Car ownership in Romania
Romania had 461 passenger cars per 1,000 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.
The latest value carries the source flag “Estimated”.
Romania, 2025
461e (Estimated)
Change from 2024
+17per 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
29th of 39
Car ownership in Romania 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 | Romania | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 461 per 1,000 peoplee (estimated) | 584 per 1,000 people |
| 2024 | 444 per 1,000 peoplee (estimated) | 577 per 1,000 people |
| 2023 | 425 per 1,000 peoplee (estimated) | 570 per 1,000 people |
| 2022 | 413 per 1,000 peoplee (estimated) | 564 per 1,000 people |
| 2021 | 400 per 1,000 peoplee (estimated) | 561 per 1,000 people |
| 2020 | 379 per 1,000 people | 556 per 1,000 people |
| 2019 | 357 per 1,000 peoplee (estimated) | 548 per 1,000 people |
| 2018 | 332 per 1,000 people | 539 per 1,000 people |
| 2017 | 307 per 1,000 people | 530 per 1,000 people |
| 2016 | 279 per 1,000 people | 518 per 1,000 people |
| 2015 | 261 per 1,000 people | 508 per 1,000 people |
| 2014 | 247 per 1,000 peoplee (estimated) | 506 per 1,000 people |
| 2013 | 235 per 1,000 peoplee (estimated) | 501 per 1,000 people |
| 2012 | 224 per 1,000 people | 497 per 1,000 people |
| 2011 | 216 per 1,000 people | 494 per 1,000 people |
| 2010 | 214 per 1,000 people | 487 per 1,000 people |
| 2009 | 209 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2008 | 197 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2007 | 172 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2006 | 152 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2005 | 158 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2004 | 151 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2002 | 137 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2001 | 148 per 1,000 people | – |
Flags: e estimated . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +17 from 444 per 1,000 people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 261 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by +200.
- Among the 39 countries with data for 2025, Romania has the 29th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 584 per 1,000 people.
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Car share of passenger transport
82.1%e (Estimated)
2024 · Eurostat
Road traffic deaths
7.8e (Estimated) per 100,000 people
2024 · Eurostat
Rail passenger transport
5,329 million passenger-km
2025 · Eurostat
Road share of inland freight transport
55.4%
2024 · Eurostat
New zero-emission cars
5.6%
2025 · Eurostat
Road traffic deaths
10.3 per 100,000 people
2019 · World Bank