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Share of cars in inland passenger transport

Passenger cars as a share of total inland passenger transport by car, bus and coach, and train, measured in passenger-kilometres.

Unit: % of inland passenger-kilometres Frequency: Annual Coverage: 35 countries and 1 group 1990 to 2024 Source: Eurostat
Highest in 2024 97.8%e (estimated) Montenegro Lowest in 2024 66.9%ep (estimated, provisional) Hungary
European Union, 2024 82.5%be (break in time series, estimated) Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2024 34 Updated by the source on 26 August 2026

34 countries have a value for 2024, the latest period in the data.

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% of inland passenger-kilometres. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Share of cars in inland passenger transport (% of inland passenger-kilometres), 2000 to 2024
Period European UnionGermanyFranceSpain
2024 82.5%be (break in time series, estimated) 84.1%e (estimated) 82.6% 80.8%e (estimated)
2023 82.7%e (estimated) 83.5% 83.8% 81.9%e (estimated)
2022 83.5%e (estimated) 84.6% 84.6% 84.0%e (estimated)
2021 86.7%e (estimated) 88.8% 86.7% 87.4%e (estimated)
2020 87.2%e (estimated) 88.8% 87.9% 89.5%e (estimated)
2019 82.7%e (estimated) 83.3% 84.4% 84.6%e (estimated)
2018 82.9%e (estimated) 83.9% 84.8% 84.9%e (estimated)
2017 83.0%e (estimated) 84.0% 84.6% 85.2%e (estimated)
2016 82.7%be (break in time series, estimated) 84.3% 84.6% 81.6%be (break in time series, estimated)
2015 82.6%e (estimated) 84.4% 84.5% 81.4%
2014 82.5%e (estimated) 84.5% 84.6% 82.7%
2013 82.1%be (break in time series, estimated) 84.5% 84.4%b (break in time series) 80.7%
2012 79.6%be (break in time series, estimated) 84.2% 0.9% 80.7%
2011 80.0%be (break in time series, estimated) 84.3%b (break in time series) 0.8%e (estimated) 80.9%
2010 80.3%be (break in time series, estimated) 84.7%e (estimated) 0.9%e (estimated) 82.3%
2009 82.9%be (break in time series, estimated) 84.7%e (estimated) 85.4% 81.4%
2008 82.5%be (break in time series, estimated) 84.4%e (estimated) 84.2% 80.3%
2007 82.7%e (estimated) 85.7%e (estimated) 84.9% 81.0%
2006 82.8%be (break in time series, estimated) 85.6%e (estimated) 85.3% 82.8%
2005 82.4%be (break in time series, estimated) 85.8%e (estimated) 85.8% 82.0%
2004 82.5%be (break in time series, estimated) 85.8%e (estimated) 86.2% 81.7%
2003 82.9%e (estimated) 86.1%e (estimated) 86.6% 83.1%
2002 82.7%e (estimated) 86.2%e (estimated) 86.4% 82.5%
2001 82.2%e (estimated) 85.5%e (estimated) 86.6% 80.8%
2000 82.0%be (break in time series, estimated) 85.2%e (estimated) 86.1% 81.0%

Flags: e estimated; b break in time series; be break in time series, estimated . A dash means no value was published.

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In short

  • Among the 34 countries with a value for 2024, the highest is Montenegro (97.8%) and the lowest Hungary (66.9%).
  • Half of the countries are above 82.9% and half below.
  • From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 9 countries and fell in 23.
  • The figure for the European Union was 82.5% in 2024, against 82.7% in 2019 (−0.2 percentage points). The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.

About this measure

Definition
Passenger cars as a share of total inland passenger transport by car, bus and coach, and train, measured in passenger-kilometres.
Population covered
Inland passenger transport
Unit
% of inland passenger-kilometres
Frequency
Annual
Changes are shown as
Percentage points (the difference between two rates)

Source and dates

Original producer
Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
tran_hv_psmod · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A unit=PC vehicle=CAR
Observation period
1990 to 2024
Provider update
26 August 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat

All countries in 2024 Every value is for 2024, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.

  1. 1 Montenegro 97.8%e (estimated)
  2. 2 North Macedonia 92.6%
  3. 3 Lithuania 91.0%e (estimated)
  4. 4 Bulgaria 88.8%e (estimated)
  5. 5 Norway 88.6%e (estimated)
  6. 6 Iceland 88.4%e (estimated)
  7. 7 Portugal 87.3%e (estimated)
  8. 8 Serbia 86.2%e (estimated)
  9. 9 Estonia 86.0%be (break in time series, estimated)
  10. 10 Netherlands 86.0%e (estimated)
  11. 11 Slovenia 85.0%ep (estimated, provisional)
  12. 12 Germany 84.1%e (estimated)
  13. 13 Greece 84.1%e (estimated)
  14. 14 Latvia 83.5%
  15. 15 Italy 83.3%
  16. 16 Denmark 83.1%
  17. 17 Croatia 83.0%
  18. 18 Cyprus 82.8%e (estimated)
  19. 19 Finland 82.6%
  20. 20 France 82.6%
  21. 21 Romania 82.1%e (estimated)
  22. 22 Czechia 81.2%
  23. 23 Poland 81.0%e (estimated)
  24. 24 Spain 80.8%e (estimated)
  25. 25 Sweden 80.7%e (estimated)
  26. 26 Malta 80.3%e (estimated)
  27. 27 Luxembourg 80.0%e (estimated)
  28. 28 Belgium 79.5%e (estimated)
  29. 29 Slovakia 78.5%e (estimated)
  30. 30 Ireland 77.9%e (estimated)
  31. 31 Austria 76.2%e (estimated)
  32. 32 Türkiye 73.8%
  33. 33 Switzerland 72.0%e (estimated)
  34. 34 Hungary 66.9%ep (estimated, provisional)
  35. European Union 82.5%be (break in time series, estimated)
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Grey: no value for 2024. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.