Car ownership in Iceland
Iceland had 645 passenger cars per 1,000 people in 2025.
The latest value carries the source flag “Source flag i”.
Iceland, 2025
645i (Source flag i)
Change from 2024
+6per 1,000 people
European Union, 2025
584 per 1,000 people
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
568 per 1,000 people
Position in 2025
6th of 39
Car ownership in Iceland over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Cars per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Iceland | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 645 per 1,000 peoplei (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) | 584 per 1,000 people |
| 2024 | 639 per 1,000 peoplei (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) | 577 per 1,000 people |
| 2023 | 646 per 1,000 peoplei (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) | 570 per 1,000 people |
| 2022 | 611 per 1,000 peoplei (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) | 564 per 1,000 people |
| 2021 | 605 per 1,000 peoplei (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) | 561 per 1,000 people |
| 2020 | 596 per 1,000 peoplei (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) | 556 per 1,000 people |
| 2019 | 615 per 1,000 peoplei (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) | 548 per 1,000 people |
| 2018 | 624 per 1,000 peoplei (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) | 539 per 1,000 people |
| 2017 | 614 per 1,000 peoplei (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) | 530 per 1,000 people |
| 2016 | 591 per 1,000 peoplei (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) | 518 per 1,000 people |
| 2015 | 563 per 1,000 peoplei (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) | 508 per 1,000 people |
| 2014 | 547 per 1,000 peoplei (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) | 506 per 1,000 people |
| 2013 | 540 per 1,000 peoplei (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) | 501 per 1,000 people |
| 2012 | – | 497 per 1,000 people |
| 2011 | – | 494 per 1,000 people |
| 2010 | – | 487 per 1,000 people |
| 2005 | 624 per 1,000 peoplee (estimated) | – |
| 2004 | 596 per 1,000 peoplee (estimated) | – |
| 2001 | 558 per 1,000 people | – |
Flags: e estimated; i value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +6 from 639 per 1,000 people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 563 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by +82.
- Among the 39 countries with data for 2025, Iceland has the 6th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 584 per 1,000 people.