

Number of bank cards issued by Euro 6000 in Spain 2012-2016, by card type Number of bank cards issued by ServiRed in Spain 2012-2016, by card type Number of VISA and MasterCard in issue in the United Kingdom 2015, by card typeīancontact and VISA/MasterCard e-commerce transactions in Belgium 2013-2016 Girocard, Visa, Mastercard market share in Germany 2016-2021 MyDebit, Visa, Mastercard market share in Malaysia 2016-2020 Visa, Mastercard market share in Turkey 2017-2022 Visa, Mastercard market share in Indonesia 2016-2020 Visa, Mastercard market share in the UK 2016-2021 In 2019, 12.8 percent of the total payments in the country were made by cash. Sweden is often said to be a cashless society, but is the country totally cashless? According to data from 2018, Sweden is not yet completely cashless, but the trend is going in that direction. For example, Swedish transaction values were higher for debit cards than those from credit cards, reaching a total value value of 824 billion Swedish kronor in 2019.

Payments with debit cards were especially common. A a total of 18.7 million payment cards were issued in Sweden in 2019.

Paying with card is the most common payment method in Sweden. Mastercard was only the second most common while Visa was the leading payment card brand, in terms of purchase volume. On a European level, the market share of Mastercard and Visa was almost reversed to those of Sweden.

Only a small share used American Express (2 percent). In 2021, Mastercard reached a market share of 71 percent, followed by Visa with a market share of 28 percent. The market share of Mastercard in Sweden was significantly larger than that of both Visa and American Express.
