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Car ownership in Malta

Malta had 571 passenger cars per 1,000 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2009.

Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants Cars per 1,000 inhabitants Data: 1990 to 2025 Source: Eurostat

Malta, 2025 571 Cars per 1,000 inhabitants

Change from 2024 −5per 1,000 people 2024: 576 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 16th of 39 See the full ranking

Car ownership in Malta 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	Malta	European Union
2025	571 per 1,000 people	584 per 1,000 people
2024	576 per 1,000 people	577 per 1,000 people
2023	575 per 1,000 people	570 per 1,000 people
2022	585 per 1,000 people	564 per 1,000 people
2021	602 per 1,000 people	561 per 1,000 people
2020	597 per 1,000 people	556 per 1,000 people
2019	597 per 1,000 people	548 per 1,000 people
2018	609 per 1,000 people	539 per 1,000 people
2017	615 per 1,000 people	530 per 1,000 people
2016	616 per 1,000 people	518 per 1,000 people
2015	612 per 1,000 people	508 per 1,000 people
2014	606 per 1,000 people	506 per 1,000 people
2013	598 per 1,000 people	501 per 1,000 people
2012	591 per 1,000 people	497 per 1,000 people
2011	592 per 1,000 people	494 per 1,000 people
2010	581 per 1,000 people	487 per 1,000 people
2009	566 per 1,000 people	–
2008	558 per 1,000 people	–
2007	549 per 1,000 people	–
2006	537 per 1,000 people	–
2005	525 per 1,000 people	–
2002	508 per 1,000 people	–
2001	495 per 1,000 people	–

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In short

That is a change of −5 from 576 per 1,000 people in 2024.
Since 2015, when it was 612 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by −41.
Among the 39 countries with data for 2025, Malta has the 16th highest value.
The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 584 per 1,000 people.

More for Malta

All statistics for Malta

Car share of passenger transport 80.3%e 2024 · Eurostat Road traffic deaths 2.1 per 100,000 people 2024 · Eurostat Road share of inland freight transport 100.0% 2024 · Eurostat New zero-emission cars 37.6% 2025 · Eurostat Road traffic deaths 4.1 per 100,000 people 2019 · World Bank Air passengers carried 2,387,400 passengers 2023 · World Bank

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

How Malta compares in 2025 Neighbouring positions among 39 countries with a value for 2025.

13 Germany 593 per 1,000 people
14 France 578 per 1,000 peopleip (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies, provisional)
15 Austria 574 per 1,000 people
16 Malta 571 per 1,000 people
17 Portugal 561 per 1,000 peoplep (provisional)
18 Spain 550 per 1,000 peoplep (provisional)
19 Switzerland 543 per 1,000 peoplep (provisional)

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What this measures

The number of registered passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants.

Population covered: Total population

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