 Croatia will adopt the Euro from the 1st of January 2023. Right now 19 of the 27 EU members are part of the Euro area. That'll grow to 20 when Croatia joins. But do you know the steps a country must take to join the Euro? First, the country must be a member of the European Union. Second, it must fulfill what are called the convergence criteria. These look at the country's economy and whether it can keep pace with the countries already using the Euro. Other factors are also taken into account, such as the strength of the country's institutions. The ECB and the European Commission regularly report on the progress that countries without the Euro are making in fulfilling the convergence criteria. Croatia has now fulfilled the criteria and we can't wait to welcome them into the Euro family.