Payment card number in France 2000-2022

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 Between 2010 and 2022, the number of payments cards issued in France went through a slight decrease before going up again to reach about 111,9 million cards in 2022. The value of payments made using a payment card with a credit function in France als increased around the same year. 

Card payments in France

  As of 2016, the most used payment instrument in France was still the use of banking cards: more than half of all transactions made that year were carried out through card payment. Nevertheless, innovative means of payments are appearing, such as the contactless payment method with a banking card. Between 2014 and 2018, the number of contactless payments made with a French banking card (CB**) increased by about 90 percent, reaching 2,142 transactions in 2018.  

Digital payments methods are becoming more popular

  According to the 2020 Statista Global Consumer Survey, about the same share of French people declared having used online payment services - like PayPal and Amazon Payments - or credit cards to pay online during the past year. The online payment system PayPal was the most well-known app for online money transfers among the French in 2018: almost nine in ten had already heard of it, while about a third knew the French service Paylib.

Number of cards with a payment function, except cards with an e-money function, in France from 2000 to 2022

Characteristic	Number of cards
2022	111,917,446
2021	90,015,925
2020	87,130,809
2019	84,486,072
2018	81,836,742
2017	79,857,173
2016	78,872,156
2015	77,689,790
2014	81,040,213
2013	82,222,677
2012	82,313,043
2011	83,005,295
2010	84,863,869
2009	86,954,482
2008	85,474,292
2007	82,432,049
2006	77,084,964
2005	78,832,234
2004	45,985,000
2003	44,382,728
2002	41,851,879
2001	39,733,247
2000	36,908,168

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Release date

November 2023

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Region

France

Survey time period

2000 to 2022

Special properties

Issued by resident PSPs; The source significantly changed its database in November 2023. This may mean methodology changes, or not all EU-27 countries reporting the same figures.

Supplementary notes

The figures have been taken from several publications.

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