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.
AF Afghanistan 
Cash-first AL Albania 
Cash-first DZ Algeria 
Cash-first AD Andorra 
Going cashless AO Angola 
Cash-first AG Antigua and Barbuda 
Mixed AR Argentina 
Cash-first AM Armenia 
Mixed AU Australia 
Going cashless AT Austria 
Cash-first AZ Azerbaijan 
Mixed BS Bahamas 
Mixed BH Bahrain 
Going cashless BD Bangladesh 
Cash-first BB Barbados 
Going cashless BY Belarus 
Cash-first BE Belgium 
Going cashless BZ Belize 
Mixed BJ Benin 
Cash-first BT Bhutan 
Cash-first BO Bolivia 
Cash-first BA Bosnia and Herzegovina 
Cash-first BW Botswana 
Mixed BR Brazil 
Mixed BN Brunei 
Going cashless BG Bulgaria 
Cash-first BF Burkina Faso 
Cash-first BI Burundi 
Cash-first KH Cambodia 
Cash-first CM Cameroon 
Cash-first CA Canada 
Going cashless CV Cape Verde 
Mixed CF Central African Republic 
Cash-first TD Chad 
Cash-first CL Chile 
Mixed CN China 
Mixed CO Colombia 
Cash-first KM Comoros 
Cash-first CR Costa Rica 
Mixed HR Croatia 
Mixed CU Cuba 
Cash-first CY Cyprus 
Mixed CZ Czech Republic 
Mixed DK Denmark 
Going cashless DJ Djibouti 
Cash-first DM Dominica 
Cash-first DO Dominican Republic 
Mixed CD DR Congo 
Cash-first EC Ecuador 
Cash-first EG Egypt 
Cash-first SV El Salvador 
Mixed GQ Equatorial Guinea 
Cash-first ER Eritrea 
Cash-first EE Estonia 
Going cashless SZ Eswatini 
Mixed ET Ethiopia 
Cash-first FJ Fiji 
Mixed FI Finland 
Going cashless FR France 
Mixed GA Gabon 
Cash-first GM Gambia 
Cash-first GE Georgia 
Mixed DE Germany 
Cash-first GH Ghana 
Cash-first GR Greece 
Mixed GD Grenada 
Mixed GT Guatemala 
Cash-first GN Guinea 
Cash-first GW Guinea-Bissau 
Cash-first GY Guyana 
Cash-first HT Haiti 
Cash-first HN Honduras 
Cash-first HK Hong Kong 
Going cashless HU Hungary 
Mixed IS Iceland 
Going cashless IN India 
Cash-first ID Indonesia 
Cash-first IR Iran 
Cash-first IQ Iraq 
Cash-first IE Ireland 
Going cashless IL Israel 
Going cashless IT Italy 
Cash-first CI Ivory Coast 
Cash-first JM Jamaica 
Mixed JP Japan 
Cash-first JO Jordan 
Mixed KZ Kazakhstan 
Mixed KE Kenya 
Mixed KI Kiribati 
Cash-first XK Kosovo 
Cash-first KW Kuwait 
Going cashless KG Kyrgyzstan 
Cash-first LA Laos 
Cash-first LV Latvia 
Going cashless LB Lebanon 
Cash-first LS Lesotho 
Cash-first LR Liberia 
Cash-first LY Libya 
Cash-first LI Liechtenstein 
Going cashless LT Lithuania 
Going cashless LU Luxembourg 
Going cashless MG Madagascar 
Cash-first MW Malawi 
Cash-first MY Malaysia 
Mixed MV Maldives 
Mixed ML Mali 
Cash-first MT Malta 
Mixed MH Marshall Islands 
Cash-first MU Mauritius 
Going cashless MX Mexico 
Cash-first FM Micronesia 
Cash-first MD Moldova 
Cash-first MC Monaco 
Going cashless MN Mongolia 
Cash-first ME Montenegro 
Mixed MA Morocco 
Cash-first MZ Mozambique 
Cash-first MM Myanmar 
Cash-first NA Namibia 
Mixed NR Nauru 
Cash-first NP Nepal 
Cash-first NL Netherlands 
Going cashless NZ New Zealand 
Going cashless NI Nicaragua 
Cash-first NE Niger 
Cash-first NG Nigeria 
Cash-first KP North Korea 
Cash-first MK North Macedonia 
Cash-first NO Norway 
Going cashless OM Oman 
Mixed PK Pakistan 
Cash-first PW Palau 
Mixed PA Panama 
Mixed PG Papua New Guinea 
Cash-first PY Paraguay 
Cash-first PE Peru 
Cash-first PH Philippines 
Cash-first PL Poland 
Mixed PT Portugal 
Mixed QA Qatar 
Going cashless CG Republic of Congo 
Cash-first RO Romania 
Mixed RW Rwanda 
Mixed WS Samoa 
Mixed SM San Marino 
Mixed ST São Tomé and Príncipe 
Cash-first SA Saudi Arabia 
Going cashless SN Senegal 
Cash-first RS Serbia 
Cash-first SC Seychelles 
Going cashless SL Sierra Leone 
Cash-first SG Singapore 
Going cashless SK Slovakia 
Mixed SI Slovenia 
Going cashless SB Solomon Islands 
Cash-first SO Somalia 
Cash-first ZA South Africa 
Mixed KR South Korea 
Going cashless SS South Sudan 
Cash-first ES Spain 
Mixed LK Sri Lanka 
Cash-first KN St. Kitts and Nevis 
Mixed LC St. Lucia 
Mixed VC St. Vincent and the Grenadines 
Cash-first SD Sudan 
Cash-first SR Suriname 
Cash-first SE Sweden 
Going cashless CH Switzerland 
Mixed SY Syria 
Cash-first TW Taiwan 
Mixed TJ Tajikistan 
Cash-first TZ Tanzania 
Cash-first TH Thailand 
Cash-first TL Timor-Leste 
Cash-first TG Togo 
Cash-first TO Tonga 
Cash-first TT Trinidad and Tobago 
Mixed TN Tunisia 
Cash-first TR Turkey 
Mixed TM Turkmenistan 
Cash-first TV Tuvalu 
Cash-first UG Uganda 
Cash-first UA Ukraine 
Mixed AE United Arab Emirates 
Going cashless GB United Kingdom 
Going cashless US United States 
Mixed UY Uruguay 
Mixed UZ Uzbekistan 
Cash-first VU Vanuatu 
Cash-first VA Vatican City 
Going cashless VE Venezuela 
Cash-first VN Vietnam 
Cash-first YE Yemen 
Cash-first ZM Zambia 
Cash-first ZW Zimbabwe 
Cash-first
Cash-first AL Albania Cash-first DZ Algeria Cash-first AD Andorra Going cashless AO Angola Cash-first AG Antigua and Barbuda Mixed AR Argentina Cash-first AM Armenia Mixed AU Australia Going cashless AT Austria Cash-first AZ Azerbaijan Mixed BS Bahamas Mixed BH Bahrain Going cashless BD Bangladesh Cash-first BB Barbados Going cashless BY Belarus Cash-first BE Belgium Going cashless BZ Belize Mixed BJ Benin Cash-first BT Bhutan Cash-first BO Bolivia Cash-first BA Bosnia and Herzegovina Cash-first BW Botswana Mixed BR Brazil Mixed BN Brunei Going cashless BG Bulgaria Cash-first BF Burkina Faso Cash-first BI Burundi Cash-first KH Cambodia Cash-first CM Cameroon Cash-first CA Canada Going cashless CV Cape Verde Mixed CF Central African Republic Cash-first TD Chad Cash-first CL Chile Mixed CN China Mixed CO Colombia Cash-first KM Comoros Cash-first CR Costa Rica Mixed HR Croatia Mixed CU Cuba Cash-first CY Cyprus Mixed CZ Czech Republic Mixed DK Denmark Going cashless DJ Djibouti Cash-first DM Dominica Cash-first DO Dominican Republic Mixed CD DR Congo Cash-first EC Ecuador Cash-first EG Egypt Cash-first SV El Salvador Mixed GQ Equatorial Guinea Cash-first ER Eritrea Cash-first EE Estonia Going cashless SZ Eswatini Mixed ET Ethiopia Cash-first FJ Fiji Mixed FI Finland Going cashless FR France Mixed GA Gabon Cash-first GM Gambia Cash-first GE Georgia Mixed DE Germany Cash-first GH Ghana Cash-first GR Greece Mixed GD Grenada Mixed GT Guatemala Cash-first GN Guinea Cash-first GW Guinea-Bissau Cash-first GY Guyana Cash-first HT Haiti Cash-first HN Honduras Cash-first HK Hong Kong Going cashless HU Hungary Mixed IS Iceland Going cashless IN India Cash-first ID Indonesia Cash-first IR Iran Cash-first IQ Iraq Cash-first IE Ireland Going cashless IL Israel Going cashless IT Italy Cash-first CI Ivory Coast Cash-first JM Jamaica Mixed JP Japan Cash-first JO Jordan Mixed KZ Kazakhstan Mixed KE Kenya Mixed KI Kiribati Cash-first XK Kosovo Cash-first KW Kuwait Going cashless KG Kyrgyzstan Cash-first LA Laos Cash-first LV Latvia Going cashless LB Lebanon Cash-first LS Lesotho Cash-first LR Liberia Cash-first LY Libya Cash-first LI Liechtenstein Going cashless LT Lithuania Going cashless LU Luxembourg Going cashless MG Madagascar Cash-first MW Malawi Cash-first MY Malaysia Mixed MV Maldives Mixed ML Mali Cash-first MT Malta Mixed MH Marshall Islands Cash-first MU Mauritius Going cashless MX Mexico Cash-first FM Micronesia Cash-first MD Moldova Cash-first MC Monaco Going cashless MN Mongolia Cash-first ME Montenegro Mixed MA Morocco Cash-first MZ Mozambique Cash-first MM Myanmar Cash-first NA Namibia Mixed NR Nauru Cash-first NP Nepal Cash-first NL Netherlands Going cashless NZ New Zealand Going cashless NI Nicaragua Cash-first NE Niger Cash-first NG Nigeria Cash-first KP North Korea Cash-first MK North Macedonia Cash-first NO Norway Going cashless OM Oman Mixed PK Pakistan Cash-first PW Palau Mixed PA Panama Mixed PG Papua New Guinea Cash-first PY Paraguay Cash-first PE Peru Cash-first PH Philippines Cash-first PL Poland Mixed PT Portugal Mixed QA Qatar Going cashless CG Republic of Congo Cash-first RO Romania Mixed RW Rwanda Mixed WS Samoa Mixed SM San Marino Mixed ST São Tomé and Príncipe Cash-first SA Saudi Arabia Going cashless SN Senegal Cash-first RS Serbia Cash-first SC Seychelles Going cashless SL Sierra Leone Cash-first SG Singapore Going cashless SK Slovakia Mixed SI Slovenia Going cashless SB Solomon Islands Cash-first SO Somalia Cash-first ZA South Africa Mixed KR South Korea Going cashless SS South Sudan Cash-first ES Spain Mixed LK Sri Lanka Cash-first KN St. Kitts and Nevis Mixed LC St. Lucia Mixed VC St. Vincent and the Grenadines Cash-first SD Sudan Cash-first SR Suriname Cash-first SE Sweden Going cashless CH Switzerland Mixed SY Syria Cash-first TW Taiwan Mixed TJ Tajikistan Cash-first TZ Tanzania Cash-first TH Thailand Cash-first TL Timor-Leste Cash-first TG Togo Cash-first TO Tonga Cash-first TT Trinidad and Tobago Mixed TN Tunisia Cash-first TR Turkey Mixed TM Turkmenistan Cash-first TV Tuvalu Cash-first UG Uganda Cash-first UA Ukraine Mixed AE United Arab Emirates Going cashless GB United Kingdom Going cashless US United States Mixed UY Uruguay Mixed UZ Uzbekistan Cash-first VU Vanuatu Cash-first VA Vatican City Going cashless VE Venezuela Cash-first VN Vietnam Cash-first YE Yemen Cash-first ZM Zambia Cash-first ZW Zimbabwe Cash-first No countries match your search.