Motorisation rate

Cars per 1 000 inhabitants

This indicator is defined as the number of passenger cars per 1 000 inhabitants. A passenger car is a road motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, intended for the carriage of passengers and designed to seat no more than nine persons (including the driver); the term "passenger car" therefore covers microcars (need no permit to be driven), taxis and hired passenger cars, provided that they have fewer than 10 seats; this category may also include pick-ups.

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	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
EU (27 countries)	334	348	360	368	375	384	388	401	412	423	437	444	446 ^(e)	448 ^(e)	450 ^(e)	455 ^(e)	463 ^(e)	470 ^(e)	473 ^(e)
Belgium	398	401	408	417	422	428	237	441	449	457	462	464	466	469	471	473	477	481	483
Bulgaria	157	164	177	188	196	204	207	218	232	243	256	276	294	313	327	229 ^(b)	271	310	329
Czech Republic	248	254	274	283	295	309	329	339	334	335	344	357	363	374	387	401	416	426	424
Denmark	310	311	312	310	322	331	338	343	347	348	350	352	..	..	..	457	469	471	..
Germany	393	437	479	489	496	501	504	508	516	533	540	542	545	550	559	565	500	503	509
Estonia	167	182	210	229	265	285	304	324	333	338	298	294	320	349	366	412	390	412	407
Ireland	238	242	250	262	275	292	310	324	340	349	366	377	387	393	404	..	437	..	..
Greece	174	177	188	197	208	219	233	248	270	293	313	332	349	..	..	..	..	..	..
Spain	322	336	343	350	361	374	387	405	423	436	448	457	449	461	471	481	489	489	480
France	408	410	414	421	423	428	437	447	457	463	471	475	478	480	480	483	482	..	..
Italy	503	518	522	522	533	536	541	555	563	572	584	591	..	587	593	601	603	..	606
Cyprus	324	328	328	332	341	346	353	369	376	388	401	408	424	459	474	487	528	563	579
Latvia	124	132	142	99	133	154	177	199	219	234	248	264	278	296	322	358	397	411	400
Lithuania	143	153	162	178	197	217	246	275	308	334	325	340	363	382	425	468	469	496	506
Luxembourg	522	536	552	572	571	575	586	600	617	630	640	646	654	657	666	672	676	678	..
Hungary	194	198	202	211	217	219	223	216	220	231	243	258	274	280	286	319	324	..	300
Malta	342	348	420	466	490	447	491	461	483	497	499	512	..	..	..	..	..	..	568
Netherlands	371	374	358	364	367	375	381	391	402	412	420	426	427	430	435	443	452	460	462
Austria	402	416	427	439	452	464	475	488	502	512	521	494	500	505	507	509	513	515	522
Poland	160	170	176	186	195	209	221	230	240	258	275	288	294	314	323	351	383	422	433
Portugal	183	206	225	245	261	280	300	320	342	352	540	560	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Romania	62	70	79	89	97	103	108	115	120	124	144	136	..	149	..	149	164	187	197
Slovenia	297	304	317	330	351	366	392	410	429	437	445	459	446	456	..	489	504	520	521
Slovakia	171	180	187	186	190	197	211	222	229	236	240	247	252	222	242	247	266	286	294
Finland	385	385	371	369	373	380	380	393	404	413	417	423	437	450	464	477	487	509	521
Sweden	421	415	410	411	412	414	419	428	439	451	452	454	456	458	461	464	467	466	465
United Kingdom	362	365	369	376	379	393	403	410	420	426	437	447	453	465	471	461	464	464	459
Iceland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Norway	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Switzerland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..

(..) - not available
(e) - estimated
(b) - break in time series

Source: Eurostat