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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 2024, at 701 per 1,000 inhabitants. Latvia had the lowest, at 424 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was 569 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for the European Union (27) was 577 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest701Italy
Lowest424Latvia
Median56927 EU countries
European Union (27)577History

Map of EU countries, 2024

Austria: 569 per 1,000 inhabitantsBelgium: 513 per 1,000 inhabitantsBulgaria: 484 per 1,000 inhabitantsCyprus: 659 per 1,000 inhabitantsCzechia: 608 per 1,000 inhabitantsGermany: 590 per 1,000 inhabitantsDenmark: 478 per 1,000 inhabitantsEstonia: 635 per 1,000 inhabitantsSpain: 543 per 1,000 inhabitantsFinland: 666 per 1,000 inhabitantsFrance: 577 per 1,000 inhabitantsGreece: 581 per 1,000 inhabitantsCroatia: 513 per 1,000 inhabitantsHungary: 447 per 1,000 inhabitantsIreland: 466 per 1,000 inhabitantsItaly: 701 per 1,000 inhabitantsLithuania: 598 per 1,000 inhabitantsLuxembourg: 670 per 1,000 inhabitantsLatvia: 424 per 1,000 inhabitantsMalta: 576 per 1,000 inhabitantsNetherlands: 513 per 1,000 inhabitantsPoland: 629 per 1,000 inhabitantsPortugal: 539 per 1,000 inhabitantsRomania: 444 per 1,000 inhabitantsSweden: 470 per 1,000 inhabitantsSlovenia: 587 per 1,000 inhabitantsSlovakia: 502 per 1,000 inhabitants
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per 1,000 inhabitants, 2024. Source: Eurostat, Passenger cars per thousand inhabitants (road_eqs_carhab). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, 2024

Italy: 701 per 1,000 inhabitantsItaly701Luxembourg: 670 per 1,000 inhabitantsLuxembourg670Finland: 666 per 1,000 inhabitantsFinland666Cyprus: 659 per 1,000 inhabitantsCyprus659Estonia: 635 per 1,000 inhabitantsEstonia635Poland: 629 per 1,000 inhabitantsPoland629Czechia: 608 per 1,000 inhabitantsCzechia608Lithuania: 598 per 1,000 inhabitantsLithuania598Germany: 590 per 1,000 inhabitantsGermany590Slovenia: 587 per 1,000 inhabitantsSlovenia587Greece: 581 per 1,000 inhabitantsGreece581France: 577 per 1,000 inhabitantsFrance577Malta: 576 per 1,000 inhabitantsMalta576Austria: 569 per 1,000 inhabitantsAustria569Spain: 543 per 1,000 inhabitantsSpain543Portugal: 539 per 1,000 inhabitantsPortugal539Belgium: 513 per 1,000 inhabitantsBelgium513Croatia: 513 per 1,000 inhabitantsCroatia513Netherlands: 513 per 1,000 inhabitantsNetherlands513Slovakia: 502 per 1,000 inhabitantsSlovakia502Bulgaria: 484 per 1,000 inhabitantsBulgaria484Denmark: 478 per 1,000 inhabitantsDenmark478Sweden: 470 per 1,000 inhabitantsSweden470Ireland: 466 per 1,000 inhabitantsIreland466Hungary: 447 per 1,000 inhabitantsHungary447Romania: 444 per 1,000 inhabitantsRomania444Latvia: 424 per 1,000 inhabitantsLatvia424Italy: 701 per 1,000 inhabitantsItaly701Luxembourg: 670 per 1,000 inhabitantsLuxembourg670Finland: 666 per 1,000 inhabitantsFinland666Cyprus: 659 per 1,000 inhabitantsCyprus659Estonia: 635 per 1,000 inhabitantsEstonia635Poland: 629 per 1,000 inhabitantsPoland629Czechia: 608 per 1,000 inhabitantsCzechia608Lithuania: 598 per 1,000 inhabitantsLithuania598Germany: 590 per 1,000 inhabitantsGermany590Slovenia: 587 per 1,000 inhabitantsSlovenia587Greece: 581 per 1,000 inhabitantsGreece581France: 577 per 1,000 inhabitantsFrance577Malta: 576 per 1,000 inhabitantsMalta576Austria: 569 per 1,000 inhabitantsAustria569Spain: 543 per 1,000 inhabitantsSpain543Portugal: 539 per 1,000 inhabitantsPortugal539Belgium: 513 per 1,000 inhabitantsBelgium513Croatia: 513 per 1,000 inhabitantsCroatia513Netherlands: 513 per 1,000 inhabitantsNetherlands513Slovakia: 502 per 1,000 inhabitantsSlovakia502Bulgaria: 484 per 1,000 inhabitantsBulgaria484Denmark: 478 per 1,000 inhabitantsDenmark478Sweden: 470 per 1,000 inhabitantsSweden470Ireland: 466 per 1,000 inhabitantsIreland466Hungary: 447 per 1,000 inhabitantsHungary447Romania: 444 per 1,000 inhabitantsRomania444Latvia: 424 per 1,000 inhabitantsLatvia424
per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat, Passenger cars per thousand inhabitants (road_eqs_carhab). Retrieved 2026-10-18.

Full ranking

RankEU countries2024
per 1,000 inhabitants		Change on 2023
1Italy701+7 pts
2Luxembourg670-5 pts
3Finland666+2 pts
4Cyprus659+12 pts
5Estonia635+5 pts
6Poland Series break629+34 pts
7Czechia608+11 pts
8Lithuania598+9 pts
9Germany590+2 pts
10Slovenia587+8 pts
11Greece581+15 pts
12France Provisional577+4 pts
13Malta576+1 pts
14Austria569+3 pts
15Spain543-8 pts
16Portugal539+17 pts
17Belgium513+1 pts
17Croatia513+18 pts
17Netherlands513+8 pts
20Slovakia502+15 pts
21Bulgaria484+18 pts
22Denmark478+4 pts
23Sweden470-2 pts
24Ireland466+17 pts
25Hungary447+12 pts
26Romania Estimated444+19 pts
27Latvia424+8 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.

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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, 2024) [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, 2024. 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=2024. 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, 2024. 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=2024.

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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, 2024 [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=2024 (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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

Italy, with 701 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Latvia, with 424 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2024.

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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