The data displays the value of card payments as a ratio to GDP in Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands from 2010 to 2016. In 2016, the value of card payments in Belgium was worth approx. 19% of its GDP. In Luxembourg and the Netherlands this ratio reached values of 16 and 18.7% respectively.
Like in other European countries, credit and debit cards are a popular form of digital payment methods for either physical purchases in brick-and-mortar-stores or for online purchases in the Benelux region. In 2016, Luxembourg had approx.
2010 | 16.09 | 12.22 | 14.9 |
2011 | 16.7 | 13.42 | 14.98 |
2012 | 17.3 | 14.5 | 15.3 |
2013 | 18.3 | 14.3 | 15.8 |
2014 | 18.4 | 14.7 | 16.5 |
2015 | 18.9 | 15 | 17.9 |
2016 | 19 | 15.9 | 18.7 |