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Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants in European Union (27)

Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants in the European Union (27) was 584 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 7 pts from 2024.

2025, per 1,000 inhabitants584
Change on 2024+7 pts
Series high5842025
Series low4242000

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Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants in European Union (27), 2000 to 2025

4004505005506002000201220152018202120252000: 424 per 1,000 inhabitants2010: 487 per 1,000 inhabitants2011: 494 per 1,000 inhabitants2012: 497 per 1,000 inhabitants2013: 501 per 1,000 inhabitants2014: 506 per 1,000 inhabitants2015: 508 per 1,000 inhabitants2016: 518 per 1,000 inhabitants2017: 530 per 1,000 inhabitants2018: 539 per 1,000 inhabitants2019: 548 per 1,000 inhabitants2020: 556 per 1,000 inhabitants2021: 561 per 1,000 inhabitants2022: 564 per 1,000 inhabitants2023: 570 per 1,000 inhabitants2024: 577 per 1,000 inhabitants2025: 584 per 1,000 inhabitants4004505005506002000201520252000: 424 per 1,000 inhabitants2010: 487 per 1,000 inhabitants2011: 494 per 1,000 inhabitants2012: 497 per 1,000 inhabitants2013: 501 per 1,000 inhabitants2014: 506 per 1,000 inhabitants2015: 508 per 1,000 inhabitants2016: 518 per 1,000 inhabitants2017: 530 per 1,000 inhabitants2018: 539 per 1,000 inhabitants2019: 548 per 1,000 inhabitants2020: 556 per 1,000 inhabitants2021: 561 per 1,000 inhabitants2022: 564 per 1,000 inhabitants2023: 570 per 1,000 inhabitants2024: 577 per 1,000 inhabitants2025: 584 per 1,000 inhabitants
per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat, Passenger cars per thousand inhabitants (road_eqs_carhab). Retrieved 2026-10-18, published 2026-10-06.
All 17 values
Periodper 1,000 inhabitants
2025584
2024577
2023570
2022564
2021561
2020556
2019548
2018539
2017530
2016518
2015508
2014506
2013501
2012497
2011494
2010487
2000424

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Definition

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.

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.

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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.

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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Passenger cars per thousand inhabitants (road_eqs_carhab) (Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants, European Union (27), 2000 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_eqs_carhab/default/table

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Passenger cars per thousand inhabitants (road_eqs_carhab), Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants, European Union (27), 2000 to 2025. Eurostat, European Commission, 6 Oct. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_eqs_carhab/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/passenger-cars-per-1000-inhabitants/european-union. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Passenger cars per thousand inhabitants (road_eqs_carhab). Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants, European Union (27), 2000 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_eqs_carhab/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/passenger-cars-per-1000-inhabitants/european-union.

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Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Passenger cars per thousand inhabitants (road_eqs_carhab), Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants, European Union (27), 2000 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_eqs_carhab/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/passenger-cars-per-1000-inhabitants/european-union (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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  title = {{Passenger cars per thousand inhabitants (road\_eqs\_carhab): Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants, European Union (27), 2000 to 2025}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-18},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/passenger-cars-per-1000-inhabitants/european-union. Publisher attribution: 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.},
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Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants in the European Union (27) was 584 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 7 pts from 2024.

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584 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2025, the highest value since 2000 in this series.

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