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EU countries by passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants

Luxembourg had the highest passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants of 27 EU countries in 2014, at 662 per 1,000 inhabitants. Romania had the lowest, at 247 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was 472 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for the European Union (27) was 506 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest662Luxembourg
Lowest247Romania
Median47227 EU countries
European Union (27)506History

Map of EU countries, 2014

Austria: 547 per 1,000 inhabitantsBelgium: 497 per 1,000 inhabitantsBulgaria: 429 per 1,000 inhabitantsCyprus: 556 per 1,000 inhabitantsCzechia: 459 per 1,000 inhabitantsGermany: 547 per 1,000 inhabitantsDenmark: 410 per 1,000 inhabitantsEstonia: 497 per 1,000 inhabitantsSpain: 475 per 1,000 inhabitantsFinland: 580 per 1,000 inhabitantsFrance: 551 per 1,000 inhabitantsGreece: 472 per 1,000 inhabitantsCroatia: 353 per 1,000 inhabitantsHungary: 317 per 1,000 inhabitantsIreland: 431 per 1,000 inhabitantsItaly: 615 per 1,000 inhabitantsLithuania: 412 per 1,000 inhabitantsLuxembourg: 662 per 1,000 inhabitantsLatvia: 331 per 1,000 inhabitantsMalta: 606 per 1,000 inhabitantsNetherlands: 472 per 1,000 inhabitantsPoland: 526 per 1,000 inhabitantsPortugal: 452 per 1,000 inhabitantsRomania: 247 per 1,000 inhabitantsSweden: 470 per 1,000 inhabitantsSlovenia: 518 per 1,000 inhabitantsSlovakia: 360 per 1,000 inhabitants
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per 1,000 inhabitants, 2014. Source: Eurostat, Passenger cars per thousand inhabitants (road_eqs_carhab). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, 2014

Luxembourg: 662 per 1,000 inhabitantsLuxembourg662Italy: 615 per 1,000 inhabitantsItaly615Malta: 606 per 1,000 inhabitantsMalta606Finland: 580 per 1,000 inhabitantsFinland580Cyprus: 556 per 1,000 inhabitantsCyprus556France: 551 per 1,000 inhabitantsFrance551Austria: 547 per 1,000 inhabitantsAustria547Germany: 547 per 1,000 inhabitantsGermany547Poland: 526 per 1,000 inhabitantsPoland526Slovenia: 518 per 1,000 inhabitantsSlovenia518Belgium: 497 per 1,000 inhabitantsBelgium497Estonia: 497 per 1,000 inhabitantsEstonia497Spain: 475 per 1,000 inhabitantsSpain475Greece: 472 per 1,000 inhabitantsGreece472Netherlands: 472 per 1,000 inhabitantsNetherlands472Sweden: 470 per 1,000 inhabitantsSweden470Czechia: 459 per 1,000 inhabitantsCzechia459Portugal: 452 per 1,000 inhabitantsPortugal452Ireland: 431 per 1,000 inhabitantsIreland431Bulgaria: 429 per 1,000 inhabitantsBulgaria429Lithuania: 412 per 1,000 inhabitantsLithuania412Denmark: 410 per 1,000 inhabitantsDenmark410Slovakia: 360 per 1,000 inhabitantsSlovakia360Croatia: 353 per 1,000 inhabitantsCroatia353Latvia: 331 per 1,000 inhabitantsLatvia331Hungary: 317 per 1,000 inhabitantsHungary317Romania: 247 per 1,000 inhabitantsRomania247Luxembourg: 662 per 1,000 inhabitantsLuxembourg662Italy: 615 per 1,000 inhabitantsItaly615Malta: 606 per 1,000 inhabitantsMalta606Finland: 580 per 1,000 inhabitantsFinland580Cyprus: 556 per 1,000 inhabitantsCyprus556France: 551 per 1,000 inhabitantsFrance551Austria: 547 per 1,000 inhabitantsAustria547Germany: 547 per 1,000 inhabitantsGermany547Poland: 526 per 1,000 inhabitantsPoland526Slovenia: 518 per 1,000 inhabitantsSlovenia518Belgium: 497 per 1,000 inhabitantsBelgium497Estonia: 497 per 1,000 inhabitantsEstonia497Spain: 475 per 1,000 inhabitantsSpain475Greece: 472 per 1,000 inhabitantsGreece472Netherlands: 472 per 1,000 inhabitantsNetherlands472Sweden: 470 per 1,000 inhabitantsSweden470Czechia: 459 per 1,000 inhabitantsCzechia459Portugal: 452 per 1,000 inhabitantsPortugal452Ireland: 431 per 1,000 inhabitantsIreland431Bulgaria: 429 per 1,000 inhabitantsBulgaria429Lithuania: 412 per 1,000 inhabitantsLithuania412Denmark: 410 per 1,000 inhabitantsDenmark410Slovakia: 360 per 1,000 inhabitantsSlovakia360Croatia: 353 per 1,000 inhabitantsCroatia353Latvia: 331 per 1,000 inhabitantsLatvia331Hungary: 317 per 1,000 inhabitantsHungary317Romania: 247 per 1,000 inhabitantsRomania247
per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat, Passenger cars per thousand inhabitants (road_eqs_carhab). Retrieved 2026-10-18.

Full ranking

RankEU countries2014
per 1,000 inhabitants		Change on 2013
1Luxembourg662+1 pts
2Italy615+2 pts
3Malta606+8 pts
4Finland580+10 pts
5Cyprus556+4 pts
6France551+5 pts
7Austria547+1 pts
7Germany547+4 pts
9Poland526+16 pts
10Slovenia5180 pts
11Belgium497+5 pts
11Estonia497+19 pts
13Spain475+1 pts
14Greece472+2 pts
14Netherlands472+1 pts
16Sweden470+4 pts
17Czechia459+9 pts
18Portugal452+38 pts
19Ireland431+4 pts
20Bulgaria429+20 pts
21Lithuania Series break412-202 pts
22Denmark410+5 pts
23Slovakia360+13 pts
24Croatia353+10 pts
25Latvia331+14 pts
26Hungary317+8 pts
27Romania Estimated247+12 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, 2014) [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, 2014. 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?period=2014. 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, 2014. 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?period=2014.

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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, 2014 [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?period=2014 (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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

Luxembourg, with 662 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2014, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Romania, with 247 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2014.

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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