Car ownership in European Union
The European Union had 584 passenger cars per 1,000 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.
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.
European Union, 2025
584
Change from 2024
+7per 1,000 people
Car ownership in European Union 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 | European Union |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 584 per 1,000 people |
| 2024 | 577 per 1,000 people |
| 2023 | 570 per 1,000 people |
| 2022 | 564 per 1,000 people |
| 2021 | 561 per 1,000 people |
| 2020 | 556 per 1,000 people |
| 2019 | 548 per 1,000 people |
| 2018 | 539 per 1,000 people |
| 2017 | 530 per 1,000 people |
| 2016 | 518 per 1,000 people |
| 2015 | 508 per 1,000 people |
| 2014 | 506 per 1,000 people |
| 2013 | 501 per 1,000 people |
| 2012 | 497 per 1,000 people |
| 2011 | 494 per 1,000 people |
| 2010 | 487 per 1,000 people |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +7 from 577 per 1,000 people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 508 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by +76.
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