Passenger cars - per thousand inhabitants in Malta
Malta: Passenger cars - per thousand inhabitants was 571 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
571
Change on year
down 0.9%
World rank
20th
of 53 countries
All-time high
616
in 2016
All-time low
302
in 1990
Years of data
34
1990–2025
Passenger cars - per thousand inhabitants in Malta, 1990–2025
Source: Eurostat.
Analysis
Malta recorded 571 for passenger cars - per thousand inhabitants in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, passenger cars - per thousand inhabitants in Malta peaked at 616 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 302, in 1990.
Malta ranks 20th of 53 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Passenger cars - per thousand inhabitants in Malta, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 302 | — |
| 1991 | 333 | +10.3% |
| 1992 | 338 | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 409 | +21.0% |
| 1994 | 453 | +10.8% |
| 1995 | 478 | +5.5% |
| 1996 | 436 | -8.8% |
| 1997 | 478 | +9.6% |
| 1998 | 450 | -5.9% |
| 1999 | 470 | +4.4% |
| 2000 | 483 | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 495 | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 508 | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 525 | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 537 | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 549 | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 558 | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 566 | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 581 | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 592 | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 591 | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 598 | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 606 | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 612 | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 616 | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 615 | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 609 | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 597 | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 597 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 602 | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 585 | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 575 | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 576 | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 571 | -0.9% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 571 is above the median for high income countries, which is 566, 1.0× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 414.7 | 302 | 478 | 10 |
| 2000s | 527.62 | 483 | 566 | 8 |
| 2010s | 601.7 | 581 | 616 | 10 |
| 2020s | 584.33 | 571 | 602 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Malta
More reference data data for Malta
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0121 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0042 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0205 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0008 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0205 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0404 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0227 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0192 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.1009 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0043 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is passenger cars - per thousand inhabitants in Malta?
- Passenger cars - per thousand inhabitants in Malta was 571 in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest passenger cars - per thousand inhabitants recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 616 in 2016.
- What is the lowest passenger cars - per thousand inhabitants recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 302 in 1990.
- How does Malta rank for passenger cars - per thousand inhabitants?
- Malta ranks 20th out of 53 countries with data for 2025.
- Is passenger cars - per thousand inhabitants rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Passenger cars - per thousand inhabitants. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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