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Car ownership in Italy

Italy had 709 passenger cars per 1,000 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Measure: Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants Unit: Cars per 1,000 inhabitants Data: 1990 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
The latest value carries the source flag “Provisional”.
Italy, 2025 709p (Provisional) Cars per 1,000 inhabitants
Change from 2024 +8per 1,000 people 2024: 701 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 2nd of 39 See the full ranking

Car ownership in Italy 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 ItalyEuropean Union
2025 709 per 1,000 peoplep (provisional) 584 per 1,000 people
2024 701 per 1,000 people 577 per 1,000 people
2023 694 per 1,000 people 570 per 1,000 people
2022 682 per 1,000 people 564 per 1,000 people
2021 675 per 1,000 people 561 per 1,000 people
2020 671 per 1,000 people 556 per 1,000 people
2019 663 per 1,000 people 548 per 1,000 people
2018 652 per 1,000 people 539 per 1,000 people
2017 643 per 1,000 people 530 per 1,000 people
2016 631 per 1,000 people 518 per 1,000 people
2015 621 per 1,000 people 508 per 1,000 people
2014 615 per 1,000 people 506 per 1,000 people
2013 613 per 1,000 people 501 per 1,000 people
2012 621 per 1,000 people 497 per 1,000 people
2011 625 per 1,000 people 494 per 1,000 people
2010 619 per 1,000 people 487 per 1,000 people
2009 614 per 1,000 people –
2008 612 per 1,000 people –
2007 608 per 1,000 people –
2006 606 per 1,000 people –
2005 597 per 1,000 people –
2004 587 per 1,000 people –
2003 597 per 1,000 people –
2002 590 per 1,000 people –
2001 583 per 1,000 people –

Flags: p provisional . A dash means no value was published.

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In short

  • That is a change of +8 from 701 per 1,000 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 621 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by +88.
  • Among the 39 countries with data for 2025, Italy has the 2nd highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 584 per 1,000 people.

More for Italy

All statistics for Italy
Car share of passenger transport 83.3% 2024 · Eurostat Road traffic deaths 5.1 per 100,000 people 2024 · Eurostat Rail passenger transport 55,566 million passenger-km 2025 · Eurostat Road share of inland freight transport 88.4% 2024 · Eurostat New zero-emission cars 6.1% 2025 · Eurostat Road traffic deaths 5.3 per 100,000 people 2019 · World Bank

Source and dates

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