Credit card figures include cards with a credit function and a delayed debit function.
Supplementary notes
Until November 2023, all figures on credit cards and debit cards from the European Central Bank were estimates based on certain criteria. Typically, it meant the figures were about "cards with a credit function" or "card with a debit function". From 2023 onwards, the ECB started reporting figures specifically covering "credit cards" and "debit cards". That said, numbers can differ between the years as domestic definitions and recording methods changed.
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Annual number of credit card transactions in Ireland 2000-2025, per capita
The number of credit card transactions in the Republic of Ireland grew to nearly per capita in 2025, which equaled several hundreds of millions of transactions. Up to 2025, the trend of increasing credit card payments was observed, contrary to the previous declining trend seen up to 2024. In the United Kingdom, for example, UK consumers started to pay off credit card debt during lockdown. Note that card figures are not as easily measured in all countries. See the "Details" tab for more information.
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