*As in the reference period (1990-2019), UK was part of the European Union, aggregates for EU-28 are presented whenever possible for the period when UK was an EU Member State. For 2020 data, the UK was excluded and not in EU-27 countries.
In 2022, the average motorization rate across the ** European member states was *** passenger cars per thousand people. At *** passenger cars per thousand people, Italy was the EU country with the highest car-to-population ratio in 2022.
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