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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 2020, at 682 per 1,000 inhabitants. Romania had the lowest, at 379 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was 549 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for the European Union (27) was 556 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest682Luxembourg
Lowest379Romania
Median54927 EU countries
European Union (27)556History

Map of EU countries, 2020

Austria: 570 per 1,000 inhabitantsBelgium: 510 per 1,000 inhabitantsBulgaria: 439 per 1,000 inhabitantsCyprus: 632 per 1,000 inhabitantsCzechia: 576 per 1,000 inhabitantsGermany: 580 per 1,000 inhabitantsDenmark: 466 per 1,000 inhabitantsEstonia: 608 per 1,000 inhabitantsSpain: 549 per 1,000 inhabitantsFinland: 652 per 1,000 inhabitantsFrance: 568 per 1,000 inhabitantsGreece: 520 per 1,000 inhabitantsCroatia: 449 per 1,000 inhabitantsHungary: 406 per 1,000 inhabitantsIreland: 452 per 1,000 inhabitantsItaly: 671 per 1,000 inhabitantsLithuania: 557 per 1,000 inhabitantsLuxembourg: 682 per 1,000 inhabitantsLatvia: 390 per 1,000 inhabitantsMalta: 597 per 1,000 inhabitantsNetherlands: 497 per 1,000 inhabitantsPoland: 566 per 1,000 inhabitantsPortugal: 535 per 1,000 inhabitantsRomania: 379 per 1,000 inhabitantsSweden: 476 per 1,000 inhabitantsSlovenia: 555 per 1,000 inhabitantsSlovakia: 447 per 1,000 inhabitants
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per 1,000 inhabitants, 2020. Source: Eurostat, Passenger cars per thousand inhabitants (road_eqs_carhab). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, 2020

Luxembourg: 682 per 1,000 inhabitantsLuxembourg682Italy: 671 per 1,000 inhabitantsItaly671Finland: 652 per 1,000 inhabitantsFinland652Cyprus: 632 per 1,000 inhabitantsCyprus632Estonia: 608 per 1,000 inhabitantsEstonia608Malta: 597 per 1,000 inhabitantsMalta597Germany: 580 per 1,000 inhabitantsGermany580Czechia: 576 per 1,000 inhabitantsCzechia576Austria: 570 per 1,000 inhabitantsAustria570France: 568 per 1,000 inhabitantsFrance568Poland: 566 per 1,000 inhabitantsPoland566Lithuania: 557 per 1,000 inhabitantsLithuania557Slovenia: 555 per 1,000 inhabitantsSlovenia555Spain: 549 per 1,000 inhabitantsSpain549Portugal: 535 per 1,000 inhabitantsPortugal535Greece: 520 per 1,000 inhabitantsGreece520Belgium: 510 per 1,000 inhabitantsBelgium510Netherlands: 497 per 1,000 inhabitantsNetherlands497Sweden: 476 per 1,000 inhabitantsSweden476Denmark: 466 per 1,000 inhabitantsDenmark466Ireland: 452 per 1,000 inhabitantsIreland452Croatia: 449 per 1,000 inhabitantsCroatia449Slovakia: 447 per 1,000 inhabitantsSlovakia447Bulgaria: 439 per 1,000 inhabitantsBulgaria439Hungary: 406 per 1,000 inhabitantsHungary406Latvia: 390 per 1,000 inhabitantsLatvia390Romania: 379 per 1,000 inhabitantsRomania379Luxembourg: 682 per 1,000 inhabitantsLuxembourg682Italy: 671 per 1,000 inhabitantsItaly671Finland: 652 per 1,000 inhabitantsFinland652Cyprus: 632 per 1,000 inhabitantsCyprus632Estonia: 608 per 1,000 inhabitantsEstonia608Malta: 597 per 1,000 inhabitantsMalta597Germany: 580 per 1,000 inhabitantsGermany580Czechia: 576 per 1,000 inhabitantsCzechia576Austria: 570 per 1,000 inhabitantsAustria570France: 568 per 1,000 inhabitantsFrance568Poland: 566 per 1,000 inhabitantsPoland566Lithuania: 557 per 1,000 inhabitantsLithuania557Slovenia: 555 per 1,000 inhabitantsSlovenia555Spain: 549 per 1,000 inhabitantsSpain549Portugal: 535 per 1,000 inhabitantsPortugal535Greece: 520 per 1,000 inhabitantsGreece520Belgium: 510 per 1,000 inhabitantsBelgium510Netherlands: 497 per 1,000 inhabitantsNetherlands497Sweden: 476 per 1,000 inhabitantsSweden476Denmark: 466 per 1,000 inhabitantsDenmark466Ireland: 452 per 1,000 inhabitantsIreland452Croatia: 449 per 1,000 inhabitantsCroatia449Slovakia: 447 per 1,000 inhabitantsSlovakia447Bulgaria: 439 per 1,000 inhabitantsBulgaria439Hungary: 406 per 1,000 inhabitantsHungary406Latvia: 390 per 1,000 inhabitantsLatvia390Romania: 379 per 1,000 inhabitantsRomania379
per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat, Passenger cars per thousand inhabitants (road_eqs_carhab). Retrieved 2026-10-18.

Full ranking

RankEU countries2020
per 1,000 inhabitants		Change on 2019
1Luxembourg682+1 pts
2Italy671+8 pts
3Finland652+10 pts
4Cyprus632-2 pts
5Estonia608+10 pts
6Malta5970 pts
7Germany580+6 pts
8Czechia Series break576+22 pts
9Austria570+4 pts
10France568-1 pts
11Poland Series break566+25 pts
12Lithuania557+24 pts
13Slovenia555-1 pts
14Spain549+3 pts
15Portugal535+10 pts
16Greece520+11 pts
17Belgium5100 pts
18Netherlands497+4 pts
19Sweden476+3 pts
20Denmark466+11 pts
21Ireland452+2 pts
22Croatia449+10 pts
23Slovakia447+8 pts
24Bulgaria439+8 pts
25Hungary406+13 pts
26Latvia390+9 pts
27Romania379+22 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, 2020) [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, 2020. 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=2020. 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, 2020. 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=2020.

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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, 2020 [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=2020 (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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

Luxembourg, with 682 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2020, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Romania, with 379 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2020.

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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