In 2023, car was the main means of passenger transport throughout the EU, followed at a distance by airplanes; buses, coaches or trolleybuses; trains; and sea vessels. Cars accounted for 70.6% of total passenger-kilometres across the EU, a decrease of 1.8 percentage points (pp) compared with 2022. Transport by airplane made up 14.7% of total passenger-kilometres, an increase of 1.6 pp compared with 2022. Buses, coaches or trolleybuses followed with 7.2% (down 0.2 pp), trains accounted for 7.1% (up 0.3 pp), and sea vessels for 0.4% (stable compared with 2022).
The highest shares of car transport were registered in Lithuania (85.7% of total passenger-kilometres), the Netherlands (77.1%) and Finland (76.4%).
Croatia registered the highest share of air passenger-kilometres in the total transport performance (43.5%), followed by Bulgaria (29.0%) and Cyprus (27.4%).
Eu people on the move, 2023, top 3 countries with highest shares in total passenger-kilometres for each means of transport. Infographic. See link to the full dataset below. (....)