Romania has the lowest ‘motorisation’ rate among European Union countries, with 332 passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants as of 2018, according to data from the European Statistical Office – Eurostat.
Citing the data, romania-insider.com said Luxembourg had the highest rate, 676/1,000, due mainly to cross-border employees using company vehicles registered in the country.
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Italy was next (646), followed by Cyprus and Finland (both 629).
The lowest rates were in Romania (332), Latvia (369) and Hungary (373).
In 2018, Germany had the highest number of registered cars (47m), followed by Italy (39m), and France (32m).
Between 2014 and 2018, Romania saw the most significant rise in the number of registered cars on its roads (31%) followed by the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Lithuania (19%), Hungary and Portugal (17%) and Cyprus (15%).
The highest percentage of cars over 20 years old was reported in Poland (36.5%), Estonia (29.6%), Finland (25.2%), Romania (21.4% ) and Malta (20.8%).
In contrast, Ireland had the highest share of new cars, less than two years old, 29.2%, followed by Luxembourg (23.8%), Denmark (23.3%), and Belgium (23.1%).
Romanian local sources showed that in 2019, there were approximately 8.75m vehicles registered in the country, of which over 6.9m were passenger cars, romania-insider.com said.
See also GlobalData’s: Global Vehicle Parc Database
