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Motorway density · Latest available · 2023–2024Motorway open to traffic for every 1,000 square kilometres of the country. Countries with a figure: 27 of 27. Equal intervals from low to high. Colours show values, not whether a result is good or bad. The latest year can differ by country; see the data table for each year. Malta, Luxembourg and Cyprus have enlarged markers. Outlines are simplified; overseas territories are not shown.[{"code":"AT","value":21.2,"year":2024,"dataset":"road_if_motorwa","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_if_motorwa/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"BE","value":57.89,"year":2024,"dataset":"road_if_motorwa","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_if_motorwa/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"BG","value":7.68,"year":2024,"dataset":"road_if_motorwa","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_if_motorwa/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"HR","value":24.26,"year":2024,"dataset":"road_if_motorwa","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_if_motorwa/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"CY","value":29.41,"year":2023,"dataset":"road_if_motorwa","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_if_motorwa/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"CZ","value":19.25,"year":2024,"dataset":"road_if_motorwa","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_if_motorwa/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"DK","value":32.34,"year":2023,"dataset":"road_if_motorwa","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_if_motorwa/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"EE","value":5.4,"year":2024,"dataset":"road_if_motorwa","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_if_motorwa/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"FI","value":3.13,"year":2024,"dataset":"road_if_motorwa","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_if_motorwa/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"FR","value":18.54,"year":2024,"dataset":"road_if_motorwa","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_if_motorwa/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"DE","value":37.39,"year":2023,"dataset":"road_if_motorwa","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_if_motorwa/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"GR","value":17.66,"year":2023,"dataset":"road_if_motorwa","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_if_motorwa/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"HU","value":20.79,"year":2024,"dataset":"road_if_motorwa","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_if_motorwa/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"IE","value":14.49,"year":2024,"dataset":"road_if_motorwa","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_if_motorwa/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"IT","value":25.39,"year":2023,"dataset":"road_if_motorwa","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_if_motorwa/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"LV","value":0,"year":2024,"dataset":"road_if_motorwa","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_if_motorwa/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"LT","value":7.38,"year":2024,"dataset":"road_if_motorwa","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_if_motorwa/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"LU","value":64.58,"year":2024,"dataset":"road_if_motorwa","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_if_motorwa/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"MT","value":0,"year":2024,"dataset":"road_if_motorwa","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_if_motorwa/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"NL","value":82.57,"year":2024,"dataset":"road_if_motorwa","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_if_motorwa/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"PL","value":6.15,"year":2024,"dataset":"road_if_motorwa","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_if_motorwa/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"PT","value":34.22,"year":2024,"dataset":"road_if_motorwa","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_if_motorwa/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"RO","value":4.85,"year":2024,"dataset":"road_if_motorwa","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_if_motorwa/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"SK","value":17.78,"year":2024,"dataset":"road_if_motorwa","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_if_motorwa/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"SI","value":30.58,"year":2024,"dataset":"road_if_motorwa","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_if_motorwa/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"ES","value":31.6,"year":2024,"dataset":"road_if_motorwa","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_if_motorwa/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"SE","value":5.45,"year":2024,"dataset":"road_if_motorwa","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_if_motorwa/default/table?lang=en"}]27 EU countriesMotorway densityLatest available · 2023–2024 · per 1,000 km²Sweden: 5.45 · 2024Spain: 31.6 · 2024Slovakia: 17.78 · 2024Slovenia: 30.58 · 2024Romania: 4.85 · 2024Portugal: 34.22 · 2024Poland: 6.15 · 2024the Netherlands: 82.57 · 2024Malta: 0 · 2024Luxembourg: 64.58 · 2024Lithuania: 7.38 · 2024Latvia: 0 · 2024Italy: 25.39 · 2023Ireland: 14.49 · 2024Hungary: 20.79 · 2024Greece: 17.66 · 2023Germany: 37.39 · 2023France: 18.54 · 2024Finland: 3.13 · 2024Estonia: 5.4 · 2024Denmark: 32.34 · 2023Czechia: 19.25 · 2024Cyprus: 29.41 · 2023Croatia: 24.26 · 2024Bulgaria: 7.68 · 2024Belgium: 57.89 · 2024Austria: 21.2 · 2024016.51433.02849.54266.05682.57No data / outside the EUCountries with a figure: 27 of 27.Motorway open to traffic for every 1,000 square kilometres of the country.Equal intervals from low to high. Colours show values, not whether a result is good or bad. Thelatest year can differ by country; see the data table for each year.Eurostat · Motorway density · Latest available · 2023–2024Natural Earth · Eurostat · averageperson.eu
0 – 16.514
> 16.514 – 33.028
> 33.028 – 49.542
> 49.542 – 66.056
> 66.056 – 82.57
No data / outside the EU

Malta, Luxembourg and Cyprus have enlarged markers. Outlines are simplified; overseas territories are not shown.

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Motorway open to traffic for every 1,000 square kilometres of the country.

Equal intervals from low to high. Colours show values, not whether a result is good or bad. The latest year can differ by country; see the data table for each year.

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