The payment statistics in the below overview have been taken from the 2021 payment statistics as published by the European Central Bank under the link. The methodology for the collection of these data can be equally found under this link.
We note that there are no data available for payment transactions carried out in accordance with the Direct Debits Business-to-Business ( ) scheme. However, we know that the number of transactions carried out in accordance with the scheme are negligible as regards their transaction numbers.
There are equally no payment statistics available for the number of payment transactions carried out in accordance with the Instant Credit Transfer ( ) scheme at this moment.
The payment statistics for euro payments in the non-euro countries and non European Economic Area ( ) countries are unfortunately not available at this time. The will update these payment statistics as soon as an updated set of data will become available. Furthermore, some data are missing accordingly.
|
Country |
Credit Transfers |
Direct Debits |
|
Belgium |
1898,6 |
539,6 |
|
Bulgaria |
13,4 |
Data are confidential / data have not been reported |
|
Czech Republic |
13,7 |
0 |
|
Denmark |
4,3 |
Data are confidential / data have not been reported |
|
Germany |
7072,6 |
11597,9 |
|
Estonia |
174,9 |
Phenomenon does not exist/ data not collected |
|
Ireland |
413,2 |
157,7 |
|
Greece |
476,4 |
25,9 |
|
Spain |
1489,2 |
2065,4 |
|
France |
4775,6 |
5020,1 |
|
Croatia |
5,5 |
0,4 |
|
Italy |
1232,2 |
Data are confidential / data have not been reported |
|
Cyprus |
26,1 |
Data are confidential / data have not been reported |
|
Latvia |
199 |
0 |
|
Lithuania |
288,2 |
Phenomenon does not exist/ data not collected |
|
Luxembourg |
76,7 |
21,7 |
|
Hungary |
16,6 |
0 |
|
Malta |
21,4 |
Data are confidential / data have not been reported |
|
Netherlands |
3312,9 |
1613,9 |
|
Austria |
658 |
473,5 |
|
Poland |
Phenomenon does not exist/ data not collected |
Phenomenon does not exist/ data not collected |
|
Portugal |
347,1 |
235,9 |
|
Romania |
57,6 |
Data are confidential / data have not been reported |
|
Slovenia |
144,5 |
41,8 |
|
Slovakia |
424,9 |
38 |
|
Finland |
1138,5 |
Phenomenon does not exist / data not collected |
|
Sweden |
Phenomenon does not exist / data not collected |
Data are confidential / data have not been reported |
| Total* | 24281,1 | 21777,9 |
Number of payments sent in millions, total for the period (2021).
* Please note that these totals are based on data made available by the European Central Bank, whereby the data related to some
countries are currently not available.