Dilara Hamit, Muhammed Ali Gürtaş
24 July 2019•Update: 25 July 2019
ANKARA
Luxembourg recorded highest rate of automobile per inhabitants across the EU, the bloc's statistical office reported Wednesday.
Eurostat said the figure for the country was 670 passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants in 2017.
"However, this figure may be influenced by cross-border workers using company cars registered in the country," it said.
Luxembourg was followed by Italy with 625 cars per 1,000 inhabitants. Finland and Malta came after them.
Official figures revealed that the lowest rates of passenger cars per inhabitants were seen in Latvia with 356 cars. Hungary and Romania follow Latvia.
Eurostat also said the highest number of registered passenger cars was observed in Germany with 46 million cars in the same year.
From 2013 to 2017, the number of registered passenger cars in several member states saw a strong growth, the statistical office noted.
"The highest growth over this period was recorded in Slovakia (18%), followed by Czechia and Portugal (both 17%), Estonia (15%), Malta and Hungary (both 14%)," it said.
