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.

Measure: Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants Unit: Cars per 1,000 inhabitants Data: 1990 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Hungary, 2025 461 Cars per 1,000 inhabitants
Change from 2024 +14per 1,000 people 2024: 447 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 30th of 39 See the full ranking

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.

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

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 Hungary
Provider update
6 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat