There are approximately 250 million cars in the EU, and more than half of them run on gasoline. How is Romania? In which countries is the largest share of diesel and how many cars per 1000 inhabitants in different countries.

As of the end of 2021, there were 249 million cars in the EU, the total car fleet increased by 3 million in the last year and by 15 million in the last four years. According to a report by the Association of European Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA), including commercial vehicles and buses, the EU fleet is 286 million vehicles.

In Romania, the threshold of 9 million cars was overcome last year, and in the last five years the car fleet has increased by more than 2 million cars.

The largest car fleet in Germany: 48 million (an increase of 2 million cars in four years). There are 39.8 million cars in Italy, 38.7 million in France, 25 million cars in Spain and Poland.

In the EU, 51.1% of cars in circulation are gasoline, 41.9% – diesel and 0.8% – fully electric. In Romania, diesel slightly outpaced gasoline: 49.5% versus 48.7%.

The largest share of gasoline in the total vehicle fleet is in Greece: 90.1%, and in the Netherlands – 79.5%. Gasoline accounted for 25% in Lithuania and 36% in Ireland. In Germany, diesel occupies 30% of the car fleet, in France – 55%, in Italy – 43%.

The total number of light commercial vehicles in the EU is 29.5 million, which is 2.4 million more than five years ago. There are 750,000 of them in Romania.

The total number of medium and heavy commercial vehicles in the EU is 6.4 million, and the number of buses is 714,000, of which 126,000 are in Poland.

The degree of motorization, that is, the ratio between cars and the number of inhabitants, in the EU is 567 cars per 1,000 people. Romania is still below average, with 396 cars/1000 seats, but how are other countries doing? Poland (684), Luxembourg (698), Germany (584), Italy (672), Spain (535), the ACEA report also shows.

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