Triennial share of contactless at POS in the euro area 2019-2022, by country
According to 2022 payment diaries, there were significant differences between the euro area countries when it comes to mobile proximity payments. Slovakia, for instance, led a ranking that compared contactless payments against the overall card payments within each country, and was followed by Greece and Slovenia. Does this mean these countries are the biggest contactless payment markets in Europe? Not necessarily, as this survey does not include countries like the United Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark, or Poland - all countries that do not have the euro (which was the scope of this survey) - and who have a reputation for being into contactless payments. Statista made its own contactless market share ranking within European POS sales, which includes the aforementioned countries. Additionally, card payments per capita varied greatly between the various European countries: Slovakia ranked as the 24th country in Europe in terms of how much each domestic consumer spent using either a debit card or a credit card.