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Car ownership in Sweden

Sweden had 475 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
Sweden, 2025 475 Cars per 1,000 inhabitants
Change from 2024 +5per 1,000 people 2024: 470 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 28th of 39 See the full ranking

Car ownership in Sweden 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 SwedenEuropean Union
2025 475 per 1,000 people 584 per 1,000 people
2024 470 per 1,000 people 577 per 1,000 people
2023 472 per 1,000 people 570 per 1,000 people
2022 473 per 1,000 people 564 per 1,000 people
2021 477 per 1,000 people 561 per 1,000 people
2020 476 per 1,000 people 556 per 1,000 people
2019 473 per 1,000 people 548 per 1,000 people
2018 476 per 1,000 people 539 per 1,000 people
2017 479 per 1,000 people 530 per 1,000 people
2016 477 per 1,000 people 518 per 1,000 people
2015 474 per 1,000 people 508 per 1,000 people
2014 470 per 1,000 people 506 per 1,000 people
2013 466 per 1,000 people 501 per 1,000 people
2012 465 per 1,000 people 497 per 1,000 people
2011 464 per 1,000 people 494 per 1,000 people
2010 460 per 1,000 people 487 per 1,000 people
2009 460 per 1,000 people –
2008 462 per 1,000 people –
2007 464 per 1,000 people –
2006 461 per 1,000 people –
2005 459 per 1,000 people –
2004 456 per 1,000 people –
2003 454 per 1,000 people –
2002 452 per 1,000 people –
2001 451 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 +5 from 470 per 1,000 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 474 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by +1.
  • Among the 39 countries with data for 2025, Sweden has the 28th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 584 per 1,000 people.

More for Sweden

All statistics for Sweden
Car share of passenger transport 80.7%e (Estimated) 2024 · Eurostat Road traffic deaths 2.0 per 100,000 people 2024 · Eurostat Rail passenger transport 13,897 million passenger-km 2025 · Eurostat Road share of inland freight transport 69.7% 2024 · Eurostat New zero-emission cars 36.4% 2025 · Eurostat Road traffic deaths 3.1 per 100,000 people 2019 · World Bank

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