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Transport > Motor vehicles: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Motor vehicles per 1,000 people.

CONTENTS

# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH
1 United States 765 motor vehicles per 100 p 1996
2 Luxembourg 686 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
3 Malaysia 641 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
4 Australia 619 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
5 Malta 607 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
6 Italy 566 motor vehicles per 100 p 1994
7 Canada 563 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
8 New Zealand 560 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
9 Austria 558 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
10 Japan 543 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
11 Portugal 537 motor vehicles per 100 p 1996
12 Iceland 522 motor vehicles per 100 p 1996
13 Norway 494 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
14 Belgium 484 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
15 Spain 471 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
16 Cyprus 450 motor vehicles per 100 p 1998
17 Lebanon 434 motor vehicles per 100 p 1996
18 United Kingdom 426 motor vehicles per 100 p 1995
19 Netherlands 417 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
20 Slovenia 413 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
21 Denmark 408 motor vehicles per 100 p 1998
22 Czech Republic 399 motor vehicles per 100 p 1998
23 Qatar 378 motor vehicles per 100 p 1994
24 Ireland 359 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
25 Estonia 353 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
26 Greece 329 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
27 Bahrain 322 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
28 Antigua and Barbuda 302 motor vehicles per 100 p 1995
29 The Bahamas 289 motor vehicles per 100 p 1995
30 Lithuania 267 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
31 Israel 263 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
32 Hungary 262 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
33 Poland 261 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
34 Bulgaria 239 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
35 Slovakia 237 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
36 Libya 234 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
37 Croatia 233 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
38 Saint Kitts and Nevis 223 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
39 Latvia 214 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
40 United Arab Emirates 193 motor vehicles per 100 p 1996
41 Barbados 188 motor vehicles per 100 p 1994
=42 Tonga 174 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
=42 Uruguay 174 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
44 Suriname 172 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
45 Argentina 170 motor vehicles per 100 p 1995
46 Saint Lucia 166 motor vehicles per 100 p 1996
47 Dominica 163 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
48 Singapore 158 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
49 Republic of Macedonia 157 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
50 Trinidad and Tobago 151 motor vehicles per 100 p 1996
51 Oman 150 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
52 Mexico 138 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
53 Romania 135 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
54 Fiji 129 motor vehicles per 100 p 1996
55 Russia 124 motor vehicles per 100 p 1996
56 Seychelles 118 motor vehicles per 100 p 1994
57 Costa Rica 116 motor vehicles per 100 p 1996
58 Venezuela 110 motor vehicles per 100 p 1995
59 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 100 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
=60 Panama 97 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
=60 Chile 97 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
62 Mauritius 88 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
63 Algeria 87 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
64 Jamaica 85 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
65 Tunisia 71 motor vehicles per 100 p 1996
66 Turkey 67 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
67 Paraguay 63 motor vehicles per 100 p 1993
68 Dominican Republic 62 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
=69 Botswana 57 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
=69 El Salvador 57 motor vehicles per 100 p 1995
71 Morocco 53 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
72 Azerbaijan 51 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
73 Iraq 50 motor vehicles per 100 p 1995
74 Jordan 47 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
75 Bolivia 46 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
76 Ecuador 44 motor vehicles per 100 p 1996
=77 Peru 41 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
=77 Guyana 41 motor vehicles per 100 p 1993
79 Nicaragua 33 motor vehicles per 100 p 1995
80 Philippines 31 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
=81 Egypt 30 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
=81 Cape Verde 30 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
83 Sri Lanka 25 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
84 Indonesia 21 motor vehicles per 100 p 1995
85 Guatemala 19 motor vehicles per 100 p 1995
=86 India 12 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
=86 Haiti 12 motor vehicles per 100 p 1996
88 China 10 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
89 Nepal 9 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
90 Pakistan 8 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
=91 Burma 6 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
=91 Burkina Faso 6 motor vehicles per 100 p 1994
93 Burundi 5 motor vehicles per 100 p 1994
=94 Central African Republic 4 motor vehicles per 100 p 1995
=94 Angola 4 motor vehicles per 100 p 1995
=94 Uganda 4 motor vehicles per 100 p 1995
97 Sudan 3 motor vehicles per 100 p 1995
98 Bangladesh 2 motor vehicles per 100 p 1996
99 Nigeria 1 motor vehicles per 100 p 1997
=100 Malawi 0.0 1996
=100 Afghanistan 0.0 1995

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Culture

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Economy

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Education

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Energy

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Environment

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Geography

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Government

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Health

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TOP STATS: Physicians > Per 1,000 people, Births and maternity > Total fertility rate, Human height > Average female height and 529 more

Industry

Lists all industry related stats like production of cars, buses trucks, LCVs, different industries like biotech firms and so on.

TOP STATS: Manufacturing output, Manufacturing, value added > Current US$ per capita, Manufacturing, value added > Current US$ and 94 more

Labor

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Language

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TOP STATS: Languages, Major language(s), French status and 21 more

Lifestyle

Here we rank countries based on amphetamine and cannabis use. But more interestingly, we go into their mindset. What do the citizens of different countries think of their armed forces? Will they report a crime? Do they trust their neighbours? What about their governments? Are they happy with life in general? How charitable are they? What is their political orientation? Are they proud of their countries? Will they fight for their countries? This is an utterly captivating category.

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Media

Countries are ranked here depending on the penetration level of computers, phones, fax machines, radios, television sets, mobile phones etc. We also have other stats related to media like vastness of different networks, revenue and employment in different telecom sectors here.

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Military

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People

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Religion

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Sports

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Terrorism

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Transport

Here you can find the numbers on the different modes of transportation. How many cars does a country have? Airports? What is the lenght of its highways? What proportion is paved? What about runways, heliports and ports? Lets not leave out waterways or the merchant navy. We have them all here.

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Travel

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Weather

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COUNTRIES COVERED
Per 1,000 people 153

Interesting observations about Transport > Motor vehicles

  • All of the top 2 countries by motor vehicles are Christian.
  • All of the top 2 countries by motor vehicles are Cold countries'.
  • All of the top 2 countries by motor vehicles are High income OECD.
  • 14 of the top 19 countries by motor vehicles are Heavily indebted.
  • 18 of the top 26 countries by motor vehicles are European.
  • 16 of the top 26 countries by motor vehicles are European Union.
  • 13 of the top 22 countries by motor vehicles are NATO.
  • 3 of the top 6 countries by motor vehicles are Eurozone.
  • 14 of the top 29 countries by motor vehicles are Tourist destination.
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