Eurozone: euro purchase conversion by country 2018

This statistic shows the habits of eurozone country citizens in regards to making euro to previous national currency conversions when making purchases, as of October 2018, listed by all countries. Approximately 20 percent of Lithuanian respondents reported that they usually convert the price in euro to the previous national currency when making common purchases. In contrast, only six percent of Irish respondents convert currencies under the same circumstances.

Today when you are buying things do you tend to convert from the price in euro to the previous national currency?

Characteristic	Yes, for common purchases such as day-to-day shopping	Yes, for exceptional purchases such as the purchase of a car or a house	No, not at all	It depends	You don't remember the value of the previous currency (spontaneous)	Don't know
Lithuania	20%	13%	60%	7%	0%	0%
Italy	18%	6%	70%	3%	2%	1%
Slovakia	24%	11%	62%	3%	0%	0%
Belgium	22%	23%	50%	2%	2%	1%
Portugal	16%	9%	71%	1%	2%	1%
Germany	17%	20%	58%	3%	1%	1%
Luxembourg	21%	15%	58%	4%	1%	1%
Austria	13%	21%	62%	2%	1%	1%
EURO AREA	15%	15%	65%	3%	1%	1%
France	18%	15%	60%	3%	2%	2%
Greece	16%	7%	73%	2%	1%	1%
Malta	11%	11%	71%	6%	1%	0%
Spain	9%	21%	68%	1%	1%	0%
The Netherlands	8%	15%	71%	4%	1%	1%
Slovenia	8%	4%	86%	1%	1%	0%
Cyprus	10%	6%	81%	1%	1%	1%
Latvia	5%	8%	86%	1%	0%	0%
Estonia	5%	8%	82%	5%	0%	0%
Ireland	6%	2%	89%	0%	1%	2%

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Release date

November 2018

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Region

Europe

Survey time period

October 2018

Number of respondents

17,589 respondents

Age group

15 and older

Special properties

citizens of euro area countries

Method of interview

Telephone interview

Supplementary notes

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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