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Share of cars in inland passenger transport

34 European countries compared for 2024, eu average 82.5 %. Eurostat data.

First in the ranking

66.9 %

Hungary

EU average

82.5 %

27 member states

Median country

82.9 %

half above, half below

Range

66.9 to 97.8

Hungary - Montenegro

How to read it

Across 34 countries, the highest value is in Montenegro (97.8 %) and the lowest in Hungary (66.9 %).

Half of the countries are above 82.9 % and half below.

The EU average is 82.5 %; 20 of 34 countries are above it.

For the EU as a whole, the value rose from 82.4 % in 2005 to 82.5 % in 2024.

Modal split of inland passenger transport
Percentage · Passenger cars

Eurostat methods can differ from the World Bank data used elsewhere on the site - source and licence.

Travel by car over time

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Ranking of countries

2024

In chart
Hungary in chart	1	Hungary	66.9	−15.6
Switzerland in chart	2	Switzerland non-EU	72.0	−10.5
Türkiye in chart	3	Türkiye non-EU	73.8	−8.7
Austria in chart	4	Austria	76.2	−6.3
Ireland in chart	5	Ireland	77.9	−4.6
Slovakia in chart	6	Slovakia	78.5	−4.0
Belgium in chart	7	Belgium	79.5	−3.0
Luxembourg in chart	8	Luxembourg	80.0	−2.5
Malta in chart	9	Malta	80.3	−2.2
Sweden in chart	10	Sweden	80.7	−1.8
Spain in chart	11	Spain	80.8	−1.7
Poland in chart	12	Poland	81.0	−1.5
Czechia in chart	13	Czechia	81.2	−1.3
Romania in chart	14	Romania	82.1	−0.4
France in chart	15	France	82.6	+0.1
Finland in chart	16	Finland	82.6	+0.1
Cyprus in chart	17	Cyprus	82.8	+0.3
Croatia in chart	18	Croatia	83.0	+0.5
Denmark in chart	19	Denmark	83.1	+0.6
Italy in chart	20	Italy	83.3	+0.8
Latvia in chart	21	Latvia	83.5	+1.0
Germany in chart	22	Germany	84.1	+1.6
Greece in chart	23	Greece	84.1	+1.6
Slovenia in chart	24	Slovenia	85.0	+2.5
Netherlands in chart	25	Netherlands	86.0	+3.5
Estonia in chart	26	Estonia	86.0	+3.5
Serbia in chart	27	Serbia non-EU	86.2	+3.7
Portugal in chart	28	Portugal	87.3	+4.8
Iceland in chart	29	Iceland non-EU	88.4	+5.9
Norway in chart	30	Norway non-EU	88.6	+6.1
Bulgaria in chart	31	Bulgaria	88.8	+6.3
Lithuania in chart	32	Lithuania	91.0	+8.5
North Macedonia in chart	33	North Macedonia non-EU	92.6	+10.1
Montenegro in chart	34	Montenegro non-EU	97.8	+15.3

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