Payments

Digital wallets now carry more than half of online spending worldwide

Worldpay's 2026 Global Payments Report covers 42 markets. Wallets were 33% of in-store value worldwide in 2025. Among the markets charted here, their share of ecommerce value runs from 89% in China to 39% in the United States.

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      Key number: 56%. Share of ecommerce value paid by digital wallet worldwide in 2025.

      The data

      Bar chart, Share of ecommerce value, 2025: China 89%; India 68%; Worldwide 56%; Germany 52%; Brazil (Pix) 42%; United States 39%.
      Share of ecommerce value, 2025. Digital wallets, except where the method is named. Pix is an instant bank-transfer system, not a wallet.
      • 32% of Shopify's Black Friday Cyber Monday 2025 orders used Shop Pay, and Shop Pay sales rose 39% from 2024.

      The numbers in a table

      Item Percent of ecommerce value Notes
      China 89% Alipay and WeChat Pay. In store: 87%
      India 68% UPI-driven wallet ecosystem. In store: 61%
      Worldwide 56% Digital wallets, 42 markets. In store: 33%
      Germany 52% Digital wallets, the highest in Western Europe
      Brazil (Pix) 42% Pix, an instant bank-transfer system. In store: 34%
      United States 39% Digital wallets. In store: 17%

      What it means for your store

      Payment habits differ sharply by market. List the markets you sell to, find the leading local method in each, and confirm your checkout offers it before you spend on traffic there.

      About these numbers

      Market figures are quoted as reported by Payment Expert from the Worldpay report. The in-store shares are in the notes under each bar.

      Sources

      1. Worldpay, Global Payments Report 2026, as reported by Payment Expert. 11th edition, published March 31, 2026, 42 markets, 2025 data. Reported April 1, 2026.
      2. Shopify, Black Friday Cyber Monday 2025 results. December 2, 2025.
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