Number of passenger cars rose 3.28% to 3.08 mil in New Zealand in 2015, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, number of passenger cars in New Zealand reached an all time high of 3.08 mil in 2015 and an all time low of 2.18 mil in 2005. When compared to New Zealand's main peers, number of passenger cars in Australia amounted to 13.5 mil, 13.5 mil in Indonesia, 12.0 mil in Malaysia and 3.36 mil in Philippines in 2015.
New Zealand has been ranked 46th within the group of 137 countries we follow in terms of number of passenger cars, 5 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Number of Passenger Cars | Unit | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Australia | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13.0 | 13.3 | 13.5 | 13.7 | 13.8 | ||||||||||
| Cambodia | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| China | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | 101 | 117 | 136 | 139 | 146 | ||||||||||||
| Indonesia | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11.5 | 12.6 | 13.5 | 13.8 | 14.3 | ||||||||||
| Malaysia | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10.6 | 11.4 | 12.0 | 12.2 | 12.6 | ||||||||||||
| New Zealand | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.90 | 2.98 | 3.08 | 3.12 | 3.19 | ||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Philippines | mil | 2.16 | 3.16 | 3.36 | 3.28 | 3.32 | ||||||||||||||||
| Singapore | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.651 | 0.648 | 0.633 | 0.650 | 0.657 | ||||||||||||
| Taiwan | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6.24 | 6.41 | 6.57 | 6.59 | 6.66 | ||||||||||
| Thailand | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7.17 | 7.72 | 8.17 | 8.38 | 8.68 | ||||||||||
| Vietnam | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.79 | 1.90 | 2.00 | 2.08 | 2.16 |
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