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At the end of 2021, 317.91 million lei banknotes of various denominations were in circulation in Moldova for a total of 34 billion 494.9 million lei.

At the end of 2021, 317.91 million lei banknotes of various denominations were in circulation in Moldova for a total of 34 billion 494.9 million lei.

Such data were presented by the National Bank of Moldova in its report for last year, noting that the number of banknotes in circulation in quantitative terms decreased by 4.2% over the year, and in value terms - increased by 5%. At the end of 2021, in quantitative terms, the most in circulation were banknotes with a nominal value of 1 lei - 83.49 million pieces, which is 26.26% of the total. This is followed by denominations of 200 lei - 81.49 million pieces (25.63% of the total), denominations of 100 lei - 49.47 million pieces (15.56%), and denominations of 50 lei - 40.05 million pieces (12.6%). There were also 17.83 million 10 lei banknotes in circulation (5.61%), 15.54 million 5 lei banknotes (4.89%), 13.51 million 20 lei banknotes (4.25%). There were also 11.76 million banknotes worth 500 lei (3.7%) and 4.76 million banknotes worth 1 thousand lei (1.5%). Taking into account the nominal value, in monetary terms, the largest share in the cash turnover at the end of 2021 was accounted for by 200 lei banknotes - they were issued for a total amount of about 16.3 billion lei (46.91% of the total amount of paper money in circulation). Next come 500-lei banknotes - their total nominal value amounted to 5.88 billion lei (16.92%), 100-lei banknotes - by 4.95 billion lei (14.24%), banknotes of 1000 lei - 4.76 billion lei (13.69%), 50-lei banknotes - for 2 billion lei (5.76%).The total nominal value of 20-lei banknotes was 270.3 million lei (0.78% of the total amount of paper money in circulation), 10-lei banknotes - 178.3 million lei (0.51%), 1-lei banknotes - 83 .49 million lei (0.24%), 5-lei banknotes - 77.7 million lei (0.22%). // 18.04.2022- InfoMarket.

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