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.

Measure: Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants Unit: Cars per 1,000 inhabitants Data: 1990 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Austria, 2025 574 Cars per 1,000 inhabitants
Change from 2024 +5per 1,000 people 2024: 569 per 1,000 people
European Union, 2025 584 per 1,000 people Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 571 per 1,000 people Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 15th of 39 See the full ranking

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.

Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants (cars per 1,000 inhabitants), 2001 to 2025
Period AustriaEuropean 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.

Source and dates

Original producer
Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
road_eqs_carhab · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A unit=NR
Observation period
1990 to 2025 for Austria
Provider update
6 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat