Map of euro area 1999 – 2009

16 Member States of the European Union use the euro as their currency

• Belgium
• Germany
• Ireland
• Greece

• Spain
• France
• Italy
• Cyprus

• Luxembourg
• Malta
• The Netherlands
• Austria

• Portugal
• Slovenia
• Slovakia
• Finland

Non-participants

Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Sweden and the United Kingdom are EU Member States but do not currently use the single European currency.