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EU countries by passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants

Italy had the highest passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants of 27 EU countries in 2022, at 682 per 1,000 inhabitants. Latvia had the lowest, at 406 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was 553 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for the European Union (27) was 564 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest682Italy
Lowest406Latvia
Median55327 EU countries
European Union (27)564History

Map of EU countries, 2022

Austria: 566 per 1,000 inhabitantsBelgium: 507 per 1,000 inhabitantsBulgaria: 449 per 1,000 inhabitantsCyprus: 633 per 1,000 inhabitantsCzechia: 582 per 1,000 inhabitantsGermany: 587 per 1,000 inhabitantsDenmark: 472 per 1,000 inhabitantsEstonia: 622 per 1,000 inhabitantsSpain: 553 per 1,000 inhabitantsFinland: 660 per 1,000 inhabitantsFrance: 569 per 1,000 inhabitantsGreece: 550 per 1,000 inhabitantsCroatia: 478 per 1,000 inhabitantsHungary: 426 per 1,000 inhabitantsIreland: 443 per 1,000 inhabitantsItaly: 682 per 1,000 inhabitantsLithuania: 578 per 1,000 inhabitantsLuxembourg: 673 per 1,000 inhabitantsLatvia: 406 per 1,000 inhabitantsMalta: 585 per 1,000 inhabitantsNetherlands: 501 per 1,000 inhabitantsPoland: 584 per 1,000 inhabitantsPortugal: 529 per 1,000 inhabitantsRomania: 413 per 1,000 inhabitantsSweden: 473 per 1,000 inhabitantsSlovenia: 571 per 1,000 inhabitantsSlovakia: 471 per 1,000 inhabitants
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per 1,000 inhabitants, 2022. Source: Eurostat, Passenger cars per thousand inhabitants (road_eqs_carhab). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, 2022

Italy: 682 per 1,000 inhabitantsItaly682Luxembourg: 673 per 1,000 inhabitantsLuxembourg673Finland: 660 per 1,000 inhabitantsFinland660Cyprus: 633 per 1,000 inhabitantsCyprus633Estonia: 622 per 1,000 inhabitantsEstonia622Germany: 587 per 1,000 inhabitantsGermany587Malta: 585 per 1,000 inhabitantsMalta585Poland: 584 per 1,000 inhabitantsPoland584Czechia: 582 per 1,000 inhabitantsCzechia582Lithuania: 578 per 1,000 inhabitantsLithuania578Slovenia: 571 per 1,000 inhabitantsSlovenia571France: 569 per 1,000 inhabitantsFrance569Austria: 566 per 1,000 inhabitantsAustria566Spain: 553 per 1,000 inhabitantsSpain553Greece: 550 per 1,000 inhabitantsGreece550Portugal: 529 per 1,000 inhabitantsPortugal529Belgium: 507 per 1,000 inhabitantsBelgium507Netherlands: 501 per 1,000 inhabitantsNetherlands501Croatia: 478 per 1,000 inhabitantsCroatia478Sweden: 473 per 1,000 inhabitantsSweden473Denmark: 472 per 1,000 inhabitantsDenmark472Slovakia: 471 per 1,000 inhabitantsSlovakia471Bulgaria: 449 per 1,000 inhabitantsBulgaria449Ireland: 443 per 1,000 inhabitantsIreland443Hungary: 426 per 1,000 inhabitantsHungary426Romania: 413 per 1,000 inhabitantsRomania413Latvia: 406 per 1,000 inhabitantsLatvia406Italy: 682 per 1,000 inhabitantsItaly682Luxembourg: 673 per 1,000 inhabitantsLuxembourg673Finland: 660 per 1,000 inhabitantsFinland660Cyprus: 633 per 1,000 inhabitantsCyprus633Estonia: 622 per 1,000 inhabitantsEstonia622Germany: 587 per 1,000 inhabitantsGermany587Malta: 585 per 1,000 inhabitantsMalta585Poland: 584 per 1,000 inhabitantsPoland584Czechia: 582 per 1,000 inhabitantsCzechia582Lithuania: 578 per 1,000 inhabitantsLithuania578Slovenia: 571 per 1,000 inhabitantsSlovenia571France: 569 per 1,000 inhabitantsFrance569Austria: 566 per 1,000 inhabitantsAustria566Spain: 553 per 1,000 inhabitantsSpain553Greece: 550 per 1,000 inhabitantsGreece550Portugal: 529 per 1,000 inhabitantsPortugal529Belgium: 507 per 1,000 inhabitantsBelgium507Netherlands: 501 per 1,000 inhabitantsNetherlands501Croatia: 478 per 1,000 inhabitantsCroatia478Sweden: 473 per 1,000 inhabitantsSweden473Denmark: 472 per 1,000 inhabitantsDenmark472Slovakia: 471 per 1,000 inhabitantsSlovakia471Bulgaria: 449 per 1,000 inhabitantsBulgaria449Ireland: 443 per 1,000 inhabitantsIreland443Hungary: 426 per 1,000 inhabitantsHungary426Romania: 413 per 1,000 inhabitantsRomania413Latvia: 406 per 1,000 inhabitantsLatvia406
per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat, Passenger cars per thousand inhabitants (road_eqs_carhab). Retrieved 2026-10-18.

Full ranking

RankEU countries2022
per 1,000 inhabitants		Change on 2021
1Italy682+7 pts
2Luxembourg673-9 pts
3Finland660+4 pts
4Cyprus633-4 pts
5Estonia622+2 pts
6Germany Series break587+4 pts
7Malta585-17 pts
8Poland584+5 pts
9Czechia582+3 pts
10Lithuania578+4 pts
11Slovenia571+7 pts
12France569-1 pts
13Austria566-6 pts
14Spain553-1 pts
15Greece550+14 pts
16Portugal529-2 pts
17Belgium507-3 pts
18Netherlands501-1 pts
19Croatia478+13 pts
20Sweden473-4 pts
21Denmark472-3 pts
22Slovakia471+12 pts
23Bulgaria449+12 pts
24Ireland443-5 pts
25Hungary426+8 pts
26Romania Estimated413+13 pts
27Latvia Series break406+2 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, 2022) [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, 2022. 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=2022. 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, 2022. 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=2022.

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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, 2022 [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=2022 (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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Questions

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

Italy, with 682 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2022, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Latvia, with 406 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2022.

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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