Car ownership in Hungary
Hungary had 461 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.
Hungary, 2025
461
Change from 2024
+14per 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
30th of 39
Car ownership in Hungary 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 | Hungary | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 461 per 1,000 people | 584 per 1,000 people |
| 2024 | 447 per 1,000 people | 577 per 1,000 people |
| 2023 | 435 per 1,000 people | 570 per 1,000 people |
| 2022 | 426 per 1,000 people | 564 per 1,000 people |
| 2021 | 418 per 1,000 people | 561 per 1,000 people |
| 2020 | 406 per 1,000 people | 556 per 1,000 people |
| 2019 | 393 per 1,000 people | 548 per 1,000 people |
| 2018 | 375 per 1,000 people | 539 per 1,000 people |
| 2017 | 357 per 1,000 people | 530 per 1,000 people |
| 2016 | 340 per 1,000 people | 518 per 1,000 people |
| 2015 | 327 per 1,000 people | 508 per 1,000 people |
| 2014 | 317 per 1,000 people | 506 per 1,000 people |
| 2013 | 309 per 1,000 people | 501 per 1,000 people |
| 2012 | 301 per 1,000 people | 497 per 1,000 people |
| 2011 | 299 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) | 494 per 1,000 people |
| 2010 | 299 per 1,000 people | 487 per 1,000 people |
| 2009 | 301 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2008 | 305 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2007 | 325 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2006 | 319 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2005 | 287 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2004 | 280 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2003 | 274 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2002 | 259 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2001 | 244 per 1,000 people | – |
Flags: b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +14 from 447 per 1,000 people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 327 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by +134.
- Among the 39 countries with data for 2025, Hungary has the 30th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 584 per 1,000 people.
More for Hungary
All statistics for Hungary
Car share of passenger transport
66.9%ep (Source flag ep)
2024 · Eurostat
Road traffic deaths
5.2 per 100,000 people
2024 · Eurostat
Rail passenger transport
16,145 million passenger-km
2025 · Eurostat
Road share of inland freight transport
69.9%
2024 · Eurostat
New zero-emission cars
8.5%
2025 · Eurostat
Road traffic deaths
7.7 per 100,000 people
2019 · World Bank