Car ownership in Austria
Austria had 574 passenger cars per 1,000 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
Austria, 2025
574
Change from 2024
+5per 1,000 people
European Union, 2025
584 per 1,000 people
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
571 per 1,000 people
Position in 2025
15th of 39
Car ownership in Austria over time
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Cars per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Austria | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 574 per 1,000 people | 584 per 1,000 people |
| 2024 | 569 per 1,000 people | 577 per 1,000 people |
| 2023 | 566 per 1,000 people | 570 per 1,000 people |
| 2022 | 566 per 1,000 people | 564 per 1,000 people |
| 2021 | 572 per 1,000 people | 561 per 1,000 people |
| 2020 | 570 per 1,000 people | 556 per 1,000 people |
| 2019 | 566 per 1,000 people | 548 per 1,000 people |
| 2018 | 562 per 1,000 people | 539 per 1,000 people |
| 2017 | 555 per 1,000 people | 530 per 1,000 people |
| 2016 | 550 per 1,000 people | 518 per 1,000 people |
| 2015 | 546 per 1,000 people | 508 per 1,000 people |
| 2014 | 547 per 1,000 people | 506 per 1,000 people |
| 2013 | 546 per 1,000 people | 501 per 1,000 people |
| 2012 | 542 per 1,000 people | 497 per 1,000 people |
| 2011 | 537 per 1,000 people | 494 per 1,000 people |
| 2010 | 530 per 1,000 people | 487 per 1,000 people |
| 2009 | 522 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2008 | 514 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2007 | 511 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2006 | 508 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2005 | 504 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2004 | 501 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2003 | 498 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2002 | 492 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) | – |
| 2001 | 519 per 1,000 people | – |
Flags: b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +5 from 569 per 1,000 people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 546 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by +28.
- Among the 39 countries with data for 2025, Austria has the 15th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 584 per 1,000 people.
More for Austria
All statistics for Austria
Car share of passenger transport
76.2%e (Estimated)
2024 · Eurostat
Road traffic deaths
3.8 per 100,000 people
2024 · Eurostat
Rail passenger transport
14,978 million passenger-km
2025 · Eurostat
Road share of inland freight transport
67.8%
2024 · Eurostat
New zero-emission cars
21.3%
2025 · Eurostat
Road traffic deaths
4.9 per 100,000 people
2019 · World Bank