Prague’s Car Count Has Jumped 44% in Ten Years — Among the Highest in the EU

Prague has added cars at a pace nearly unmatched anywhere else in the European Union, according to data from Eurostat. Over the past decade, the number of registered passenger vehicles per 1,000 residents rose from 565 to 753 — a jump of roughly 190 vehicles per 1,000 people that ranks the Czech capital among the ten most motorised regions on the continent. In absolute terms, the shift is even more striking. Prague counted just over 821,000 registered passenger cars in 2013. By 2023, that figure had climbed to 1,186,209 — a 44 percent increase in ten years. Among EU regions, only two Italian areas and parts of Romania recorded similarly steep percentage gains. Romania’s case is largely a product of arithmetic: with only 242 cars per 1,000 residents in 2013 — well below the EU average of 493 at the time — even modest absolute growth translates into outsized percentage jumps. Prague, by contrast, was already above the EU average a decade ago, making its sustained rate of growth considerably more significant. The two Italian regions — Valle d’Aosta and the autonomous province of Trento — benefit from specific local tax arrangements that make vehicle registration there particularly attractive, which... The post Prague’s Car Count Has Jumped 44% in Ten Years — Among the Highest in the EU appeared first on Prague Morning .

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