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[PR11] Passenger car ownership
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Passenger car ownership, which is closely connected to the use of passenger cars, strongly increased in Slovenia in last 20 years (it has almost doubled). Since 2008 passenger car ownership in Slovenia does not grow any longer as a result of the economic recession. Motorization level, which is reflected in the number of cars per thousand inhabitants, in Slovenia exceeds the rate of motorization in numerous economically more developed EU countries.

The indicator shows development of the motorisation level in Slovenia and in EU countries.

The passenger car ownership or motorisation level is regularly expressed as the number of passenger cars per 1000 residents (EEA, 2006). Road motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, intended for the carriage of passengers and designed to seat no more than nine persons (including the driver). The number of passenger cars is defined as vehicles, which were registered in the country on a specific day and may use the roads open for public transport (SORS, 2004).

Vehicle ownership is expressed in number of vehicles per 1 000 inhabitants. Freight transport intensity is expressed in number of heavy duty trucks per million Euro of GDP. Dieselisation is expressed in percentage of diesel vehicles in the entire passenger car fleet.

The share of diesel cars in the entire passenger car fleet is defined as number of diesel vehicles per total number of passenger cars.

Freight transport intensity is defined as number of vehicles per unit of GDP specified by freight transport mode (road, rail, inland, maritime).

Charts

Figure PR11-1: Number of passanger cars and population in Slovenia, 1970-2012
Sources:

Research - Statistics Council for Prevention and Education in Road Traffic , 2008; Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Slovenia 1993-2011 , Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia , 2013.

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1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
number of inhabitants number 1717995 1729941 1741343 1753296 1766040 1778454 1786977 1799384 1810997 1824001
number of cars number 150807 177284 198493 227981 251110 270732 306015 323554 366394 389192
motorization level number of passenger cars/1000 inhabitants 88 102 114 130 142 152 171 180 202 213
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
number of inhabitants number 1884477 1895264 1904805 1912374 1918482 1925022 1930506 1989462 1999988 1999404
number of cars number 416448 430132 448315 466003 489373 501538 490828 514850 548539 554592
motorization level number of passenger cars/1000 inhabitants 221 227 235 244 255 261 254 259 274 277
1990 1991 1992* 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
number of inhabitants number 1999945 2001768 1994084 1989408 1989477 1983012 1981297 1979811 1978334 1987755
number of cars number 578268 594289 606245 650344 668307 711364 743057 776798 811671 846109
motorization level number of passenger cars/1000 inhabitants 289 297 304 327 336 359 375 392 410 426
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
number of inhabitants number 1990094 1994026 1995033 1996433 1997590 2003358 2010377 2025866 2025866 2032362
number of cars number 866096 881487 894521 910429 933941 960213 980261 1014122 1045183 1058858
motorization level number of passenger cars/1000 inhabitants 435 442 448 456 468 479 488 501 516 521
2010 2011 2012
number of inhabitants number 2046976 2050189 2055496
number of cars number 1061646 1066495 1066028
motorization level number of passenger cars/1000 inhabitants 519 520 519
Figure PR11-2: The rate of motorization (number of passanger vehicles/1000 inhabitants) in Slovenia, 1970-2012
Sources:

Research - Statistics Council for Prevention and Education in Road Traffic , 2008; Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Slovenia 1993-2011 , Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia , 2013.

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1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
The rate of motorization Number of cars/ 1000 inhabitants 88 102 114 130 142 152 171 180 202 213
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
The rate of motorization Number of cars/ 1000 inhabitants 221 227 235 244 255 261 254 259 274 277
1990 1991 1992* 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
The rate of motorization Number of cars/ 1000 inhabitants 289 297 304 327 336 359 375 392 410 426
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
The rate of motorization Number of cars/ 1000 inhabitants 435 442 448 456 468 479 488 501 516 521
2010 2011 2012
The rate of motorization Number of cars/ 1000 inhabitants 519 520 519
Figure PR11-3: Delež osebnih avtomobilov na dizelski pogon, Slovenija, 1986-2013
Sources:

Baza motornih vozil, NIO, 2014

*Opomba k preglednici PR11-3- Podatki pred letom 1992 so le ocene.

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1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992* 1993 1994 1995
share of diesel cars in passenger car fleet % 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
share of diesel cars in passenger car fleet % 8 8 9 9 9 10 12 14 18 20
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
share of diesel cars in passenger car fleet % 24 28 30 33 35 37 39 40
Figure PR11-4: Število tovornjakov glede na BDP in število avtobusov glede na število prebivalstva, Slovenija,1995-2013
Sources:

Baza motornih vozil, NIO, 2014

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1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
trucks per million € GDP number 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
buses per 1000 inh. number 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
trucks per million € GDP number 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
buses per 1000 inh. number 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Figure PR11-5: The rate of motorization in individual European countries in 2003, 2007 and 2011
Sources:

EU energy and transport in figures 2009, European Commission, Directorate-General for Energy and Transport, 2009 in EU transport in figures - statistical pocketbook 2013, European Comission, 2013.

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Romania Hungary Latvia Slovakia Bulgaria Denmark Ireland Czech Republic Portugal Greece
2003 number per 1000 inh. 142 275 280 252 296 351 379 363 379 348
2007 number per 1000 inh. 164 300 398 265 272 378 434 412 412 428
2011 number per 1000 inh. 203 298 300 324 368 394 417 436 447 461
Sweden United Kingdom Poland Netherlands Estonia Spain EU - 27 Belgium France EU - 15
2003 number per 1000 inh. 454 452 294 425 321 441 436 464 506 481
2007 number per 1000 inh. 464 476 383 451 391 481 464 473 508 500
2011 number per 1000 inh. 464 466 470 470 482 482 483 490 502 509
Slovenia Germany Austria Cyprus Finland Lithuania Malta Italy Luxembourg
2003 number per 1000 inh. 456 485 498 414 436 365 522 593 645
2007 number per 1000 inh. 501 501 510 521 485 472 548 598 665
2011 number per 1000 inh. 519 525 535 545 551 570 589 610 658
Figure PR11-6: Delež osebnih avtomobilov na dizelski pogon v evropskih državah v letih 2003, 2007 in 2011
Sources:

Passenger cars by motor energy, Eurostat, 2014

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Cyprus Netherlands Sweden Switzerland Finland Hungary Poland Estonia Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the Germany
2003 % 11 15 5 7 12 12 9 12 / 18
2007 % 9 17 8 13 14 17 15 22 19 /
2011 % 10 17 17 20 21 22 24 27 27 28
Czech republic United Kingdom Ireland Croatia Latvia Slovenia* Norway Italy Spain Austria
2003 % 16 16 13 26 14 / / / 35 46
2007 % 21 / 18 34 23 27 24 34 47 54
2011 % 29 31 31 36 36 36 39 39 53 56
Belgium France Luxembourg Slovenia Liechtenstein
2003 % 45 43 40 11 10
2007 % 54 52 57 / 18
2011 % 62 / / / /

Goals

In Slovenia as well as in the EU and its Member States, objectives or target values regarding car ownership are not set clearly. Countries consider car ownership in different ways – in the Scandinavian countries public transport presents a way of sustainable everyday mobility. For this reason passenger cars are a subject of higher tax.

Last modified
14.10.2013
Author(s)

Aljaž Plevnik, Mojca Balant, Luka Mladenovič, Urban Plannind Institute of the RS