Notes and coin in circulation

The accompanying table shows a breakdown of notes and coin in circulation. The total figure is entered on the liabilities side of the Central Bank´s balance sheet.

In most cases, money in circulation refers to cash outside the Central Bank and deposit money banks. The difference between that figure and the total in the balance sheet is the deposit money banks' overnight cash balance, namely the notes and coin on the asset side of the DMBs' balance sheets at the end of the business day. Part of this cash is kept in the branches of commercial banks and savings banks, and the remainder in their ATMs. 

Notes

Notes in circulation at the end of January 2024

%

10,000 kr.

43,932,170,000

63.8

5,000 kr.

15,928,080,000

23.1

2,000 kr.

208,000,000

0.3

1,000 kr.

6,979,026,500

10.1

500 kr.

1.811,304,500

2.6

Total

68,858,581,000

100.0


Coin

Coin in circulation at the end of January 2024

 %

100 kr.

2,982,500,000

64.3

50 kr.

771,840,000

16.6

10 kr.

627,420,000

13.5

5 kr.

133,634,000

2.9

1 kr.

121,860,000

2.6

Total

4,637,254,000

100.0

 

 

 

Total in circulation

73,495,835,000

 

Below is a chart showing notes and coin in circulation as a proportion of GDP. For some time, this proportion remained close to 1%; however, it rose after the Icelandic banking crisis struck in October 2008, reaching 2.6% by year-end of 2020.