Car ownership in Poland
Poland had 639 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.
Car ownership in Poland over time
The chart loads when you scroll to it. The table below shows the same data.
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 | Poland | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 639 per 1,000 peoplei (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) | 584 per 1,000 people |
| 2024 | 629 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) | 577 per 1,000 people |
| 2023 | 595 per 1,000 people | 570 per 1,000 people |
| 2022 | 584 per 1,000 peoplei (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) | 564 per 1,000 people |
| 2021 | 579 per 1,000 peoplei (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) | 561 per 1,000 people |
| 2020 | 566 per 1,000 peoplebi (break in time series, value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) | 556 per 1,000 people |
| 2019 | 541 per 1,000 peoplee (estimated) | 548 per 1,000 people |
| 2018 | 524 per 1,000 peoplei (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) | 539 per 1,000 people |
| 2017 | 507 per 1,000 peoplee (estimated) | 530 per 1,000 people |
| 2016 | 493 per 1,000 peoplee (estimated) | 518 per 1,000 people |
| 2015 | 474 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) | 508 per 1,000 people |
| 2014 | 526 per 1,000 people | 506 per 1,000 people |
| 2013 | 510 per 1,000 people | 501 per 1,000 people |
| 2012 | 492 per 1,000 people | 497 per 1,000 people |
| 2011 | 476 per 1,000 people | 494 per 1,000 people |
| 2010 | 453 per 1,000 people | 487 per 1,000 people |
| 2009 | 434 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) | – |
| 2008 | 422 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2007 | 383 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2006 | 351 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2005 | 323 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2004 | 314 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2003 | 294 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2002 | 289 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2001 | 275 per 1,000 people | – |
Flags: b break in time series; be break in time series, estimated; e estimated; i value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies; bi break in time series, value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +10 from 629 per 1,000 people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 474 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by +165. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
- Among the 39 countries with data for 2025, Poland has the 7th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 584 per 1,000 people.