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The collective name for the 19 countries adopting European Monetary Union (EMU) in full.
The collective name for the 19 countries adopting European Monetary Union (EMU) in full.
Sometimes written 'Euro zone', 'Eurozone', 'eurozone' or 'Euro-zone'.
Sometimes written 'Eurozone', 'eurozone' or 'Euro-zone'.


More formally known as the 'euro area' and more informally as 'euroland'.  
More formally known as the 'euro area' and more informally as 'euroland'.  

Revision as of 22:53, 11 March 2016

The collective name for the 19 countries adopting European Monetary Union (EMU) in full. Sometimes written 'Eurozone', 'eurozone' or 'Euro-zone'.

More formally known as the 'euro area' and more informally as 'euroland'.


The 19 countries in the euro area are:

Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain.


The nine European Union countries which are not in the euro area are:

Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Sweden and the United Kingdom.


See also