{"id":1279,"date":"2024-09-09T15:48:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-09T13:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acea.auto\/?post_type=figures&#038;p=1279"},"modified":"2025-04-09T11:25:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T09:25:14","slug":"size-distribution-of-the-eu-vehicle-fleet","status":"publish","type":"figures","link":"https:\/\/www.acea.auto\/figure\/size-distribution-of-the-eu-vehicle-fleet\/","title":{"rendered":"EU vehicle fleet: size and segment distribution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"intro block-container\"><p>The European Union&#8217;s vehicle fleet counts 252.2 million cars and about 37.4 million commercial vehicles and buses.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"embed block-container\"><p><iframe class=\"localfocusvisual\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width:100%;height:500px;overflow:hidden\" src=\"https:\/\/localfocuswidgets.net\/67f63ccf7f375\"><\/iframe>\r\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"cntnt block-container\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-key-observations\">Key observations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In 2022, the EU car fleet grew by 1.1% compared to 2021, with 252.2 million cars on the road in total. The highest growth was seen in Romania (+3.3%) and Slovakia (+2.9%), while the Finnish car fleet shrank by 0.5%.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>About 30.2 million vans are in circulation throughout the European Union, half of which can be found in three countries: France (6.4 million vans), Italy (4.4 million), and Spain (4 million).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There are about 6.5 million medium and heavy commercial vehicles on EU roads, up 1.9% compared to 2021. With around 1.2 million trucks, Poland has the largest fleet by far.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>720,783 buses are in operation across the European Union, almost half of which can be found in three countries alone: Poland (128,677), Italy (100,014), and France (94,074).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\t\t<blockquote class=\"shareable-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">The European Union&#8217;s motor vehicle fleet counts 252.2 million cars and about 37.4 million commercial vehicles and buses.<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"share-links\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"share-buttons\"><a class=\"twitter resp-sharing-button__link\" aria-label=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet\/?text=The%20European%20Union%27s%20motor%20vehicle%20fleet%20counts%20252.2%20million%20cars%20and%20about%2037.4%20million%20commercial%20vehicles%20and%20buses.&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.acea.auto%2Ffigure%2Fsize-distribution-of-the-eu-vehicle-fleet%2F\" target=\"_blank\">\n                    <span 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