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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 2015, at 661 per 1,000 inhabitants. Romania had the lowest, at 261 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was 477 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for the European Union (27) was 508 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest661Luxembourg
Lowest261Romania
Median47727 EU countries
European Union (27)508History

Map of EU countries, 2015

Austria: 546 per 1,000 inhabitantsBelgium: 501 per 1,000 inhabitantsBulgaria: 456 per 1,000 inhabitantsCyprus: 565 per 1,000 inhabitantsCzechia: 485 per 1,000 inhabitantsGermany: 548 per 1,000 inhabitantsDenmark: 419 per 1,000 inhabitantsEstonia: 514 per 1,000 inhabitantsSpain: 482 per 1,000 inhabitantsFinland: 590 per 1,000 inhabitantsFrance: 558 per 1,000 inhabitantsGreece: 476 per 1,000 inhabitantsCroatia: 363 per 1,000 inhabitantsHungary: 327 per 1,000 inhabitantsIreland: 436 per 1,000 inhabitantsItaly: 621 per 1,000 inhabitantsLithuania: 430 per 1,000 inhabitantsLuxembourg: 661 per 1,000 inhabitantsLatvia: 345 per 1,000 inhabitantsMalta: 612 per 1,000 inhabitantsNetherlands: 477 per 1,000 inhabitantsPoland: 474 per 1,000 inhabitantsPortugal: 456 per 1,000 inhabitantsRomania: 261 per 1,000 inhabitantsSweden: 474 per 1,000 inhabitantsSlovenia: 523 per 1,000 inhabitantsSlovakia: 375 per 1,000 inhabitants
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per 1,000 inhabitants, 2015. Source: Eurostat, Passenger cars per thousand inhabitants (road_eqs_carhab). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, 2015

Luxembourg: 661 per 1,000 inhabitantsLuxembourg661Italy: 621 per 1,000 inhabitantsItaly621Malta: 612 per 1,000 inhabitantsMalta612Finland: 590 per 1,000 inhabitantsFinland590Cyprus: 565 per 1,000 inhabitantsCyprus565France: 558 per 1,000 inhabitantsFrance558Germany: 548 per 1,000 inhabitantsGermany548Austria: 546 per 1,000 inhabitantsAustria546Slovenia: 523 per 1,000 inhabitantsSlovenia523Estonia: 514 per 1,000 inhabitantsEstonia514Belgium: 501 per 1,000 inhabitantsBelgium501Czechia: 485 per 1,000 inhabitantsCzechia485Spain: 482 per 1,000 inhabitantsSpain482Netherlands: 477 per 1,000 inhabitantsNetherlands477Greece: 476 per 1,000 inhabitantsGreece476Poland: 474 per 1,000 inhabitantsPoland474Sweden: 474 per 1,000 inhabitantsSweden474Bulgaria: 456 per 1,000 inhabitantsBulgaria456Portugal: 456 per 1,000 inhabitantsPortugal456Ireland: 436 per 1,000 inhabitantsIreland436Lithuania: 430 per 1,000 inhabitantsLithuania430Denmark: 419 per 1,000 inhabitantsDenmark419Slovakia: 375 per 1,000 inhabitantsSlovakia375Croatia: 363 per 1,000 inhabitantsCroatia363Latvia: 345 per 1,000 inhabitantsLatvia345Hungary: 327 per 1,000 inhabitantsHungary327Romania: 261 per 1,000 inhabitantsRomania261Luxembourg: 661 per 1,000 inhabitantsLuxembourg661Italy: 621 per 1,000 inhabitantsItaly621Malta: 612 per 1,000 inhabitantsMalta612Finland: 590 per 1,000 inhabitantsFinland590Cyprus: 565 per 1,000 inhabitantsCyprus565France: 558 per 1,000 inhabitantsFrance558Germany: 548 per 1,000 inhabitantsGermany548Austria: 546 per 1,000 inhabitantsAustria546Slovenia: 523 per 1,000 inhabitantsSlovenia523Estonia: 514 per 1,000 inhabitantsEstonia514Belgium: 501 per 1,000 inhabitantsBelgium501Czechia: 485 per 1,000 inhabitantsCzechia485Spain: 482 per 1,000 inhabitantsSpain482Netherlands: 477 per 1,000 inhabitantsNetherlands477Greece: 476 per 1,000 inhabitantsGreece476Poland: 474 per 1,000 inhabitantsPoland474Sweden: 474 per 1,000 inhabitantsSweden474Bulgaria: 456 per 1,000 inhabitantsBulgaria456Portugal: 456 per 1,000 inhabitantsPortugal456Ireland: 436 per 1,000 inhabitantsIreland436Lithuania: 430 per 1,000 inhabitantsLithuania430Denmark: 419 per 1,000 inhabitantsDenmark419Slovakia: 375 per 1,000 inhabitantsSlovakia375Croatia: 363 per 1,000 inhabitantsCroatia363Latvia: 345 per 1,000 inhabitantsLatvia345Hungary: 327 per 1,000 inhabitantsHungary327Romania: 261 per 1,000 inhabitantsRomania261
per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat, Passenger cars per thousand inhabitants (road_eqs_carhab). Retrieved 2026-10-18.

Full ranking

RankEU countries2015
per 1,000 inhabitants		Change on 2014
1Luxembourg661-1 pts
2Italy621+6 pts
3Malta612+6 pts
4Finland590+10 pts
5Cyprus565+9 pts
6France558+7 pts
7Germany548+1 pts
8Austria546-1 pts
9Slovenia523+5 pts
10Estonia514+17 pts
11Belgium501+4 pts
12Czechia485+26 pts
13Spain482+7 pts
14Netherlands477+5 pts
15Greece476+4 pts
16Poland Series break474-52 pts
16Sweden474+4 pts
18Bulgaria456+27 pts
18Portugal456+4 pts
20Ireland436+5 pts
21Lithuania430+18 pts
22Denmark419+9 pts
23Slovakia375+15 pts
24Croatia363+10 pts
25Latvia345+14 pts
26Hungary327+10 pts
27Romania261+14 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, 2015) [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, 2015. 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=2015. 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, 2015. 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=2015.

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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, 2015 [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=2015 (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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Questions

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

Luxembourg, with 661 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2015, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Romania, with 261 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2015.

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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