A total of 505 cars per thousand inhabitants. This was the average number of vehicles in the European Union (EU) in 2016 according to the data just provided by Eurostat, the European statistical office.
The EU country with the highest number of cars per inhabitant is Luxembourg (662 cars per thousand inhabitants), followed by Italy (625 cars), Malta (615) and Finland (604).
If non-EU countries are included in the list, Liechtenstein takes the first place with a total of 773 cars per thousand inhabitants.
Spain ranks 16th in this ranking, with 492 cars, just behind the Czech Republic (502) and ahead of Holland (481 cars).
At the bottom of the European ranking, including both EU and non-EU countries, are Turkey, with 142 cars per thousand inhabitants, Macedonia (190) and Romania (261).