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Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants in Portugal

Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants in Portugal was 561 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 22 pts from 2024. That is the 15th highest of 27 EU countries in 2025.

2025, per 1,000 inhabitants561 Provisional
Change on 2024+22 pts
Rank15th of 27EU countries ranked
Series high5612025
Series low2561990

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

2003004005006001990199520002012201720251990: 256 per 1,000 inhabitants1991: 279 per 1,000 inhabitants1992: 306 per 1,000 inhabitants1993: 330 per 1,000 inhabitants1994: 353 per 1,000 inhabitants1995: 373 per 1,000 inhabitants1996: 397 per 1,000 inhabitants1997: 422 per 1,000 inhabitants1998: 450 per 1,000 inhabitants1999: 481 per 1,000 inhabitants2000: 509 per 1,000 inhabitants2001: 533 per 1,000 inhabitants2002: 554 per 1,000 inhabitants2010: 444 per 1,000 inhabitants2011: 447 per 1,000 inhabitants2012: 406 per 1,000 inhabitants2013: 414 per 1,000 inhabitants2014: 452 per 1,000 inhabitants2015: 456 per 1,000 inhabitants2016: 469 per 1,000 inhabitants2017: 490 per 1,000 inhabitants2018: 511 per 1,000 inhabitants2019: 525 per 1,000 inhabitants2020: 535 per 1,000 inhabitants2021: 531 per 1,000 inhabitants2022: 529 per 1,000 inhabitants2023: 522 per 1,000 inhabitants2024: 539 per 1,000 inhabitants2025: 561 per 1,000 inhabitants20030040050060019902000201720251990: 256 per 1,000 inhabitants1991: 279 per 1,000 inhabitants1992: 306 per 1,000 inhabitants1993: 330 per 1,000 inhabitants1994: 353 per 1,000 inhabitants1995: 373 per 1,000 inhabitants1996: 397 per 1,000 inhabitants1997: 422 per 1,000 inhabitants1998: 450 per 1,000 inhabitants1999: 481 per 1,000 inhabitants2000: 509 per 1,000 inhabitants2001: 533 per 1,000 inhabitants2002: 554 per 1,000 inhabitants2010: 444 per 1,000 inhabitants2011: 447 per 1,000 inhabitants2012: 406 per 1,000 inhabitants2013: 414 per 1,000 inhabitants2014: 452 per 1,000 inhabitants2015: 456 per 1,000 inhabitants2016: 469 per 1,000 inhabitants2017: 490 per 1,000 inhabitants2018: 511 per 1,000 inhabitants2019: 525 per 1,000 inhabitants2020: 535 per 1,000 inhabitants2021: 531 per 1,000 inhabitants2022: 529 per 1,000 inhabitants2023: 522 per 1,000 inhabitants2024: 539 per 1,000 inhabitants2025: 561 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 29 values
Periodper 1,000 inhabitants
2025561 Provisional
2024539
2023522
2022529
2021531 Series break
2020535
2019525
2018511
2017490
2016469
2015456
2014452
2013414
2012406
2011447
2010444
2002554
2001533
2000509
1999481
1998450
1997422
1996397
1995373
1994353
1993330
1992306
1991279
1990256

Compared with European Union (27)

Place2025
Portugal561
European Union (27)584

Portugal 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
  • Under 500
  • 500 to 540
  • 540 to 590
  • 590 to 630
  • 630 and over
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants, 2025, per 1,000 inhabitants. Portugal 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, Portugal, 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, Portugal, 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/portugal. 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, Portugal, 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/portugal.

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

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

Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants in Portugal was 561 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 22 pts from 2024. That is the 15th 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 Portugal?

561 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2025, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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

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