How many euro banknotes are in circulation?

Money hard Data from 2024

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Answer in banknotes. Shorthand like 9m or 1.2bn works.

The answer

29,000,000,000 banknotes

Roughly 29B.

There are around 29 billion euro banknotes in circulation, worth roughly €1.6 trillion. The €500 note was discontinued in 2019 because of its popularity with organised crime, though existing ones remain legal tender.

Where this number comes from

Source European Central Bank
Figure refers to 2024
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