Car ownership in Spain
Spain had 550 passenger cars per 1,000 people in 2025.
The latest value carries the source flag “Provisional”.
Spain, 2025
550p (Provisional)
Change from 2024
+7per 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
18th of 39
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.
| Period | Spain | European 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.
More for Spain
All statistics for Spain
Car share of passenger transport
80.8%e (Estimated)
2024 · Eurostat
Road traffic deaths
3.7 per 100,000 people
2024 · Eurostat
Rail passenger transport
38,274 million passenger-km
2025 · Eurostat
Road share of inland freight transport
96.1%
2024 · Eurostat
New zero-emission cars
8.7%
2025 · Eurostat
Road traffic deaths
3.9 per 100,000 people
2019 · World Bank