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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 2017, at 670 per 1,000 inhabitants. Romania had the lowest, at 307 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was 507 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for the European Union (27) was 530 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest670Luxembourg
Lowest307Romania
Median50727 EU countries
European Union (27)530History

Map of EU countries, 2017

Austria: 555 per 1,000 inhabitantsBelgium: 509 per 1,000 inhabitantsBulgaria: 410 per 1,000 inhabitantsCyprus: 599 per 1,000 inhabitantsCzechia: 522 per 1,000 inhabitantsGermany: 561 per 1,000 inhabitantsDenmark: 438 per 1,000 inhabitantsEstonia: 550 per 1,000 inhabitantsSpain: 529 per 1,000 inhabitantsFinland: 617 per 1,000 inhabitantsFrance: 569 per 1,000 inhabitantsGreece: 491 per 1,000 inhabitantsCroatia: 398 per 1,000 inhabitantsHungary: 357 per 1,000 inhabitantsIreland: 441 per 1,000 inhabitantsItaly: 643 per 1,000 inhabitantsLithuania: 480 per 1,000 inhabitantsLuxembourg: 670 per 1,000 inhabitantsLatvia: 356 per 1,000 inhabitantsMalta: 615 per 1,000 inhabitantsNetherlands: 487 per 1,000 inhabitantsPoland: 507 per 1,000 inhabitantsPortugal: 490 per 1,000 inhabitantsRomania: 307 per 1,000 inhabitantsSweden: 479 per 1,000 inhabitantsSlovenia: 541 per 1,000 inhabitantsSlovakia: 408 per 1,000 inhabitants
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per 1,000 inhabitants, 2017. Source: Eurostat, Passenger cars per thousand inhabitants (road_eqs_carhab). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, 2017

Luxembourg: 670 per 1,000 inhabitantsLuxembourg670Italy: 643 per 1,000 inhabitantsItaly643Finland: 617 per 1,000 inhabitantsFinland617Malta: 615 per 1,000 inhabitantsMalta615Cyprus: 599 per 1,000 inhabitantsCyprus599France: 569 per 1,000 inhabitantsFrance569Germany: 561 per 1,000 inhabitantsGermany561Austria: 555 per 1,000 inhabitantsAustria555Estonia: 550 per 1,000 inhabitantsEstonia550Slovenia: 541 per 1,000 inhabitantsSlovenia541Spain: 529 per 1,000 inhabitantsSpain529Czechia: 522 per 1,000 inhabitantsCzechia522Belgium: 509 per 1,000 inhabitantsBelgium509Poland: 507 per 1,000 inhabitantsPoland507Greece: 491 per 1,000 inhabitantsGreece491Portugal: 490 per 1,000 inhabitantsPortugal490Netherlands: 487 per 1,000 inhabitantsNetherlands487Lithuania: 480 per 1,000 inhabitantsLithuania480Sweden: 479 per 1,000 inhabitantsSweden479Ireland: 441 per 1,000 inhabitantsIreland441Denmark: 438 per 1,000 inhabitantsDenmark438Bulgaria: 410 per 1,000 inhabitantsBulgaria410Slovakia: 408 per 1,000 inhabitantsSlovakia408Croatia: 398 per 1,000 inhabitantsCroatia398Hungary: 357 per 1,000 inhabitantsHungary357Latvia: 356 per 1,000 inhabitantsLatvia356Romania: 307 per 1,000 inhabitantsRomania307Luxembourg: 670 per 1,000 inhabitantsLuxembourg670Italy: 643 per 1,000 inhabitantsItaly643Finland: 617 per 1,000 inhabitantsFinland617Malta: 615 per 1,000 inhabitantsMalta615Cyprus: 599 per 1,000 inhabitantsCyprus599France: 569 per 1,000 inhabitantsFrance569Germany: 561 per 1,000 inhabitantsGermany561Austria: 555 per 1,000 inhabitantsAustria555Estonia: 550 per 1,000 inhabitantsEstonia550Slovenia: 541 per 1,000 inhabitantsSlovenia541Spain: 529 per 1,000 inhabitantsSpain529Czechia: 522 per 1,000 inhabitantsCzechia522Belgium: 509 per 1,000 inhabitantsBelgium509Poland: 507 per 1,000 inhabitantsPoland507Greece: 491 per 1,000 inhabitantsGreece491Portugal: 490 per 1,000 inhabitantsPortugal490Netherlands: 487 per 1,000 inhabitantsNetherlands487Lithuania: 480 per 1,000 inhabitantsLithuania480Sweden: 479 per 1,000 inhabitantsSweden479Ireland: 441 per 1,000 inhabitantsIreland441Denmark: 438 per 1,000 inhabitantsDenmark438Bulgaria: 410 per 1,000 inhabitantsBulgaria410Slovakia: 408 per 1,000 inhabitantsSlovakia408Croatia: 398 per 1,000 inhabitantsCroatia398Hungary: 357 per 1,000 inhabitantsHungary357Latvia: 356 per 1,000 inhabitantsLatvia356Romania: 307 per 1,000 inhabitantsRomania307
per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat, Passenger cars per thousand inhabitants (road_eqs_carhab). Retrieved 2026-10-18.

Full ranking

RankEU countries2017
per 1,000 inhabitants		Change on 2016
1Luxembourg670+8 pts
2Italy643+12 pts
3Finland617+13 pts
4Malta615-1 pts
5Cyprus599+15 pts
6France569+5 pts
7Germany561+6 pts
8Austria555+5 pts
9Estonia550+16 pts
10Slovenia541+10 pts
11Spain529+37 pts
12Czechia522+20 pts
13Belgium509+4 pts
14Poland Estimated507+14 pts
15Greece491+9 pts
16Portugal490+21 pts
17Netherlands487+6 pts
18Lithuania480+26 pts
19Sweden479+2 pts
20Ireland441+3 pts
21Denmark438+9 pts
22Bulgaria410-49 pts
23Slovakia408+18 pts
24Croatia398+17 pts
25Hungary357+17 pts
26Latvia356+15 pts
27Romania307+28 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, 2017) [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, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 2017. 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=2017.

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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, 2017 [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=2017 (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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

Luxembourg, with 670 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2017, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Romania, with 307 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2017.

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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