
which consists of 17 of the 28 member states of the European Union :
Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Spain.
The currency is also used in a further five European countries and consequently used daily by some 332 million Europeans.
Additionally, more than 175 million people worldwide—including 150 million people in Africa—use currencies pegged to the euro.