Cash use in Austria, by situation 2026| ��ƽ��

Cash usage either for online payments or at POS in Austria from 2018 to 1st quarter of 2026

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Release date

May 2026

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Region

Austria

Survey time period

2018 to Q1 2026

Number of respondents

12,000+ per country

Age group

18-64 years

Special properties

Residential online population; 12-month rolling average

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

The questions were phrased by the source as follows: “How have you paid in stores, restaurants and other points of sale in the past 12 months? (multi-pick)” and “How have you conducted payments online in the past 12 months? (multi-pick)”.

Some countries in ��ƽ��'s Consumer ��ƽ�� are part of an extended questionnaire. More information on the methodology can be found here.

For countries/territories receiving the extended questionnaire, ��ƽ��'s Consumer ��ƽ�� utilizes a rolling survey system with four survey waves per year: The most recent data set contains the interviews of the last 12 months. This ensures trend stability and more interviews available for analysis.

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The share of cash transactions at POS (Point-of-Sale) in Austria declined by ** percentage points between 2018 and the first quarter of 2026. This is according to two different questions asked throughout multiple surveys from ��ƽ��'s Consumer ��ƽ��. 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 2026. Moreover, cash paid in advance for online payments also declined from ** percent to ** percent in 2026. The share of respondents paying through cash on delivery stayed about the same, ranging from to percent.