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Car ownership in United Kingdom

United Kingdom had 474 passenger cars per 1,000 people in 2024.

Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants Cars per 1,000 inhabitants Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: Eurostat

United Kingdom, 2024 474 Cars per 1,000 inhabitants

Change from 2023 +2per 1,000 people 2023: 472 per 1,000 people

European Union, 2024 577 per 1,000 people Official aggregate

Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024 543 per 1,000 people Middle value of 27 countries

Car ownership in United Kingdom 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	United Kingdom	European Union
2025	–	584 per 1,000 people
2024	474 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	474 per 1,000 people	561 per 1,000 people
2020	–	556 per 1,000 people
2019	–	548 per 1,000 people
2018	474 per 1,000 people	539 per 1,000 people
2017	472 per 1,000 people	530 per 1,000 people
2016	469 per 1,000 people	518 per 1,000 people
2015	463 per 1,000 people	508 per 1,000 people
2014	–	506 per 1,000 people
2013	–	501 per 1,000 people
2012	449 per 1,000 people	497 per 1,000 people
2011	448 per 1,000 people	494 per 1,000 people
2010	451 per 1,000 people	487 per 1,000 people
2009	452 per 1,000 people	–
2008	458 per 1,000 people	–
2007	458 per 1,000 people	–
2006	456 per 1,000 people	–
2005	467 per 1,000 people	–
2004	461 per 1,000 people	–
2003	451 per 1,000 people	–
2002	445 per 1,000 people	–
2001	435 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 +2 from 472 per 1,000 people in 2023.
Since 2010, when it was 451 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by +23.
The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 577 per 1,000 people.

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Car share of passenger transport 86.9%e 2019 · Eurostat Road traffic deaths 2.8 per 100,000 people 2018 · Eurostat Rail passenger transport 71,823 million passenger-km 2019 · Eurostat Road share of inland freight transport 90.8% 2019 · Eurostat New zero-emission cars 19.2% 2024 · Eurostat Road traffic deaths 3.2 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 2024 for United Kingdom
Provider update: 6 October 2026
Retrieved: 9 November 2026
Published here: 9 November 2026
Licence: Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution: Source: Eurostat