How the numbers were computed
For the story Cars per 1,000 inhabitants.
Every number in the story is a Eurostat value or is computed from Eurostat values. Each value is named by dataset, Eurostat key and period. Each request is kept as received.
The ranking
Ranks
Rank by value, highest first. Equal values share a rank, and the next rank is skipped. Ireland and Sweden, at 475 cars per 1,000 inhabitants each, are both 23rd, and Hungary is 25th.
- 27 values, one per country
road_eqs_carhab:A.NR.<geo>@2025(<geo> is the country code) · request r1
1.6
Highest value ÷ lowest value: 709 ÷ 435 = 1.6299. Rounded to 1 decimal.
- 709: Italy, 2025
road_eqs_carhab:A.NR.IT@2025· request r1 - 435: Latvia, 2025
road_eqs_carhab:A.NR.LV@2025· request r1
27 / 27
EU countries with a value for 2025: all 27 of the 27 EU member states.
- 27 values, one per country
road_eqs_carhab:A.NR.<geo>@2025(<geo> is the country code) · request r1
Eurostat values in the text
584
Eurostat publishes it as shown.
- 584: European Union - 27 countries (from 2020), 2025
road_eqs_carhab:A.NR.EU27_2020@2025· request r1
Requests
- r1: Eurostat API query · retrieved 1 November 2026 · data updated 6 October 2026 · fingerprint:
a9aeb1074d9914e0f23824acb0873772036e635cf18c4fba416a022a86ef4e24