Euro facts & stats

Question 1

The euro is the world's ___ largest reserve currency held by central banks, after the U.S. dollar.

Accepted Answer

2nd-largest. Central banks around the world hold euros as part of their foreign currency reserves, second only to dollars.

Question 2

About how many people worldwide use a currency pegged to the euro's value, outside the eurozone itself?

Accepted Answer

over 200 million. Several countries fix their own currency's value to the euro, even without officially adopting it.

Question 3

As of December 2019, about how much euro cash (banknotes and coins) was in circulation?

Accepted Answer

more than €1.3 trillion. That gives the euro one of the highest combined values of cash in circulation of any currency in the world.

Question 4

What was the eurozone's annual inflation rate as of June 2026?

Accepted Answer

2.8%. The European Central Bank generally targets inflation of around 2% over the medium term.

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