This statistic shows the average amount of carried cash in the Netherlands from 2010 to 2016, by age group (in euros). In 2010, 55- to 64-year-olds carried an average of approximately 51 euros in cash.
The source states that the numbers provided concern payments "made at points of sale – e.g. shops, bars, restaurants, hotels, petrol stations, services, markets, vending machines – and person-to-person payments". Purchases from online shops and bank transfers between consumers were excluded from the survey.
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DNB, & The Dutch Payments Association. (April 7, 2017). Average amount of carried cash in the Netherlands from 2010 to 2016, by age group (in euros) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 31, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/697865/average-amount-of-carried-cash-in-the-netherlands-by-age-group/
DNB, und The Dutch Payments Association. "Average amount of carried cash in the Netherlands from 2010 to 2016, by age group (in euros)." Chart. April 7, 2017. Statista. Accessed May 31, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/697865/average-amount-of-carried-cash-in-the-netherlands-by-age-group/
DNB, The Dutch Payments Association. (2017). Average amount of carried cash in the Netherlands from 2010 to 2016, by age group (in euros). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 31, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/697865/average-amount-of-carried-cash-in-the-netherlands-by-age-group/
DNB, and The Dutch Payments Association. "Average Amount of Carried Cash in The Netherlands from 2010 to 2016, by Age Group (in Euros)." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Apr 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/697865/average-amount-of-carried-cash-in-the-netherlands-by-age-group/
DNB & The Dutch Payments Association, Average amount of carried cash in the Netherlands from 2010 to 2016, by age group (in euros) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/697865/average-amount-of-carried-cash-in-the-netherlands-by-age-group/ (last visited May 31, 2025)
Average amount of carried cash in the Netherlands from 2010 to 2016, by age group (in euros) [Graph], DNB, & The Dutch Payments Association, April 7, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/697865/average-amount-of-carried-cash-in-the-netherlands-by-age-group/
