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Which Country Has the Highest Share of Petrol Cars?

Petrol Passenger Cars (As % of Total Cars) (%), 2015 or latest

Transport | February 26, 2018

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Based on a comparison of 27 countries in 2015, Finland ranked the highest in petrol passenger cars as a share of total cars with 93.6% followed by Cyprus and Switzerland. On the other end of the scale was Lithuania with 26.1%, Turkey with 27.7% and France with 29.8%.

Data for more countries are available at Petrol Passenger Cars (As % of Total Cars) indicator page.

Petrol Passenger Cars (As % of Total Cars)	Unit	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Cyprus	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...								89.8%	89.4%	89.5%	89.4%	88.5%
Czechia	%															73.1%	71.2%	68.4%	66.3%	64.6%
Estonia	%	...														75.2%	73.2%	70.5%	67.8%	65.7%
Finland	%															92.6%	92.4%	92.5%	93.0%	93.3%
Germany	%												...			72.1%	70.9%	69.5%	68.3%	67.2%
Hungary	%															79.0%	77.9%	76.3%	74.7%	72.9%
Ireland	%										...	...				74.9%	70.9%	67.3%	64.0%	60.3%
Macedonia	%								...	...						73.2%	69.3%	65.9%	61.6%	57.9%
Malta	%	...	...	...			...		...	...	...	...				74.1%	73.2%	70.2%	69.7%	69.1%
Poland	%							...								61.0%	60.1%	57.7%	56.5%	55.5%
Romania	%		...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...			69.2%	68.1%	67.0%	65.7%	64.4%		...
Slovenia	%								...	...						64.8%	63.0%	61.0%	59.1%	56.6%
Sweden	%															80.7%	76.9%	73.3%	70.3%	67.3%
Switzerland	%															80.3%	78.4%	76.3%	74.1%	73.2%
United Kingdom	%											...	...			64.2%	62.3%	60.9%	...	...