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Last update February 2021
Change in distance travelled by car
- Decrease in distance travelled by car between 2000 and 2018 in most countries (around –1,300 km/year at EU level) with a very sharp reduction in Finland and Greece; it has however increased in Poland and Spain.
- Large discrepancy of the average annual distance travelled by car between countries: around 13,800 km/year for Austria and Germany; around 9,500 km/year in Italy, and on average 12,000 km/year for the EU as a whole.
Change in distance travelled by car

Change in distance travelled by car for selected countries
