Car ownership in Spain

Spain had 550 passenger cars per 1,000 people in 2025.

Measure: Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants Unit: Cars per 1,000 inhabitants Data: 1990 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
The latest value carries the source flag “Provisional”.
Spain, 2025 550p (Provisional) Cars per 1,000 inhabitants
Change from 2024 +7per 1,000 people 2024: 543 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 18th of 39 See the full ranking

Car ownership in Spain 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 SpainEuropean Union
2025 550 per 1,000 peoplep (provisional) 584 per 1,000 people
2024 543 per 1,000 people 577 per 1,000 people
2023 551 per 1,000 people 570 per 1,000 people
2022 553 per 1,000 people 564 per 1,000 people
2021 554 per 1,000 people 561 per 1,000 people
2020 549 per 1,000 people 556 per 1,000 people
2019 546 per 1,000 people 548 per 1,000 people
2018 539 per 1,000 people 539 per 1,000 people
2017 529 per 1,000 people 530 per 1,000 people
2016 492 per 1,000 peoplei (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies) 518 per 1,000 people
2015 482 per 1,000 people 508 per 1,000 people
2014 475 per 1,000 people 506 per 1,000 people
2013 474 per 1,000 people 501 per 1,000 people
2012 476 per 1,000 people 497 per 1,000 people
2011 476 per 1,000 people 494 per 1,000 people
2010 475 per 1,000 people 487 per 1,000 people
2009 473 per 1,000 people –
2008 479 per 1,000 people –
2007 476 per 1,000 people –
2006 470 per 1,000 people –
2004 451 per 1,000 people –
2003 439 per 1,000 people –
2002 448 per 1,000 people –
2001 442 per 1,000 people –

Flags: i value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies; p provisional . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of +7 from 543 per 1,000 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 482 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by +68.
  • Among the 39 countries with data for 2025, Spain has the 18th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 584 per 1,000 people.

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