Annual number of direct debits in the euro area as a whole 2000-2022
The number of direct debit payments made in the euro area declined by over about 1.8 billion between 2021 and 2022. It can be seen that this was the first time since 2013 that the number of direct debit payments decreased. In 2010, the number of payments amounted to 18 billion, by 2020 this reached a figure of 21.3 billion.