Payment services (sent), direct debits and credit transfers (Euro, Euro) by country
Countries reporting
24
Highest
224.20 million
Germany
Lowest
77,169
Cyprus
Median
1.18 million
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
511
What the numbers show
Payment services (sent), direct debits and credit transfers (Euro, Euro) is currently reported for 24 countries. The highest value is 224.20 million in Germany; the lowest is 77,169 in Cyprus.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.18 million, and the mean is 19.92 million.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2,905.
Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Malta (up 452.9%), and the largest decrease in Greece (down 84.2%).
Payment services (sent), direct debits and credit transfers (Euro): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 224.20 million | 2021 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 2 | France | 100.57 million | 2021 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 3 | Netherlands | 44.24 million | 2021 | down 44.1% | rising |
| 4 | Belgium | 25.98 million | 2021 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 5 | Luxembourg | 19.86 million | 2021 | up 81.6% | rising |
| 6 | Italy | 15.16 million | 2021 | down 54.1% | falling |
| 7 | Spain | 14.96 million | 2021 | down 84.1% | falling |
| 8 | Finland | 9.99 million | 2021 | down 17.7% | volatile |
| 9 | Austria | 8.88 million | 2021 | down 21.9% | rising |
| 10 | Ireland | 4.91 million | 2021 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 11 | Denmark | 2.50 million | 2021 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 12 | Portugal | 1.21 million | 2021 | down 78.6% | falling |
| 13 | Poland | 1.15 million | 2021 | up 265.7% | volatile |
| 14 | Greece | 951,619 | 2021 | down 84.2% | volatile |
| 15 | Bulgaria | 837,384 | 2021 | up 192.5% | rising |
| 16 | Slovakia | 746,039 | 2021 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 17 | Malta | 603,381 | 2021 | up 452.9% | volatile |
| 18 | Slovenia | 400,263 | 2021 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 19 | Latvia | 274,923 | 2021 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 20 | Lithuania | 226,863 | 2021 | up 84.1% | volatile |
| 21 | Estonia | 159,053 | 2021 | down 49.4% | volatile |
| 22 | Croatia | 130,022 | 2021 | up 99.3% | rising |
| 23 | Romania | 119,311 | 2021 | up 138.3% | rising |
| 24 | Cyprus | 77,169 | 2021 | down 81.3% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Not applicable 494.57 million
- EU27 (fixed composition) as of 31 January 2020 (brexit) 478.12 million
- EU (changing composition) 478.12 million
- Euro area (changing composition) 473.39 million