# Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants

Passenger cars on the national vehicle register at the end of the year, per 1,000 people living in the country. A passenger car is a motor vehicle built mainly to carry people, with at most nine seats including the driver.

## Key facts

- Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants in the European Union (27) was 584 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
- Italy had the highest passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants of 27 EU countries in 2025, at 709 per 1,000 inhabitants, and Latvia the lowest, at 435 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
- Published for 28 places, with figures from 1990 to 2025.
- Figures last updated on 2026-10-18.

- Indicator id: `passenger_cars_per_1000`
- Unit: per 1,000 inhabitants
- Note: Calculated by Eurostat from the car stock that national registers report and the population. Registers differ in how they remove scrapped or exported cars, so some countries count cars that are no longer on the road, and a register update can move the rate sharply in one year (Lithuania went from 614 in 2013 to 412 in 2014). The EU figure starts in 2000 and is published for some years only.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/passenger-cars-per-1000-inhabitants
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/indicators/passenger_cars_per_1000

## Latest figures

| Place | Period | per 1,000 inhabitants | Source |
|---|---|---:|---|
| European Union (27) | 2025 | 584 | Eurostat. Passenger cars per thousand inhabitants (road_eqs_carhab). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_eqs_carhab/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-18. |

## Rankings

- [EU countries](https://invokely.ai/rankings/passenger-cars-per-1000-inhabitants/eu-countries.md) (27 places)