This statistic shows the attitudes towards the abolishment of one and two cent euro coins (combined with a mandatory rounding up or down of the cost of purchase) in eurozone countries from October 2014 to October 2019. As of 2019 the majority, 65 percent, of respondents supported the removal of the aforementioned coin denominators.
Attitudes towards one and two cent euro coins removal with mandatory rounding of purchase cost in eurozone countries from October 2014 to October 2019
Characteristic
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
Don't know
3%
3%
2%
3%
3%
3%
No
37%
38%
36%
33%
33%
32%
Yes
60%
59%
62%
64%
64%
65%
0%20%40%60%80%
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The full question read as follows: "Are you in favour of abolishing 1- and 2-cent euro coins and applying manatory up and down rounding of the final sum of purchase in shops and supermarkets (i.e. prices can still be set at any cent amount but the final sum of purchase is rounded at the tills to 0 or 5, depending on whether the sum is closer to 0 or to 5".
As of October 2015, the euro is the official currency of 19 Member States of the EU: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain. These countries are collectively known as the euro area.
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European Commission. (November 30, 2019). Attitudes towards one and two cent euro coins removal with mandatory rounding of purchase cost in eurozone countries from October 2014 to October 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 07, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/379889/eurozone-selected-euro-cent-coins-removal/
European Commission. "Attitudes towards one and two cent euro coins removal with mandatory rounding of purchase cost in eurozone countries from October 2014 to October 2019." Chart. November 30, 2019. Statista. Accessed April 07, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/379889/eurozone-selected-euro-cent-coins-removal/
European Commission. (2019). Attitudes towards one and two cent euro coins removal with mandatory rounding of purchase cost in eurozone countries from October 2014 to October 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 07, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/379889/eurozone-selected-euro-cent-coins-removal/
European Commission. "Attitudes towards One and Two Cent Euro Coins Removal with Mandatory Rounding of Purchase Cost in Eurozone Countries from October 2014 to October 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Nov 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/379889/eurozone-selected-euro-cent-coins-removal/
European Commission, Attitudes towards one and two cent euro coins removal with mandatory rounding of purchase cost in eurozone countries from October 2014 to October 2019 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/379889/eurozone-selected-euro-cent-coins-removal/ (last visited April 07, 2025)
Attitudes towards one and two cent euro coins removal with mandatory rounding of purchase cost in eurozone countries from October 2014 to October 2019 [Graph], European Commission, November 30, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/379889/eurozone-selected-euro-cent-coins-removal/
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