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Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants in Malta

Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants in Malta was 571 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is down 5 pts from 2024. That is the 14th highest of 27 EU countries in 2025.

2025, per 1,000 inhabitants571
Change on 2024-5 pts
Rank14th of 27EU countries ranked
Series high6162016
Series low3021990

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Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants in Malta, 1990 to 2025

30040050060070019901995200020072012201720251990: 302 per 1,000 inhabitants1991: 333 per 1,000 inhabitants1992: 338 per 1,000 inhabitants1993: 409 per 1,000 inhabitants1994: 453 per 1,000 inhabitants1995: 478 per 1,000 inhabitants1996: 436 per 1,000 inhabitants1997: 478 per 1,000 inhabitants1998: 450 per 1,000 inhabitants1999: 470 per 1,000 inhabitants2000: 483 per 1,000 inhabitants2001: 495 per 1,000 inhabitants2002: 508 per 1,000 inhabitants2005: 525 per 1,000 inhabitants2006: 537 per 1,000 inhabitants2007: 549 per 1,000 inhabitants2008: 558 per 1,000 inhabitants2009: 566 per 1,000 inhabitants2010: 581 per 1,000 inhabitants2011: 592 per 1,000 inhabitants2012: 591 per 1,000 inhabitants2013: 598 per 1,000 inhabitants2014: 606 per 1,000 inhabitants2015: 612 per 1,000 inhabitants2016: 616 per 1,000 inhabitants2017: 615 per 1,000 inhabitants2018: 609 per 1,000 inhabitants2019: 597 per 1,000 inhabitants2020: 597 per 1,000 inhabitants2021: 602 per 1,000 inhabitants2022: 585 per 1,000 inhabitants2023: 575 per 1,000 inhabitants2024: 576 per 1,000 inhabitants2025: 571 per 1,000 inhabitants30040050060070019902002201620251990: 302 per 1,000 inhabitants1991: 333 per 1,000 inhabitants1992: 338 per 1,000 inhabitants1993: 409 per 1,000 inhabitants1994: 453 per 1,000 inhabitants1995: 478 per 1,000 inhabitants1996: 436 per 1,000 inhabitants1997: 478 per 1,000 inhabitants1998: 450 per 1,000 inhabitants1999: 470 per 1,000 inhabitants2000: 483 per 1,000 inhabitants2001: 495 per 1,000 inhabitants2002: 508 per 1,000 inhabitants2005: 525 per 1,000 inhabitants2006: 537 per 1,000 inhabitants2007: 549 per 1,000 inhabitants2008: 558 per 1,000 inhabitants2009: 566 per 1,000 inhabitants2010: 581 per 1,000 inhabitants2011: 592 per 1,000 inhabitants2012: 591 per 1,000 inhabitants2013: 598 per 1,000 inhabitants2014: 606 per 1,000 inhabitants2015: 612 per 1,000 inhabitants2016: 616 per 1,000 inhabitants2017: 615 per 1,000 inhabitants2018: 609 per 1,000 inhabitants2019: 597 per 1,000 inhabitants2020: 597 per 1,000 inhabitants2021: 602 per 1,000 inhabitants2022: 585 per 1,000 inhabitants2023: 575 per 1,000 inhabitants2024: 576 per 1,000 inhabitants2025: 571 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 34 values
Periodper 1,000 inhabitants
2025571
2024576
2023575
2022585
2021602
2020597
2019597
2018609
2017615
2016616
2015612
2014606
2013598
2012591
2011592
2010581
2009566
2008558
2007549
2006537
2005525
2002508
2001495
2000483
1999470
1998450
1997478
1996436
1995478
1994453
1993409
1992338
1991333
1990302

Compared with European Union (27)

Place2025
Malta571
European Union (27)584

Malta compared with nearby places

Austria: 574 per 1,000 inhabitantsBelgium: 513 per 1,000 inhabitantsBulgaria: 507 per 1,000 inhabitantsCyprus: 670 per 1,000 inhabitantsCzechia: 621 per 1,000 inhabitantsGermany: 593 per 1,000 inhabitantsDenmark: 501 per 1,000 inhabitantsEstonia: 595 per 1,000 inhabitantsSpain: 550 per 1,000 inhabitantsFinland: 671 per 1,000 inhabitantsFrance: 578 per 1,000 inhabitantsGreece: 597 per 1,000 inhabitantsCroatia: 531 per 1,000 inhabitantsHungary: 461 per 1,000 inhabitantsIreland: 475 per 1,000 inhabitantsItaly: 709 per 1,000 inhabitantsLithuania: 629 per 1,000 inhabitantsLuxembourg: 668 per 1,000 inhabitantsLatvia: 435 per 1,000 inhabitantsMalta: 571 per 1,000 inhabitantsNetherlands: 519 per 1,000 inhabitantsPoland: 639 per 1,000 inhabitantsPortugal: 561 per 1,000 inhabitantsRomania: 461 per 1,000 inhabitantsSweden: 475 per 1,000 inhabitantsSlovenia: 603 per 1,000 inhabitantsSlovakia: 512 per 1,000 inhabitants
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Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants, 2025, per 1,000 inhabitants. Malta is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Eurostat, European Commission. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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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, Malta, 1990 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, Malta, 1990 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/malta. 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, Malta, 1990 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/malta.

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Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Passenger cars per thousand inhabitants (road_eqs_carhab), Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants, Malta, 1990 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/malta (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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What is the passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants in Malta?

Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants in Malta was 571 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is down 5 pts from 2024. That is the 14th highest of 27 EU countries in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

Eurostat, European Commission. Passenger cars per thousand inhabitants (road_eqs_carhab). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-18.

What was the highest passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants in Malta?

616 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2016, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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

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