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Car ownership in Slovakia

Slovakia had 512 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
Slovakia, 2025 512 Cars per 1,000 inhabitants
Change from 2024 +10per 1,000 people 2024: 502 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 24th of 39 See the full ranking

Car ownership in Slovakia 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 SlovakiaEuropean Union
2025 512 per 1,000 people 584 per 1,000 people
2024 502 per 1,000 people 577 per 1,000 people
2023 487 per 1,000 people 570 per 1,000 people
2022 471 per 1,000 people 564 per 1,000 people
2021 459 per 1,000 people 561 per 1,000 people
2020 447 per 1,000 people 556 per 1,000 people
2019 439 per 1,000 people 548 per 1,000 people
2018 426 per 1,000 people 539 per 1,000 people
2017 408 per 1,000 people 530 per 1,000 people
2016 390 per 1,000 people 518 per 1,000 people
2015 375 per 1,000 people 508 per 1,000 people
2014 360 per 1,000 people 506 per 1,000 people
2013 347 per 1,000 people 501 per 1,000 people
2012 337 per 1,000 people 497 per 1,000 people
2011 324 per 1,000 people 494 per 1,000 people
2010 310 per 1,000 people 487 per 1,000 people
2009 295 per 1,000 people –
2008 287 per 1,000 people –
2007 267 per 1,000 people –
2006 248 per 1,000 people –
2005 243 per 1,000 people –
2004 223 per 1,000 people –
2003 252 per 1,000 people –
2002 247 per 1,000 people –
2001 240 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 +10 from 502 per 1,000 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 375 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by +137.
  • Among the 39 countries with data for 2025, Slovakia has the 24th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 584 per 1,000 people.

More for Slovakia

All statistics for Slovakia
Car share of passenger transport 78.5%e (Estimated) 2024 · Eurostat Road traffic deaths 4.8 per 100,000 people 2024 · Eurostat Rail passenger transport 3,599 million passenger-km 2025 · Eurostat Road share of inland freight transport 67.2% 2024 · Eurostat New zero-emission cars 4.7% 2025 · Eurostat Road traffic deaths 6.1 per 100,000 people 2019 · 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 Slovakia
Provider update
6 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat