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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 2019, at 681 per 1,000 inhabitants. Romania had the lowest, at 357 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was 533 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for the European Union (27) was 548 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest681Luxembourg
Lowest357Romania
Median53327 EU countries
European Union (27)548History

Map of EU countries, 2019

Austria: 566 per 1,000 inhabitantsBelgium: 510 per 1,000 inhabitantsBulgaria: 431 per 1,000 inhabitantsCyprus: 634 per 1,000 inhabitantsCzechia: 554 per 1,000 inhabitantsGermany: 574 per 1,000 inhabitantsDenmark: 455 per 1,000 inhabitantsEstonia: 598 per 1,000 inhabitantsSpain: 546 per 1,000 inhabitantsFinland: 642 per 1,000 inhabitantsFrance: 569 per 1,000 inhabitantsGreece: 509 per 1,000 inhabitantsCroatia: 439 per 1,000 inhabitantsHungary: 393 per 1,000 inhabitantsIreland: 450 per 1,000 inhabitantsItaly: 663 per 1,000 inhabitantsLithuania: 533 per 1,000 inhabitantsLuxembourg: 681 per 1,000 inhabitantsLatvia: 381 per 1,000 inhabitantsMalta: 597 per 1,000 inhabitantsNetherlands: 493 per 1,000 inhabitantsPoland: 541 per 1,000 inhabitantsPortugal: 525 per 1,000 inhabitantsRomania: 357 per 1,000 inhabitantsSweden: 473 per 1,000 inhabitantsSlovenia: 556 per 1,000 inhabitantsSlovakia: 439 per 1,000 inhabitants
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per 1,000 inhabitants, 2019. Source: Eurostat, Passenger cars per thousand inhabitants (road_eqs_carhab). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, 2019

Luxembourg: 681 per 1,000 inhabitantsLuxembourg681Italy: 663 per 1,000 inhabitantsItaly663Finland: 642 per 1,000 inhabitantsFinland642Cyprus: 634 per 1,000 inhabitantsCyprus634Estonia: 598 per 1,000 inhabitantsEstonia598Malta: 597 per 1,000 inhabitantsMalta597Germany: 574 per 1,000 inhabitantsGermany574France: 569 per 1,000 inhabitantsFrance569Austria: 566 per 1,000 inhabitantsAustria566Slovenia: 556 per 1,000 inhabitantsSlovenia556Czechia: 554 per 1,000 inhabitantsCzechia554Spain: 546 per 1,000 inhabitantsSpain546Poland: 541 per 1,000 inhabitantsPoland541Lithuania: 533 per 1,000 inhabitantsLithuania533Portugal: 525 per 1,000 inhabitantsPortugal525Belgium: 510 per 1,000 inhabitantsBelgium510Greece: 509 per 1,000 inhabitantsGreece509Netherlands: 493 per 1,000 inhabitantsNetherlands493Sweden: 473 per 1,000 inhabitantsSweden473Denmark: 455 per 1,000 inhabitantsDenmark455Ireland: 450 per 1,000 inhabitantsIreland450Croatia: 439 per 1,000 inhabitantsCroatia439Slovakia: 439 per 1,000 inhabitantsSlovakia439Bulgaria: 431 per 1,000 inhabitantsBulgaria431Hungary: 393 per 1,000 inhabitantsHungary393Latvia: 381 per 1,000 inhabitantsLatvia381Romania: 357 per 1,000 inhabitantsRomania357Luxembourg: 681 per 1,000 inhabitantsLuxembourg681Italy: 663 per 1,000 inhabitantsItaly663Finland: 642 per 1,000 inhabitantsFinland642Cyprus: 634 per 1,000 inhabitantsCyprus634Estonia: 598 per 1,000 inhabitantsEstonia598Malta: 597 per 1,000 inhabitantsMalta597Germany: 574 per 1,000 inhabitantsGermany574France: 569 per 1,000 inhabitantsFrance569Austria: 566 per 1,000 inhabitantsAustria566Slovenia: 556 per 1,000 inhabitantsSlovenia556Czechia: 554 per 1,000 inhabitantsCzechia554Spain: 546 per 1,000 inhabitantsSpain546Poland: 541 per 1,000 inhabitantsPoland541Lithuania: 533 per 1,000 inhabitantsLithuania533Portugal: 525 per 1,000 inhabitantsPortugal525Belgium: 510 per 1,000 inhabitantsBelgium510Greece: 509 per 1,000 inhabitantsGreece509Netherlands: 493 per 1,000 inhabitantsNetherlands493Sweden: 473 per 1,000 inhabitantsSweden473Denmark: 455 per 1,000 inhabitantsDenmark455Ireland: 450 per 1,000 inhabitantsIreland450Croatia: 439 per 1,000 inhabitantsCroatia439Slovakia: 439 per 1,000 inhabitantsSlovakia439Bulgaria: 431 per 1,000 inhabitantsBulgaria431Hungary: 393 per 1,000 inhabitantsHungary393Latvia: 381 per 1,000 inhabitantsLatvia381Romania: 357 per 1,000 inhabitantsRomania357
per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat, Passenger cars per thousand inhabitants (road_eqs_carhab). Retrieved 2026-10-18.

Full ranking

RankEU countries2019
per 1,000 inhabitants		Change on 2018
1Luxembourg681+5 pts
2Italy663+11 pts
3Finland642+13 pts
4Cyprus634+15 pts
5Estonia598+35 pts
6Malta597-12 pts
7Germany574+7 pts
8France569+1 pts
9Austria566+4 pts
10Slovenia556+7 pts
11Czechia554+14 pts
12Spain546+7 pts
13Poland Estimated541+17 pts
14Lithuania533+24 pts
15Portugal525+14 pts
16Belgium510-1 pts
17Greece509+12 pts
18Netherlands493+4 pts
19Sweden473-3 pts
20Denmark455+8 pts
21Ireland450+8 pts
22Croatia439+19 pts
22Slovakia439+13 pts
24Bulgaria431+15 pts
25Hungary393+18 pts
26Latvia381+12 pts
27Romania Estimated357+25 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, 2019) [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, 2019. 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=2019. 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, 2019. 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=2019.

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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, 2019 [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=2019 (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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

Luxembourg, with 681 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2019, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Romania, with 357 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2019.

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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