This statistic illustrates the results of a survey, asking citizens of eurozone countries the extent to which they do, or do not, convert the price of different purchases in euro to the previous national currency, as of October 2019. It can be seen that 12 percent of respondents reported they usually convert currencies for exceptional/big purchases, and another 16 percent reported converting for everyday common purchases at that time.
Today, when you are buying things do you tend to convert from the price in euro to the previous national currency?
Characteristic
Share of respondents
No. not at all
68%
Yes, for common purchases such as day-to-day shopping
16%
Yes, for exceptional purchases such as the purchase of a car or a house
12%
It depends (spontaneous)
2%
You don't remember the value of the previous currency (spontaneous)
The question in full read as follows: "Today when you are buying things do you tend to convert from the price in euro to the previous national currency when it concerns:"
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). Today, when you are buying things do you tend to convert from the price in euro to the previous national currency? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/380176/eurozone-euro-conversion-previous-currency-purchases/
European Commission. "Today, when you are buying things do you tend to convert from the price in euro to the previous national currency?." Chart. November 30, 2019. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/380176/eurozone-euro-conversion-previous-currency-purchases/
European Commission. (2019). Today, when you are buying things do you tend to convert from the price in euro to the previous national currency?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/380176/eurozone-euro-conversion-previous-currency-purchases/
European Commission. "Today, When You Are Buying Things Do You Tend to Convert from The Price in Euro to The Previous National Currency?." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Nov 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/380176/eurozone-euro-conversion-previous-currency-purchases/
European Commission, Today, when you are buying things do you tend to convert from the price in euro to the previous national currency? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/380176/eurozone-euro-conversion-previous-currency-purchases/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Today, when you are buying things do you tend to convert from the price in euro to the previous national currency? [Graph], European Commission, November 30, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/380176/eurozone-euro-conversion-previous-currency-purchases/
