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EU countries by passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants, 2025

Italy had the highest passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants of 27 EU countries in 2025, at 709 per 1,000 inhabitants. Latvia had the lowest, at 435 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was 571 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for the European Union (27) was 584 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest709Italy
Lowest435Latvia
Median57127 EU countries
European Union (27)584History

Map of EU countries, 2025

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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per 1,000 inhabitants, 2025. Source: Eurostat, Passenger cars per thousand inhabitants (road_eqs_carhab). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, 2025

Italy: 709 per 1,000 inhabitantsItaly709Finland: 671 per 1,000 inhabitantsFinland671Cyprus: 670 per 1,000 inhabitantsCyprus670Luxembourg: 668 per 1,000 inhabitantsLuxembourg668Poland: 639 per 1,000 inhabitantsPoland639Lithuania: 629 per 1,000 inhabitantsLithuania629Czechia: 621 per 1,000 inhabitantsCzechia621Slovenia: 603 per 1,000 inhabitantsSlovenia603Greece: 597 per 1,000 inhabitantsGreece597Estonia: 595 per 1,000 inhabitantsEstonia595Germany: 593 per 1,000 inhabitantsGermany593France: 578 per 1,000 inhabitantsFrance578Austria: 574 per 1,000 inhabitantsAustria574Malta: 571 per 1,000 inhabitantsMalta571Portugal: 561 per 1,000 inhabitantsPortugal561Spain: 550 per 1,000 inhabitantsSpain550Croatia: 531 per 1,000 inhabitantsCroatia531Netherlands: 519 per 1,000 inhabitantsNetherlands519Belgium: 513 per 1,000 inhabitantsBelgium513Slovakia: 512 per 1,000 inhabitantsSlovakia512Bulgaria: 507 per 1,000 inhabitantsBulgaria507Denmark: 501 per 1,000 inhabitantsDenmark501Ireland: 475 per 1,000 inhabitantsIreland475Sweden: 475 per 1,000 inhabitantsSweden475Hungary: 461 per 1,000 inhabitantsHungary461Romania: 461 per 1,000 inhabitantsRomania461Latvia: 435 per 1,000 inhabitantsLatvia435Italy: 709 per 1,000 inhabitantsItaly709Finland: 671 per 1,000 inhabitantsFinland671Cyprus: 670 per 1,000 inhabitantsCyprus670Luxembourg: 668 per 1,000 inhabitantsLuxembourg668Poland: 639 per 1,000 inhabitantsPoland639Lithuania: 629 per 1,000 inhabitantsLithuania629Czechia: 621 per 1,000 inhabitantsCzechia621Slovenia: 603 per 1,000 inhabitantsSlovenia603Greece: 597 per 1,000 inhabitantsGreece597Estonia: 595 per 1,000 inhabitantsEstonia595Germany: 593 per 1,000 inhabitantsGermany593France: 578 per 1,000 inhabitantsFrance578Austria: 574 per 1,000 inhabitantsAustria574Malta: 571 per 1,000 inhabitantsMalta571Portugal: 561 per 1,000 inhabitantsPortugal561Spain: 550 per 1,000 inhabitantsSpain550Croatia: 531 per 1,000 inhabitantsCroatia531Netherlands: 519 per 1,000 inhabitantsNetherlands519Belgium: 513 per 1,000 inhabitantsBelgium513Slovakia: 512 per 1,000 inhabitantsSlovakia512Bulgaria: 507 per 1,000 inhabitantsBulgaria507Denmark: 501 per 1,000 inhabitantsDenmark501Ireland: 475 per 1,000 inhabitantsIreland475Sweden: 475 per 1,000 inhabitantsSweden475Hungary: 461 per 1,000 inhabitantsHungary461Romania: 461 per 1,000 inhabitantsRomania461Latvia: 435 per 1,000 inhabitantsLatvia435
per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat, Passenger cars per thousand inhabitants (road_eqs_carhab). Retrieved 2026-10-18.

Full ranking

RankEU countries2025
per 1,000 inhabitants		Change on 2024
1Italy Provisional709+8 pts
2Finland671+5 pts
3Cyprus Provisional670+11 pts
4Luxembourg668-2 pts
5Poland639+10 pts
6Lithuania629+31 pts
7Czechia621+13 pts
8Slovenia Series break603+16 pts
9Greece Estimated597+16 pts
10Estonia595-40 pts
11Germany593+3 pts
12France Provisional578+1 pts
13Austria574+5 pts
14Malta571-5 pts
15Portugal Provisional561+22 pts
16Spain Provisional550+7 pts
17Croatia531+18 pts
18Netherlands519+6 pts
19Belgium Provisional5130 pts
20Slovakia512+10 pts
21Bulgaria507+23 pts
22Denmark501+23 pts
23Ireland475+9 pts
23Sweden475+5 pts
25Hungary461+14 pts
25Romania Estimated461+17 pts
27Latvia435+11 pts

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About this ranking

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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the EU countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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) (EU countries by passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants, 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), EU countries by passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants, 2025. Eurostat, European Commission, 6 Oct. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_eqs_carhab/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/passenger-cars-per-1000-inhabitants/eu-countries. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Passenger cars per thousand inhabitants (road_eqs_carhab). EU countries by passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants, 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/rankings/passenger-cars-per-1000-inhabitants/eu-countries.

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Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Passenger cars per thousand inhabitants (road_eqs_carhab), EU countries by passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants, 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_eqs_carhab/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/passenger-cars-per-1000-inhabitants/eu-countries (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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Which EU country has the highest passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants?

Italy, with 709 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which EU country has the lowest passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants?

Latvia, with 435 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2025.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Passenger cars per thousand inhabitants (road_eqs_carhab). Retrieved 2026-10-18.

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