Cash usage in many countries was already declining before COVID-19 hit, and concerns about banknotes and coins transmitting the virus could speed up its demise further. Using a ranking created by GlobalData – which analysed data from 2019 on smartphone and internet banking usage, the number of cards owned by each person, frequency of card usage and e-commerce spending as a percentage of GDP – click or scroll through to see the nations that are predicted to be the first to go cash-free.