Seventeen nations of Euro Area

Who are the seventeen nations of the Euro Area ?

To be a member of the eurozone or euro area a nation must be trading the currency known as the Euro and to trade the Euro a country must be a member of the European Union but not all members of the EU currently trade the Euro and some countries that are not in the EU do trade to Euro.

It's a complicated matter.

The current seventeen nations of the euro area are listed here.

1. Belgium
2. Germany
3. Ireland
4. Greece
5. Spain
6. Portugal
7. France
8. Finland
9. Italy
10. Luxemberg
11. Netherlands
12. Cyprus
13. Austria
14. Malta
15. Slovania
16. Slovakia
17. Estonia - transitioning from ERM II nation trading the Estii Kroon to trading the Euro in January 2011