Which areas in Europe have the largest number of motorcycles per 1,000 inhabitants?

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We’ve looked at the number of passenger cars per capita in Europe before. On this map, we’re going to look at motorcycles.

There are two countries that stand out immediately. Italy and Greece have far more motorcycles than any other European country. Especially the Greek islands have a very high per capita rate of motorcycles. Parts of Spain, Switzerland, Austria and the Czech Republic also have a relatively high rate of motorcycles.

We can also see that the number of motorcycles per 1,000 inhabitants is lower in countries like Ireland, the UK, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Serbia, Albania and North Macedonia.

Data for this map comes from Eurostat. Eurostat defines a motorcycle as a two-, three- or four-wheeled road motor vehicle not exceeding 400 kg of unladen weight and with a cylinder capacity over 50 cc. Those under 50 cc but without a maximum design speed of 50 km/h or less, are also included. This means vehicles like quad biked are also included. Mopeds, however, are not included, unless it does not have a maximum design speed of 50 km/h or less.