Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants

39 European countries compared for 2025, eu average 584 per 1,000. Eurostat data.

First in the ranking
769 per 1,000
Liechtenstein
EU average
584 per 1,000
27 member states
Median country
531 per 1,000
half above, half below
Range
203 to 769
Türkiye - Liechtenstein

How to read it

Across 39 countries, the highest value is in Liechtenstein (769 per 1,000) and the lowest in Türkiye (203 per 1,000).

Half of the countries are above 531 per 1,000 and half below.

The EU average is 584 per 1,000; 13 of 39 countries are above it.

For the EU as a whole, the value rose from 424 per 1,000 in 2000 to 584 per 1,000 in 2025.

Passenger cars - per thousand inhabitants
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Passenger cars over time

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Ranking of countries

2025
In chart Share of the highest value
1Liechtenstein non-EU769+185
2Italy709+125
3Finland671+87
4Cyprus670+86
5Luxembourg668+84
6Iceland non-EU645+61
7Poland639+55
8Lithuania629+45
9Czechia621+37
10Slovenia603+19
11Greece597+13
12Estonia595+11
13Germany593+9
14France578−6
15Austria574−10
16Malta571−13
17Portugal561−23
18Spain550−34
19Switzerland non-EU543−41
20Croatia531−53
21Norway non-EU524−60
22Netherlands519−65
23Belgium513−71
24Slovakia512−72
25Bulgaria507−77
26Denmark501−83
27Ireland475−109
28Sweden475−109
29Hungary461−123
30Romania461−123
31Montenegro non-EU442−142
32Latvia435−149
33Georgia non-EU419−165
34Serbia non-EU394−190
35Moldova non-EU378−206
36North Macedonia non-EU338−246
37Bosnia and Herzegovina non-EU336−248
38Kosovo non-EU241−343
39Türkiye non-EU203−381
© European Union, source: Eurostat · dataset road_eqs_carhab · 2025 Source and licence

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