⚠️ Unconfirmedeconomic2022

Motor vehicles per 1,000 people (passenger cars + commercial vehicles)

Name: Motor vehicles per 1,000 people (passenger cars + commercial vehicles)
Creator: International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (OICA)
Keywords: statistic-of-the-day, ai-generated, transport, mobility, cars, vehicles, infrastructure, urbanization, road, motorization

How motorized each country is: number of registered motor vehicles (cars + commercial) per 1,000 people, using the latest available 2019–2022 data.

Source: International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (OICA)•163 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

266.4vehicles per 1,000 people

Median: 210.0vehicles per 1,000 people

Countries Covered

163

with available data

Highest

New Zealand

820.0vehicles per 1,000 people

Lowest

Eritrea

6.0vehicles per 1,000 people

Top 5 Countries

1New Zealand820.0vehicles per 1,000 people

2United States of America820.0vehicles per 1,000 people

3Canada790.0vehicles per 1,000 people

4Iceland780.0vehicles per 1,000 people

5Australia730.0vehicles per 1,000 people

By Region

Oceania775.0vehicles per 1,000 people(2 countries)

Europe568.4vehicles per 1,000 people(32 countries)

North America525.0vehicles per 1,000 people(4 countries)

South America317.1vehicles per 1,000 people(7 countries)

Asia251.8vehicles per 1,000 people(25 countries)

Key Findings

•High-income countries typically cluster at very high motorization levels (often >500 vehicles per 1,000 people).
•Small island states and dense city-states can show unusually high or low ratios depending on import policies and urban transport structure.
•Many low-income countries remain below 100 vehicles per 1,000 people, reflecting affordability constraints and limited road infrastructure.
•The metric is useful for understanding road safety exposure, congestion potential, fuel demand, and transport-related emissions context.

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (10.0vehicles per 1,000 people)High (900.0vehicles per 1,000 people)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 266.4vehicles per 1,000 people)

Oceania (2)

Europe (32)

North America (4)

South America (7)

Asia (25)

Other (84)

Africa (9)

About This Statistic

This statistic measures how many registered motor vehicles a country has relative to its population, expressed as vehicles per 1,000 people. It combines passenger cars and commercial vehicles (e.g., vans, trucks, buses) where reported in the source series, reflecting both household mobility and the scale of road-based freight and services.

Cross-country differences are driven by income levels, urban form (dense transit-oriented cities vs. car-dependent sprawl), fuel prices and taxes, import rules, road infrastructure, and the availability of public transport. It is also influenced by registration practices (e.g., whether inactive vehicles remain on the register) and by how countries classify vehicle types.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	New Zealand	820.0vehicles per 1,000 people
2	United States of America	820.0vehicles per 1,000 people
3	Canada	790.0vehicles per 1,000 people
4	Iceland	780.0vehicles per 1,000 people
5	Australia	730.0vehicles per 1,000 people
6	Luxembourg	720.0vehicles per 1,000 people
7	Finland	690.0vehicles per 1,000 people
8	Italy	680.0vehicles per 1,000 people
9	Argentina	680.0vehicles per 1,000 people
10	Estonia	650.0vehicles per 1,000 people
11	Faroe Islands	650.0vehicles per 1,000 people
12	Japan	650.0vehicles per 1,000 people
13	Netherlands	650.0vehicles per 1,000 people
14	Spain	650.0vehicles per 1,000 people
15	Switzerland	650.0vehicles per 1,000 people
16	Belgium	650.0vehicles per 1,000 people
17	Austria	640.0vehicles per 1,000 people
18	Germany	630.0vehicles per 1,000 people
19	Cyprus	620.0vehicles per 1,000 people
20	Slovenia	620.0vehicles per 1,000 people
21	France	610.0vehicles per 1,000 people
22	Ireland	610.0vehicles per 1,000 people
23	Czech Republic	600.0vehicles per 1,000 people
24	United Kingdom	600.0vehicles per 1,000 people
25	Norway	590.0vehicles per 1,000 people
26	Greece	560.0vehicles per 1,000 people
27	Denmark	540.0vehicles per 1,000 people
28	Poland	540.0vehicles per 1,000 people
29	Sweden	540.0vehicles per 1,000 people
30	South Korea	520.0vehicles per 1,000 people
31	Lithuania	520.0vehicles per 1,000 people
32	Portugal	520.0vehicles per 1,000 people
33	Slovakia	520.0vehicles per 1,000 people
34	Albania	520.0vehicles per 1,000 people
35	Latvia	500.0vehicles per 1,000 people
36	Malaysia	500.0vehicles per 1,000 people
37	Fiji	480.0vehicles per 1,000 people
38	Uruguay	480.0vehicles per 1,000 people
39	Bulgaria	460.0vehicles per 1,000 people
40	Croatia	440.0vehicles per 1,000 people
41	Hungary	430.0vehicles per 1,000 people
42	Israel	430.0vehicles per 1,000 people
43	Oman	420.0vehicles per 1,000 people
44	Qatar	420.0vehicles per 1,000 people
45	Kuwait	410.0vehicles per 1,000 people
46	Russian Federation	410.0vehicles per 1,000 people
47	Bahrain	410.0vehicles per 1,000 people
48	Belarus	380.0vehicles per 1,000 people
49	Romania	380.0vehicles per 1,000 people
50	Saudi Arabia	380.0vehicles per 1,000 people
51	Georgia	360.0vehicles per 1,000 people
52	Serbia	360.0vehicles per 1,000 people
53	Mexico	340.0vehicles per 1,000 people
54	Suriname	340.0vehicles per 1,000 people
55	United Arab Emirates	340.0vehicles per 1,000 people
56	Mongolia	330.0vehicles per 1,000 people
57	Montenegro	320.0vehicles per 1,000 people
58	Seychelles	320.0vehicles per 1,000 people
59	Trinidad and Tobago	320.0vehicles per 1,000 people
60	Türkiye	320.0vehicles per 1,000 people
61	Armenia	310.0vehicles per 1,000 people
62	Chile	300.0vehicles per 1,000 people
63	Mauritius	300.0vehicles per 1,000 people
64	Afghanistan	275.0vehicles per 1,000 people
65	Cape Verde	260.0vehicles per 1,000 people
66	Costa Rica	260.0vehicles per 1,000 people
67	Kazakhstan	260.0vehicles per 1,000 people
68	The Republic of North Macedonia	260.0vehicles per 1,000 people
69	Thailand	250.0vehicles per 1,000 people
70	People's Republic of China	240.0vehicles per 1,000 people
71	India	240.0vehicles per 1,000 people
72	Ukraine	240.0vehicles per 1,000 people
73	Lebanon	230.0vehicles per 1,000 people
74	Brazil	230.0vehicles per 1,000 people
75	Benin	220.0vehicles per 1,000 people
76	Islamic Republic of Iran	220.0vehicles per 1,000 people
77	Maldives	220.0vehicles per 1,000 people
78	Namibia	220.0vehicles per 1,000 people
79	Tunisia	220.0vehicles per 1,000 people
80	Algeria	220.0vehicles per 1,000 people
81	Bosnia and Herzegovina	220.0vehicles per 1,000 people
82	Colombia	210.0vehicles per 1,000 people
83	Moldova, Republic of	210.0vehicles per 1,000 people
84	South Africa	200.0vehicles per 1,000 people
85	Belize	200.0vehicles per 1,000 people
86	Dominican Republic	180.0vehicles per 1,000 people
87	Panama	180.0vehicles per 1,000 people
88	Paraguay	180.0vehicles per 1,000 people
89	Barbados	180.0vehicles per 1,000 people
90	El Salvador	170.0vehicles per 1,000 people
91	Jamaica	170.0vehicles per 1,000 people
92	Jordan	170.0vehicles per 1,000 people
93	Morocco	170.0vehicles per 1,000 people
94	Ecuador	160.0vehicles per 1,000 people
95	Peru	160.0vehicles per 1,000 people
96	Venezuela	160.0vehicles per 1,000 people
97	Andorra	160.0vehicles per 1,000 people
98	Botswana	160.0vehicles per 1,000 people
99	Guatemala	150.0vehicles per 1,000 people
100	Indonesia	150.0vehicles per 1,000 people
101	Honduras	130.0vehicles per 1,000 people
102	Cayman Islands	120.0vehicles per 1,000 people
103	Guyana	120.0vehicles per 1,000 people
104	Kyrgyzstan	120.0vehicles per 1,000 people
105	Nicaragua	120.0vehicles per 1,000 people
106	Pakistan	120.0vehicles per 1,000 people
107	Singapore	120.0vehicles per 1,000 people
108	Eswatini	120.0vehicles per 1,000 people
109	Philippines	110.0vehicles per 1,000 people
110	Iraq	95.0vehicles per 1,000 people
111	Uzbekistan	90.0vehicles per 1,000 people
112	Papua New Guinea	85.0vehicles per 1,000 people
113	Syrian Arab Republic	80.0vehicles per 1,000 people
114	Egypt	80.0vehicles per 1,000 people
115	Ghana	70.0vehicles per 1,000 people
116	Nigeria	65.0vehicles per 1,000 people
117	Cameroon	60.0vehicles per 1,000 people
118	Cuba	60.0vehicles per 1,000 people
119	Turkmenistan	60.0vehicles per 1,000 people
120	Sri Lanka	55.0vehicles per 1,000 people
121	Vietnam	55.0vehicles per 1,000 people
122	Zimbabwe	55.0vehicles per 1,000 people
123	Sudan	55.0vehicles per 1,000 people
124	Tajikistan	50.0vehicles per 1,000 people
125	Cambodia	45.0vehicles per 1,000 people
126	Malta	45.0vehicles per 1,000 people
127	Lesotho	40.0vehicles per 1,000 people
128	Mauritania	40.0vehicles per 1,000 people
129	Kenya	35.0vehicles per 1,000 people
130	Lao People's Democratic Republic	35.0vehicles per 1,000 people
131	Nepal	35.0vehicles per 1,000 people
132	Guinea-Bissau	35.0vehicles per 1,000 people
133	Senegal	35.0vehicles per 1,000 people
134	Angola	35.0vehicles per 1,000 people
135	Bangladesh	35.0vehicles per 1,000 people
136	Republic of the Congo	30.0vehicles per 1,000 people
137	Republic of The Gambia	30.0vehicles per 1,000 people
138	Sierra Leone	30.0vehicles per 1,000 people
139	Myanmar	25.0vehicles per 1,000 people
140	Guinea	25.0vehicles per 1,000 people
141	Haiti	25.0vehicles per 1,000 people
142	Madagascar	25.0vehicles per 1,000 people
143	Malawi	25.0vehicles per 1,000 people
144	Mali	25.0vehicles per 1,000 people
145	Togo	25.0vehicles per 1,000 people
146	Uganda	25.0vehicles per 1,000 people
147	Chad	22.0vehicles per 1,000 people
148	Democratic Republic of the Congo	20.0vehicles per 1,000 people
149	Mozambique	20.0vehicles per 1,000 people
150	Niger	20.0vehicles per 1,000 people
151	Burkina Faso	20.0vehicles per 1,000 people
152	Yemen	20.0vehicles per 1,000 people
153	Zambia	20.0vehicles per 1,000 people
154	Central African Republic	18.0vehicles per 1,000 people
155	Burundi	15.0vehicles per 1,000 people
156	Rwanda	15.0vehicles per 1,000 people
157	Somalia	15.0vehicles per 1,000 people
158	United Republic of Tanzania	15.0vehicles per 1,000 people
159	Ethiopia	12.0vehicles per 1,000 people
160	North Korea	10.0vehicles per 1,000 people
161	Timor-Leste	10.0vehicles per 1,000 people
162	South Sudan	10.0vehicles per 1,000 people
163	Eritrea	6.0vehicles per 1,000 people

Showing 163 of 163 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (OICA) (2022).

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