2024-05-06 14:07:18
There were an average of 0.56 cars per person in the EU in 2022, the same as in 2021, according to Eurostat data published today. Within the EU, however, serious variations were noticed – from 2.34 cars per person in Valle d’Aosta, Italy, to 0.08 in Mayotte, France.
In 2022, the most motorized regions in the EU were Valle d’Aosta, Italy, with 2,339 cars per 1,000 inhabitants, followed by the Autonomous Province of Trento, Italy, with 1,431 cars per 1,000 inhabitants and the Autonomous Province of Bolzano, Italy, with 935 cars less than 1000 inhabitants.
Of the ten most motorized regions, six are in Italy, and one each in Finland, Greece, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic, writes BTA.
At the opposite pole are the French overseas region of Mayotte with 83 cars per 1,000 inhabitants, the Greek Peloponnese with 203 per 1,000 and French Guiana with 217 per 1,000. Of the ten regions with the lowest motorization, four are in Greece, two each in France and Romania and one each in Germany and Austria. The latter two are the metropolitan regions of Berlin and Vienna.
In Bulgaria, the level of motorization is slightly below the EU average.
Regional levels of motorization depend on both economic conditions and some specific circumstances. The high motorization in Valle d’Aosta, for example, is due to the favorable car tax rules there.
The highest level of electric motorization is observed in some regions of the Netherlands and Sweden – Flevoland (12.8 percent) and Utrecht (6.6 percent) in the Netherlands and Stockholm (6.6 percent) in Sweden. Of the ten most electrified regions, four are each in the Netherlands and Sweden, and one each in Luxembourg and Austria.