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Where the euro and Schengen reach

Two memberships that overlap, country by country - real data, as of September 2026.

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The euro and Schengen

As of September 2026. Choose a country to light its group.

Euro + Schengen

Schengen only

Euro only

Euro, unilateral

Neither

Source: Wikipedia, Eurozone and Schengen Area.

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Norway, Switzerland, Iceland

Its own currency. Inside the Schengen Area. Not in the EU; inside Schengen through the European Free Trade Association.

France, Austria, Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Finland

Euro since 1999. Inside the Schengen Area.

Tunisia, Syria, Armenia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Turkey, Albania, United Kingdom, Georgia and 3 more

Its own currency. Outside the Schengen Area.

Sweden, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Denmark, Czechia

Its own currency. Inside the Schengen Area.

Lithuania

Euro since 2015. Inside the Schengen Area.

Latvia

Euro since 2014. Inside the Schengen Area.

Estonia

Euro since 2011. Inside the Schengen Area.

Bulgaria

Euro since 2026. Inside the Schengen Area.

Greece

Euro since 2001. Inside the Schengen Area.

Croatia

Euro since 2023. Inside the Schengen Area.

Ireland

Euro since 1999. Outside the Schengen Area. Keeps an opt-out from Schengen to preserve the Common Travel Area with the United Kingdom.

Slovenia

Euro since 2007. Inside the Schengen Area.

Slovakia

Euro since 2009. Inside the Schengen Area.

N. Cyprus

Its own currency. Outside the Schengen Area. Northern Cyprus has been outside the control of the Republic of Cyprus since 1974. EU law is suspended there, and the Turkish lira is used.

Cyprus

Euro since 2008. Outside the Schengen Area. Committed by treaty to join Schengen, and not yet a member.

Montenegro, Kosovo

Uses the euro without being a member of the euro area, and has no say in it. Outside the Schengen Area.

Euro + Schengen

Euro and Schengen: 18 countries on this map.

Schengen only

Schengen, own currency: 9 countries on this map.

Euro only

Euro, outside Schengen: 2 countries on this map.

Euro, unilateral

Uses the euro unilaterally: 2 countries on this map.

Neither

Neither: 14 countries on this map.