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Car ownership in Netherlands

Netherlands had 519 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
Netherlands, 2025 519 Cars per 1,000 inhabitants
Change from 2024 +6per 1,000 people 2024: 513 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 22nd of 39 See the full ranking

Car ownership in Netherlands 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 NetherlandsEuropean Union
2025 519 per 1,000 people 584 per 1,000 people
2024 513 per 1,000 people 577 per 1,000 people
2023 505 per 1,000 people 570 per 1,000 people
2022 501 per 1,000 people 564 per 1,000 people
2021 502 per 1,000 people 561 per 1,000 people
2020 497 per 1,000 people 556 per 1,000 people
2019 493 per 1,000 people 548 per 1,000 people
2018 489 per 1,000 people 539 per 1,000 people
2017 487 per 1,000 people 530 per 1,000 people
2016 481 per 1,000 people 518 per 1,000 people
2015 477 per 1,000 people 508 per 1,000 people
2014 472 per 1,000 people 506 per 1,000 people
2013 471 per 1,000 people 501 per 1,000 people
2012 472 per 1,000 people 497 per 1,000 people
2011 470 per 1,000 people 494 per 1,000 people
2010 464 per 1,000 people 487 per 1,000 people
2009 460 per 1,000 people –
2008 457 per 1,000 people –
2007 451 per 1,000 people –
2006 442 per 1,000 people –
2005 434 per 1,000 people –
2004 429 per 1,000 people –
2003 425 per 1,000 people –
2002 423 per 1,000 people –
2001 417 per 1,000 people –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • That is a change of +6 from 513 per 1,000 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 477 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by +42.
  • Among the 39 countries with data for 2025, Netherlands has the 22nd highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 584 per 1,000 people.

More for Netherlands

All statistics for Netherlands
Car share of passenger transport 86.0%e (Estimated) 2024 · Eurostat Road traffic deaths 3.1 per 100,000 people 2024 · Eurostat Rail passenger transport 17,729 million passenger-km 2025 · Eurostat Road share of inland freight transport 53.7% 2024 · Eurostat New zero-emission cars 40.2% 2025 · Eurostat Road traffic deaths 4.0 per 100,000 people 2019 · World Bank

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