cashless payments)
Credit transfers 75.777.980.181.683.2
Direct debits 0.80.70.70.91.2
Cheques 20.218.015.714.412.8
Card and e-money payments: Total value 3.33.33.42.92.7
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function 0.70.70.70.60.6
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function 		napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function 2.62.62.72.32.1
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments 0.00.00.00.00.0
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 3.010.7-1.116.620.0
Direct debits 1.92.6-3.946.655.5
Cheques -5.1-4.0-15.94.84.0
Card and e-money payments: Total value 6.47.5-0.5-0.79.6
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function 10.59.0-0.00.17.8
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function 		napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function 5.37.1-0.7-1.710.4
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments -6.31.211.5580.6-25.7
Other payment instruments 1.4-8.6-14.7-17.224.9
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnapnap
Average value of cashless payments per payment
 (USD)
Credit transfers 3,6153,5713,1333,3023,488
Direct debits 9810397103129
Cheques 27,69435,03538,71150,43260,595
Card and e-money payments: Total value 3737333436
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function 2120192021
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function 		napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function 4847424345
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments 2527242022
Other payment instruments 96,839101,61497,05396,485125,096
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnapnap
Average value of cashless payments per inhabitant
 (USD)
Credit transfers 322,860361,198357,303418,342515,274
Direct debits 3,2683,3863,2554,7907,649
Cheques 86,17283,54970,28573,96179,014
Card and e-money payments: Total value 14,00815,21115,13915,08716,977
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function 2,9373,2333,2343,2503,597
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function 		napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function 11,05811,96411,89011,73613,302
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments 13131510277
Other payment instruments 454420358298382
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnapnap
Value of cashless payments as a ratio to GDP
 (%)
Credit transfers 1,021.51,080.51,120.91,317.81,474.3
Direct debits 10.310.110.215.121.9
Cheques 272.6249.9220.5233.0226.1
Card and e-money payments: Total value 44.345.547.547.548.6
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function 9.39.710.110.210.3
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function 		napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function 35.035.837.337.038.1
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments 0.00.00.00.30.2
Other payment instruments 1.41.31.10.91.1
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnapnap
Daily average value of cashless payments
 (USD millions)
Credit transfers 45,43251,04850,67359,41273,049
Direct debits 4604794626801,084
Cheques 12,12611,8089,96810,50411,202
Card and e-money payments: Total value 1,9712,1502,1472,1432,407
Card and e-money payments: By card with a debit function 413457459461510
Card and e-money payments:
  By card with a delayed debit function 		napnapnapnapnap
Card and e-money payments: By card with a credit function 1,5561,6911,6861,6671,886
Card and e-money payments: E-money payments 2221411
Other payment instruments 6459514254
Memo: Money remittances napnapnapnapnap
Value of fast payments
Fast payments: Total value (USD millions)15,390,98617,412,67017,360,53820,431,96625,256,937
Fast payments: By credit transfer (%)100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0
Fast payments: By direct debit (%)napnapnapnapnap
Fast payments: By other instrument type (%)napnapnapnapnap
Fast payments: Of total cashless payments (%)70.272.875.176.978.8
Fast payments: Increase in real value
 (% change on previous year, adjusted by CPI inflation)		3.211.5-0.717.120.6
Fast payments: Average value per payment (USD)3,7173,6293,1513,3193,525
Fast payments: Average value per inhabitant (USD)299,658337,552335,373394,164488,105
Fast payments: Value as ratio of GDP (%)napnapnapnapnap
Volume of withdrawals/deposits
With cards issued inside the country: Total volume (millions)napnapnapnapnap
With cards issued inside the country:
  Increase in total volume
 (% change on previous year)		napnapnapnapnap
With cards issued inside the country:
  Average volume per inhabitant (units)		napnapnapnapnap
With cards issued inside the country:
  Daily average volume (units)		napnapnapnapnap
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 napnapnapnapnap
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 napnapnapnapnap
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 napnapnapnapnap
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 napnapnapnapnap
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 napnapnapnapnap
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 napnapnapnapnap
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 napnapnapnapnap
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 napnapnapnapnap
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 napnapnapnapnap
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 napnapnapnapnap
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)napnapnapnapnap
Increase in the real value
 (% change on previous year, adjusted by CPI inflation)		napnapnapnapnap
Average value per transaction (USD)napnapnapnapnap
Average value per inhabitant (USD)napnapnapnapnap
Total value as a ratio to GDP (%)napnapnapnapnap
Daily average value (USD millions)napnapnapnapnap
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 napnapnapnapnap
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 napnapnapnapnap
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 napnapnapnapnap
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 napnapnapnapnap
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 napnapnapnapnap
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 napnapnapnapnap
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 napnapnapnapnap
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 napnapnapnapnap
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 napnapnapnapnap
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 napnapnapnapnap
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 napnapnapnapnap
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 napnapnapnapnap
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 napnapnapnapnap
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 napnapnapnapnap
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 287,882295,955314,864316,944319,744
With a cash function napnapnapnapnap
With a debit function 161,087164,176165,994167,129164,410
With a delayed debit function napnapnapnapnap
With a credit function 99,462105,063110,976113,729117,689
With an e-money function 27,33426,71637,89436,08637,644
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 -0.02.86.40.70.9
With a cash function napnapnapnapnap
With a debit function -1.91.91.10.7-1.6
With a delayed debit function napnapnapnapnap
With a credit function 4.05.65.62.53.5
With an e-money function -2.8-2.341.8-4.84.3
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 5.615.746.086.116.18
With a cash function napnapnapnapnap
With a debit function 3.143.183.213.223.18
With a delayed debit function napnapnapnapnap
With a credit function 1.942.042.142.192.27
With an e-money function 0.530.520.730.700.73
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 napnapnapnapnap
EFTPOS terminals: total napnapnapnapnap
EFTPOS terminals: contactless napnapnapnapnap
ATMs: total 121120119118117
ATMs: cash withdrawal 121120119118117
ATMs: cash deposit 121120119118117
ATMs: credit transfer 121120119118117
ATMs: contactless napnapnapnapnap
Terminals located in the country: increase in the number of terminals
 (% change on previous year)
POS terminals napnapnapnapnap
EFTPOS terminals: total napnapnapnapnap
EFTPOS terminals: contactless napnapnapnapnap
ATMs: total 1.0-1.3-0.4-1.5-0.3
ATMs: cash withdrawal 1.0-1.3-0.4-1.5-0.3
ATMs: cash deposit 1.0-1.3-0.4-1.5-0.3
ATMs: credit transfer 1.0-1.3-0.4-1.5-0.3
ATMs: contactless napnapnapnapnap
Number of terminals per inhabitant
 (units)
POS terminals napnapnapnapnap
EFTPOS terminals: total napnapnapnapnap
EFTPOS terminals: contactless napnapnapnapnap
ATMs: total 0.0020.0020.0020.0020.002
ATMs: cash withdrawal 0.0020.0020.0020.0020.002
ATMs: cash deposit 0.0020.0020.0020.0020.002
ATMs: credit transfer 0.0020.0020.0020.0020.002
ATMs: contactless napnapnapnapnap