Pillar guide
Cash usage by country
Pick a country to see whether cash is still king, what ATMs and cards are like, and what to expect when you're there.
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Afghanistan
Cash-first Albania
Cash-first Algeria
Cash-first Andorra
Going cashless Angola
Cash-first Antigua and Barbuda
Mixed Argentina
Cash-first Armenia
Mixed Australia
Going cashless Austria
Cash-first Azerbaijan
Mixed Bahamas
Mixed Bahrain
Going cashless Bangladesh
Cash-first Barbados
Going cashless Belarus
Cash-first Belgium
Going cashless Belize
Mixed Benin
Cash-first Bhutan
Cash-first Bolivia
Cash-first Bosnia and Herzegovina
Cash-first Botswana
Mixed Brazil
Mixed Brunei
Going cashless Bulgaria
Cash-first Burkina Faso
Cash-first Burundi
Cash-first Cambodia
Cash-first Cameroon
Cash-first Canada
Going cashless Cape Verde
Mixed Central African Republic
Cash-first Chad
Cash-first Chile
Mixed China
Mixed Colombia
Cash-first Comoros
Cash-first Costa Rica
Mixed Croatia
Mixed Cuba
Cash-first Cyprus
Mixed Czech Republic
Mixed Denmark
Going cashless Djibouti
Cash-first Dominica
Cash-first Dominican Republic
Mixed DR Congo
Cash-first Ecuador
Cash-first Egypt
Cash-first El Salvador
Mixed Equatorial Guinea
Cash-first Eritrea
Cash-first Estonia
Going cashless Eswatini
Mixed Ethiopia
Cash-first Fiji
Mixed Finland
Going cashless France
Mixed Gabon
Cash-first Gambia
Cash-first Georgia
Mixed Germany
Cash-first Ghana
Cash-first Greece
Mixed Grenada
Mixed Guatemala
Cash-first Guinea-Bissau
Cash-first Guinea
Cash-first Guyana
Cash-first Haiti
Cash-first Honduras
Cash-first Hong Kong
Going cashless Hungary
Mixed Iceland
Going cashless India
Cash-first Indonesia
Cash-first Iran
Cash-first Iraq
Cash-first Ireland
Going cashless Israel
Going cashless Italy
Cash-first Ivory Coast
Cash-first Jamaica
Mixed Japan
Cash-first Jordan
Mixed Kazakhstan
Mixed Kenya
Mixed Kiribati
Cash-first Kosovo
Cash-first Kuwait
Going cashless Kyrgyzstan
Cash-first Laos
Cash-first Latvia
Going cashless Lebanon
Cash-first Lesotho
Cash-first Liberia
Cash-first Libya
Cash-first Liechtenstein
Going cashless Lithuania
Going cashless Luxembourg
Going cashless Madagascar
Cash-first Malawi
Cash-first Malaysia
Mixed Maldives
Mixed Mali
Cash-first Malta
Mixed Marshall Islands
Cash-first Mauritius
Going cashless Mexico
Cash-first Micronesia
Cash-first Moldova
Cash-first Monaco
Going cashless Mongolia
Cash-first Montenegro
Mixed Morocco
Cash-first Mozambique
Cash-first Myanmar
Cash-first Namibia
Mixed Nauru
Cash-first Nepal
Cash-first Netherlands
Going cashless New Zealand
Going cashless Nicaragua
Cash-first Niger
Cash-first Nigeria
Cash-first North Korea
Cash-first North Macedonia
Cash-first Norway
Going cashless Oman
Mixed Pakistan
Cash-first Palau
Mixed Panama
Mixed Papua New Guinea
Cash-first Paraguay
Cash-first Peru
Cash-first Philippines
Cash-first Poland
Mixed Portugal
Mixed Qatar
Going cashless Republic of Congo
Cash-first Romania
Mixed Rwanda
Mixed Samoa
Mixed San Marino
Mixed São Tomé and PrÃncipe
Cash-first Saudi Arabia
Going cashless Senegal
Cash-first Serbia
Cash-first Seychelles
Going cashless Sierra Leone
Cash-first Singapore
Going cashless Slovakia
Mixed Slovenia
Going cashless Solomon Islands
Cash-first Somalia
Cash-first South Africa
Mixed South Korea
Going cashless South Sudan
Cash-first Spain
Mixed Sri Lanka
Cash-first St. Kitts and Nevis
Mixed St. Lucia
Mixed St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Cash-first Sudan
Cash-first Suriname
Cash-first Sweden
Going cashless Switzerland
Mixed Syria
Cash-first Taiwan
Mixed Tajikistan
Cash-first Tanzania
Cash-first Thailand
Cash-first Timor-Leste
Cash-first Togo
Cash-first Tonga
Cash-first Trinidad and Tobago
Mixed Tunisia
Cash-first Turkey
Mixed Turkmenistan
Cash-first Tuvalu
Cash-first Uganda
Cash-first Ukraine
Mixed United Arab Emirates
Going cashless United Kingdom
Going cashless United States
Mixed Uruguay
Mixed Uzbekistan
Cash-first Vanuatu
Cash-first Vatican City
Going cashless Venezuela
Cash-first Vietnam
Cash-first Yemen
Cash-first Zambia
Cash-first Zimbabwe
Cash-first