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Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants

Passenger cars per 1,000 people by country (2022): a global snapshot of car ownership levels from the International Transport Forum’s IRTAD database.

Source: International Transport Forum (OECD) – IRTAD•84 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
347.1cars per 1,000 people
Median: 325.0cars per 1,000 people
Countries Covered
84
with available data
Highest
United States of America
816.0cars per 1,000 people
Lowest
Pakistan
20.0cars per 1,000 people
Top 5 Countries
1United States of America816.0cars per 1,000 people
2New Zealand790.0cars per 1,000 people
3Iceland760.0cars per 1,000 people
4Australia732.0cars per 1,000 people
5Canada697.0cars per 1,000 people
By Region
Oceania761.0cars per 1,000 people(2 countries)
North America631.0cars per 1,000 people(3 countries)
Europe540.7cars per 1,000 people(31 countries)
South America249.3cars per 1,000 people(4 countries)
Asia238.6cars per 1,000 people(21 countries)
Key Findings
  • •Car ownership varies by an order of magnitude globally, reflecting income levels, urban form, and transport alternatives.
  • •Several high-income countries exceed 600 passenger cars per 1,000 people, indicating near-universal access among households.
  • •Many lower-income countries remain below 100 per 1,000, where mobility is often met by public transport, paratransit, or two-wheelers.
  • •Motorization metrics help anticipate road safety needs, congestion risks, and future transport emissions pressures.

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (10.0cars per 1,000 people)High (850.0cars per 1,000 people)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 347.1cars per 1,000 people)

Oceania (2)
North America (3)
Europe (31)
South America (4)
Asia (21)
Other (17)
Africa (6)

About This Statistic

This statistic measures the number of passenger cars registered in a country per 1,000 inhabitants, providing a widely used proxy for private motorization and household access to personal vehicles. It helps compare car dependence, transport infrastructure needs, and potential emissions pressures across countries.

Values come from national vehicle registration systems compiled and harmonized by the International Transport Forum (ITF) within the IRTAD database. Differences in registration rules (e.g., treatment of deregistration, company cars, or temporarily exported vehicles) can affect cross-country comparability, so results should be interpreted as broadly comparable rather than perfectly uniform counts.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1United States of America816.0cars per 1,000 people
2New Zealand790.0cars per 1,000 people
3Iceland760.0cars per 1,000 people
4Australia732.0cars per 1,000 people
5Canada697.0cars per 1,000 people
6Finland690.0cars per 1,000 people
7Luxembourg690.0cars per 1,000 people
8Austria690.0cars per 1,000 people
9Italy670.0cars per 1,000 people
10Poland650.0cars per 1,000 people
11Estonia640.0cars per 1,000 people
12Latvia640.0cars per 1,000 people
13Lithuania620.0cars per 1,000 people
14Czech Republic610.0cars per 1,000 people
15Japan610.0cars per 1,000 people
16United Kingdom600.0cars per 1,000 people
17Germany590.0cars per 1,000 people
18Netherlands590.0cars per 1,000 people
19Ireland560.0cars per 1,000 people
20Norway560.0cars per 1,000 people
21Portugal560.0cars per 1,000 people
22Slovenia560.0cars per 1,000 people
23Denmark540.0cars per 1,000 people
24France540.0cars per 1,000 people
25Switzerland540.0cars per 1,000 people
26Greece520.0cars per 1,000 people
27South Korea520.0cars per 1,000 people
28Spain520.0cars per 1,000 people
29Slovakia510.0cars per 1,000 people
30Belgium501.0cars per 1,000 people
31Malaysia500.0cars per 1,000 people
32Qatar470.0cars per 1,000 people
33Sweden470.0cars per 1,000 people
34Israel420.0cars per 1,000 people
35Hungary410.0cars per 1,000 people
36Romania410.0cars per 1,000 people
37Russian Federation390.0cars per 1,000 people
38Mexico380.0cars per 1,000 people
39Croatia360.0cars per 1,000 people
40Saudi Arabia350.0cars per 1,000 people
41Bhutan340.0cars per 1,000 people
42Serbia330.0cars per 1,000 people
43Uruguay320.0cars per 1,000 people
44United Arab Emirates300.0cars per 1,000 people
45Oman290.0cars per 1,000 people
46Lebanon270.0cars per 1,000 people
47Brazil267.0cars per 1,000 people
48Thailand260.0cars per 1,000 people
49Chile250.0cars per 1,000 people
50Ukraine250.0cars per 1,000 people
51People's Republic of China240.0cars per 1,000 people
52Kazakhstan240.0cars per 1,000 people
53Mongolia220.0cars per 1,000 people
54Jordan210.0cars per 1,000 people
55Maldives210.0cars per 1,000 people
56Cyprus180.0cars per 1,000 people
57Islamic Republic of Iran180.0cars per 1,000 people
58Türkiye180.0cars per 1,000 people
59Colombia160.0cars per 1,000 people
60Syrian Arab Republic150.0cars per 1,000 people
61Algeria150.0cars per 1,000 people
62Tunisia140.0cars per 1,000 people
63Venezuela140.0cars per 1,000 people
64Indonesia120.0cars per 1,000 people
65Libya120.0cars per 1,000 people
66Sri Lanka110.0cars per 1,000 people
67Morocco110.0cars per 1,000 people
68Austria110.0cars per 1,000 people
69Egypt70.0cars per 1,000 people
70Cambodia60.0cars per 1,000 people
71Vietnam60.0cars per 1,000 people
72Lao People's Democratic Republic50.0cars per 1,000 people
73Mauritania50.0cars per 1,000 people
74Ghana45.0cars per 1,000 people
75Philippines40.0cars per 1,000 people
76India35.0cars per 1,000 people
77Mali35.0cars per 1,000 people
78Ethiopia30.0cars per 1,000 people
79Kenya30.0cars per 1,000 people
80Nepal30.0cars per 1,000 people
81Yemen30.0cars per 1,000 people
82Bangladesh25.0cars per 1,000 people
83Myanmar20.0cars per 1,000 people
84Pakistan20.0cars per 1,000 people
Showing 84 of 84 countries

Topics

#statistic-of-the-day#ai-generated#transport#cars#motorisation#mobility#vehicle registration#infrastructure

Data Source

This data comes from International Transport Forum (OECD) – IRTAD (2022).

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