Car ownership in Lithuania
Lithuania had 629 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.
Lithuania, 2025
629
Change from 2024
+31per 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
8th of 39
Car ownership in Lithuania 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 | Lithuania | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 629 per 1,000 people | 584 per 1,000 people |
| 2024 | 598 per 1,000 people | 577 per 1,000 people |
| 2023 | 589 per 1,000 people | 570 per 1,000 people |
| 2022 | 578 per 1,000 people | 564 per 1,000 people |
| 2021 | 574 per 1,000 people | 561 per 1,000 people |
| 2020 | 557 per 1,000 people | 556 per 1,000 people |
| 2019 | 533 per 1,000 people | 548 per 1,000 people |
| 2018 | 509 per 1,000 people | 539 per 1,000 people |
| 2017 | 480 per 1,000 people | 530 per 1,000 people |
| 2016 | 454 per 1,000 people | 518 per 1,000 people |
| 2015 | 430 per 1,000 people | 508 per 1,000 people |
| 2014 | 412 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) | 506 per 1,000 people |
| 2013 | 614 per 1,000 people | 501 per 1,000 people |
| 2012 | 590 per 1,000 people | 497 per 1,000 people |
| 2011 | 570 per 1,000 people | 494 per 1,000 people |
| 2010 | 554 per 1,000 people | 487 per 1,000 people |
| 2009 | 540 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2008 | 525 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2007 | 494 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2006 | 490 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2005 | 442 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2004 | 392 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2003 | 370 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2002 | 344 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2001 | 328 per 1,000 people | – |
Flags: b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +31 from 598 per 1,000 people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 430 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by +199.
- Among the 39 countries with data for 2025, Lithuania has the 8th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 584 per 1,000 people.
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2024 · Eurostat
Road traffic deaths
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Rail passenger transport
475 million passenger-km
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Road share of inland freight transport
62.2%
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New zero-emission cars
8.9%
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Road traffic deaths
8.1 per 100,000 people
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