List of countries and territories by motor vehicles per capita

Microstates such as San Marino, Andorra and Liechtenstein have high official rates of car ownership.

Countries and territories listed by the number of road motor vehicles per 1,000 inhabitants are as follows.

Population figures are from the United Nations Statistics Division unless otherwise specified.[1]


Region Vehicles per 1,000 people Road motor vehicles Population Year Ref
San Marino 1,606 53,940 33,581 2024 [2]
Guernsey (UK) 1,389 88,532 63,726 2022 [3]
Jersey (UK) 1,234 127,911 103,675 2023 [4]
Andorra 1,214 98,183 80,856 2023 [5]
Taiwan 999 23,353,315 23,374,742 2025 [6][7]
New Zealand 817 4,700,00 5,334,200 2023 [8]
Brunei 805 475,000 455,370 2022 [9]
United States 779 259,238,294 333,287,557 2023 [10]
Australia 776 20,142,942 25,956,418 2021 [11]
Guam (US) 775 125,455 161,808 2019 [12]
Liechtenstein 767 31,340 39,870 2024 [13]
Italy 701 44,888,074 59,619,115 2024 [14]
Malaysia 678 23,822,322 35,126,298 2023 [15]
Canada 677 26,302,526 38,831,259 2022 [16]
Luxembourg 670 550,580 673,036 2024 [17]
Japan 670 82,876,295 123,753,041 2024 [18]
Finland 666 4,221,852 5,617,311 2024 [19]
Cyprus 661 724,925 1,331,370 2024 [20]
Bahamas 650 260,000 397,539 2022 [21]
Iceland 639 306,563 393,396 2024 [22]
Estonia 635 998,852 1,350,092 2024 [23]
Poland 629 25,757,062 38,385,739 2024 [24]
Czech Republic 608 7,082,522 10,673,213 2022 [25]
United Kingdom 603 41,700,000 69,138,192 2024 [26]
Lithuania 598 1,811,748 2,816,920 2024 [27]
Antigua and Barbuda 598 54,891 91,846 2020 [28]
Germany 590 52,714,433 84,086,227 2024 [29]
Slovakia 502 3,286,249 5,450,626 2024 [30]
Trinidad and Tobago 582 831,803 1,429,189 2015 [31][32]
France 579 44,444,965 66,277,409 2024 [33]
Greece 579 5,777,241 10,412,480 2024 [34]
Malta 576 438,567 532,956 2024 [35]
Austria 569 5,185,006 9,104,772 2024 [36]
Portugal 567 7,198,871 10,417,073 2024 [37]
Spain 544 30,724,166 47,828,383 2024 [38]
Saint Kitts and Nevis 543 25,374 46,758 2023 [39]
 Switzerland 542 5,301,789 8,792,182 2024 [40]
Faroe Islands (Denmark) 522 28,562 54,714 2023 [41]
Kuwait 521 2,522,933 4,838,782 2023 [42]
Norway 517 3,469,692 5,519,167 2024 [43]
Costa Rica 514 2,600,000 5,059,988 2021 [44]
Belgium 513 6,977,664 11,641,820 2024 [45]
Netherlands 513 10,062,194 17,904,421 2024 [46]
Croatia 513 2,070,123 3,907,027 2024 [47]
Dominican Republic 513 5,810,888 11,331,266 2023 [48]
Qatar 512 1,330,487 2,599,372 2016 [31]
Slovenia 587 1,228,051 2,115,228 2024 [49]
South Korea 501 25,949,201 51,748,739 2023 [50]
Argentina 493 21,633,587 43,900,314 2016 [31]
Bulgaria 484 3,006,215 6,447,710 2024 [51]
Denmark 478 3,222,575 5,948,137 2024 [52]
Bahrain 476 747,350 1,569,666 2023 [53]
Sweden 470 5,682,251 10,487,338 2024 [54]
Ireland 466 2,737,924 5,110,016 2024 [55]
Syria 466 9,810,000 21,049,429 2020 [56]
Libya 463 3,260,000 7,045,399 2020 [56]
Brazil 462 93,867,016 203,218,114 2016 [31]
Hungary 447 4,763,466 9,684,306 2024 [57]
Romania 444 9,148,003 19,166,773 2024 [58]
Israel 439 4,000,000 9,103,151 2022 [59]
Barbados 425 120,000 282,318 2022 [60]
Latvia 424 871,153 1,881,063 2024 [61]
Nauru 424 5,000 11,801 2022 [62]
Montenegro 417 242,599 616,695 2024 [63]
Georgia 414 1,680,400 3,807,492 2024 [64]
Laos 412 3,116,550 7,559,008 2022 [65]
Suriname 394 241,391 612,317 2020 [66]
Serbia 377 2,389,105 6,641,197 2024 [67]
United Arab Emirates 376 3,391,125 9,030,873 2016 [31]
Sri Lanka 366 8,352,213 22,834,965 2022 [68]
Russia 364 53,000,000 145,440,501 2023 [69]
Turkey 354 30,261,176 85,372,377 2023 [70]
Moldova 354 982,349 3,039,985 2024 [71]
Macao (China) 353 251,867 713,912 2023 [72]
Mongolia 347 1,192,520 3,431,933 2023 [73]
Albania 328 867,765 2,811,655 2024 [74]
Oman 323 1,704,873 5,281,538 2024 [75]
Bosnia and Herzegovina 321 978,229 3,473,003 2024 [76]
Panama 320 1,288,573 4,029,087 2016 [31]
North Macedonia 318 483,482 1,837,114 2024 [77]
Mexico 312 40,524,791 129,739,759 2025 [78]
Chile 312 6,100,000 19,553,037 2022 [79]
Armenia 303 900,692 2,973,841 2024 [80]
Lebanon 295 1,866,407 6,323,060 2016 [31]
Botswana 292 653,274 2,234,776 2016 [31]
Colombia 280 13,477,996 48,131,078 2017 [31]
Dominica 271 18,311 67,573 2020 [81]
China 251 353,000,000 1,408,280,000 2024 [82]
Kazakhstan 250 5,085,400 20,330,104 2023 [83]
Maldives 250 131,000 524,107 2022 [84]
Liberia 248 1,085,075 4,373,044 2012 [31]
Ukraine 237 10,500,000 44,298,640 2021 [85]
Grenada 237 27,266 115,130 2016 [31]
Kosovo 232 460,105 1,700,031 2024 [86]
Saudi Arabia 224 6,895,799 30,717,809 2016 [31]
Seychelles 210 23,076 109,821 2016 [31]
South Africa 208 13,304,703 64,007,187 2024 [87]
Saint Lucia 203 35,681 175,646 2016 [31]
Jamaica 203 575,041 2,839,144 2022 [88]
Kyrgyzstan 200 1,300,000 6,494,035 2019 [89]
Guatemala 200 3,250,194 16,268,760 2016 [31]
Belize 189 56,094 296,100 2007 [31]
Iran 182 15,963,000 87,723,443 2020 [56]
Peru 182 5,604,789 30,866,494 2016 [31]
Honduras 180 1,694,504 9,412,380 2016 [31]
Philippines 180 20,465,515 113,964,339 2024 [90]
Algeria 176 7,731,664 44,042,091 2020 [91]
Tunisia 175 2,015,601 11,528,674 2016 [31]
Jordan 173 2,000,000 11,552,876 2024 [92]
Singapore 172 996,732 5,789,090 2023 [93]
Guyana 171 128,000 749,257 2010 [94]
Azerbaijan 169 1,738,940 10,318,207 2023 [95]
São Tomé and Príncipe 165 34,050 206,971 2017 [31]
El Salvador 163 1,008,080 6,200,800 2016 [31]
Bhutan 162 126,501 780,915 2022 [96]
Tonga 158 16,717 105,567 2018 [97]
Bolivia 153 1,711,005 11,180,020 2016 [31]
Venezuela 149 4,235,000 28,444,078 2020 [56]
Namibia 148 418,292 2,506,853 2017 [31]
Ecuador 143 2,535,853 17,682,455 2021 [98]
Fiji 142 130,000 914,963 2020 [99]
Myanmar 132 7,138,410 54,133,798 2022 [65]
Cape Verde 127 64,955 512,554 2016 [31]
Greenland (Denmark) 126 7,054 55,923 2023 [41]
Samoa 124 25,235 203,499 2016 [31]
Hong Kong (China) 124 925,171 7,465,915 2022 [100]
Pakistan 121 30,000,000 247,504,496 2023 [101]
Morocco 113 4,120,000 36,584,208 2020 [56]
Burkina Faso 112 2,106,292 18,777,487 2015 [31]
Iraq 112 4,715,000 42,116,605 2020 [56]
Indonesia 100 23,050,000 281,190,067 2025 [102]
Zimbabwe 91 1,467,955 16,069,056 2022 [103]
Uzbekistan 87 3,051,734 34,938,956 2022 [104]
Egypt 87 9,950,000 114,535,772 2023 [105]
  Nepal 84 2,339,169 27,823,629 2015 [31]
Gambia 78 200,000 2,576,010 2021 [106]
Chad 74 1,124,000 15,114,655 2016 [31]
Ghana 70 2,066,943 29,356,742 2016 [31]
Kenya 62 2,979,910 48,139,687 2016 [31]
Nigeria 59 13,500,000 218,529,287 2021 [107]
Palestine 59 268,365 4,521,565 2015 [31]
Cuba 56 633,369 11,265,612 2016 [31]
Afghanistan 55 2,342,543 42,647,492 2024 [108]
Tajikistan 50 439,972 8,865,631 2016 [31]
Comoros 47 34,898 741,741 2016 [31]
Zambia 45 853,909 19,059,395 2020 [109]
Vietnam 43 4,180,480 98,079,191 2020 [65]
Uganda 41 1,594,962 38,799,152 2016 [31]
Sierra Leone 41 300,000 7,379,299 2017 [110]
Tanzania 40 2,163,623 53,824,013 2016 [31]
Benin 40 469,761 11,697,842 2016 [31]
India 38 50,000,000 1,328,024,498 2024 [111]
Djibouti 35 40,000 1,137,096 2022 [112]
Ivory Coast 35 905,537 25,989,405 2016 [31]
Bangladesh 34 5,982,765 173,562,364 2024 [113]
Guinea-Bissau 34 62,239 1,831,894 2016 [31]
Cameroon 32 758,145 23,454,162 2016 [31]
Senegal 32 468,051 14,593,331 2015 [31]
Kiribati 31 3,706 120,275 2017 [31]
Sudan 30 1,252,740 41,259,892 2016 [31]
Mozambique 26 698,864 27,337,105 2016 [31]
Eritrea 23 72,405 3,124,698 2016 [31]
Guinea 22 259,731 12,073,030 2016 [31]
Cambodia 21 370,000 17,423,881 2023 [65]
Niger 21 436,420 20,685,754 2016 [31]
Solomon Islands 21 11,000 532,968 2010 [114]
Rwanda 20 264,524 13,065,837 2020 [115]
Mali 19 344,345 18,593,022 2015 [31]
Papua New Guinea 11 100,993 8,961,718 2016 [31]
Ethiopia 10 1,200,110 118,917,672 2020 [116]
Burundi 9.7 111,236 11,506,762 2017 [31]
Madagascar 9.3 236,979 25,426,703 2015 [31]
Togo 8.2 64,118 7,858,289 2016 [31]
Central African Republic 8.1 37,475 4,623,182 2014 [31]
Somalia 4.5 59,457 13,339,491 2014 [31]
North Korea 1.1 30,000 26,498,823 2024 [117]

See also

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