Quarterly adoption of cash by consumers, online or offline, in Austria 2018-2025
The share of cash transactions at POS (Point-of-Sale) in Austria declined by **** percent between 2018 and the first quarter of 2025. This is according to two different questions asked throughout multiple surveys from Statista's Consumer Insights. The numbers shown here refer to a rolling 12-month share of respondents who indicated they used cash in a brick and mortar shop or whilst shopping online. In 2018, the share of respondents using cash transactions at POS (Point-of-Sale) stood at ** percent, which declined to ** percent in the first quarter of 2025. Moreover, cash paid in advance for online payments also declined from ** percent to ** percent in 2024. The share of respondents paying through cash on delivery stayed about the same, ranging from ***** to ** percent.
