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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.
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Key Insights
Global Average
349.9cars per 1,000 people
Median: 330.0cars per 1,000 people
Countries Covered
83
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)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (20.0cars per 1,000 people)High (816.0cars per 1,000 people)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 349.9cars per 1,000 people)
Oceania (2)
North America (3)
Europe (31)
South America (4)
Asia (21)
Other (16)
Africa (6)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest
About This Statistic
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.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 816.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 2 | New Zealand | 790.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 3 | Iceland | 760.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 4 | Australia | 732.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 5 | Canada | 697.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 6 | Finland | 690.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 7 | Luxembourg | 690.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 8 | Austria | 690.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 9 | Italy | 670.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 10 | Poland | 650.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 11 | Estonia | 640.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 12 | Latvia | 640.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 13 | Lithuania | 620.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 14 | Czech Republic | 610.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 15 | Japan | 610.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 16 | United Kingdom | 600.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 17 | Germany | 590.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 18 | Netherlands | 590.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 19 | Ireland | 560.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 20 | Norway | 560.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 21 | Portugal | 560.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 22 | Slovenia | 560.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 23 | Denmark | 540.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 24 | France | 540.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 25 | Switzerland | 540.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 26 | Greece | 520.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 27 | South Korea | 520.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 28 | Spain | 520.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 29 | Slovakia | 510.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 30 | Belgium | 501.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 31 | Malaysia | 500.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 32 | Qatar | 470.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 33 | Sweden | 470.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 34 | Israel | 420.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 35 | Hungary | 410.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 36 | Romania | 410.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 37 | Russian Federation | 390.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 38 | Mexico | 380.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 39 | Croatia | 360.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 40 | Saudi Arabia | 350.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 41 | Bhutan | 340.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 42 | Serbia | 330.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 43 | Uruguay | 320.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 44 | United Arab Emirates | 300.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 45 | Oman | 290.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 46 | Lebanon | 270.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 47 | Brazil | 267.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 48 | Thailand | 260.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 49 | Chile | 250.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 50 | Ukraine | 250.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 51 | People's Republic of China | 240.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 52 | Kazakhstan | 240.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 53 | Mongolia | 220.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 54 | Jordan | 210.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 55 | Maldives | 210.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 56 | Cyprus | 180.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 57 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 180.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 58 | Türkiye | 180.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 59 | Colombia | 160.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 60 | Syrian Arab Republic | 150.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 61 | Algeria | 150.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 62 | Tunisia | 140.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 63 | Venezuela | 140.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 64 | Indonesia | 120.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 65 | Libya | 120.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 66 | Sri Lanka | 110.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 67 | Morocco | 110.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 68 | Egypt | 70.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 69 | Cambodia | 60.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 70 | Vietnam | 60.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 71 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 50.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 72 | Mauritania | 50.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 73 | Ghana | 45.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 74 | Philippines | 40.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 75 | India | 35.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 76 | Mali | 35.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 77 | Ethiopia | 30.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 78 | Kenya | 30.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 79 | Nepal | 30.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 80 | Yemen | 30.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 81 | Bangladesh | 25.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 82 | Myanmar | 20.0cars per 1,000 people |
| 83 | Pakistan | 20.0cars per 1,000 people |
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Data Source
This data comes from International Transport Forum (OECD) – IRTAD (2022).
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