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Cars per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Portugal | Spain | European Union |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 561 per 1,000 peoplep (provisional) | 550 per 1,000 peoplep (provisional) | 584 per 1,000 people |
| 2024 | 539 per 1,000 people | 543 per 1,000 people | 577 per 1,000 people |
| 2023 | 522 per 1,000 people | 551 per 1,000 people | 570 per 1,000 people |
| 2022 | 529 per 1,000 people | 553 per 1,000 people | 564 per 1,000 people |
| 2021 | 531 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) | 554 per 1,000 people | 561 per 1,000 people |
| 2020 | 535 per 1,000 people | 549 per 1,000 people | 556 per 1,000 people |
| 2019 | 525 per 1,000 people | 546 per 1,000 people | 548 per 1,000 people |
| 2018 | 511 per 1,000 people | 539 per 1,000 people | 539 per 1,000 people |
| 2017 | 490 per 1,000 people | 529 per 1,000 people | 530 per 1,000 people |
| 2016 | 469 per 1,000 people | 492 per 1,000 peoplei (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) | 518 per 1,000 people |
| 2015 | 456 per 1,000 people | 482 per 1,000 people | 508 per 1,000 people |
| 2014 | 452 per 1,000 people | 475 per 1,000 people | 506 per 1,000 people |
| 2013 | 414 per 1,000 people | 474 per 1,000 people | 501 per 1,000 people |
| 2012 | 406 per 1,000 people | 476 per 1,000 people | 497 per 1,000 people |
| 2011 | 447 per 1,000 people | 476 per 1,000 people | 494 per 1,000 people |
| 2010 | 444 per 1,000 people | 475 per 1,000 people | 487 per 1,000 people |
| 2009 | – | 473 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2008 | – | 479 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2007 | – | 476 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2006 | – | 470 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2004 | – | 451 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2003 | – | 439 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2002 | 554 per 1,000 people | 448 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2001 | 533 per 1,000 people | 442 per 1,000 people | – |
Flags: i value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies; p provisional; b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.