Car share of passenger transport in European Union
Cars accounted for 82.5% of inland passenger transport in the European Union in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2014. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by Eurostat, not an average calculated on this site.
The latest value carries the source flag “Source flag be”.
European Union, 2024
82.5%be (Source flag be)
Change from 2023
−0.2percentage points
Car share of passenger transport in European Union over time
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% of inland passenger-kilometres. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 82.5%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2023 | 82.7%e (estimated) |
| 2022 | 83.5%e (estimated) |
| 2021 | 86.7%e (estimated) |
| 2020 | 87.2%e (estimated) |
| 2019 | 82.7%e (estimated) |
| 2018 | 82.9%e (estimated) |
| 2017 | 83.0%e (estimated) |
| 2016 | 82.7%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2015 | 82.6%e (estimated) |
| 2014 | 82.5%e (estimated) |
| 2013 | 82.1%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2012 | 79.6%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2011 | 80.0%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2010 | 80.3%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2009 | 82.9%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2008 | 82.5%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2007 | 82.7%e (estimated) |
| 2006 | 82.8%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2005 | 82.4%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2004 | 82.5%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2003 | 82.9%e (estimated) |
| 2002 | 82.7%e (estimated) |
| 2001 | 82.2%e (estimated) |
| 2000 | 82.0%be (break in time series, estimated) |
Flags: be break in time series, estimated; e estimated . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 82.7% in 2023. The source marks a break in the series at 2024, so part of this change may come from a change in method.
- Since 2014, when it was 82.5%, the figure has changed by 0 percentage points.
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