Car share of passenger transport in Portugal
Cars accounted for 87.3% of inland passenger transport in Portugal in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2004.
The latest value carries the source flag “Estimated”.
Portugal, 2024
87.3%e (Estimated)
Change from 2023
−0.9percentage points
European Union, 2024
82.5%be (Source flag be)
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024
82.6%
Position in 2024
7th of 34
Car share of passenger transport in Portugal over time
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% of inland passenger-kilometres. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
Flags: be break in time series, estimated; e estimated . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.9 percentage points from 88.2% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 91.0%, the figure has changed by −3.7 percentage points.
- Among the 34 countries with data for 2024, Portugal has the 7th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 82.5%.
More for Portugal
All statistics for Portugal
Car ownership
561p (Provisional) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Rail passenger transport
6,848 million passenger-km
2025 · Eurostat
Road traffic deaths
5.5 per 100,000 people
2024 · Eurostat
Road share of inland freight transport
86.3%
2024 · Eurostat
New zero-emission cars
23.3%
2025 · Eurostat
Road traffic deaths
8.2 per 100,000 people
2019 · World Bank