Stock of means of transportation
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Key figures
| 2024M01 | 2025M01 | 2026M01 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Passenger cars, total | |||
| Total | |||
| Petrol | 1,793,704 | 1,741,510 | 1,658,341 |
| Diesel | 702,557 | 638,783 | 575,357 |
| Electricity | 205,547 | 357,424 | 556,395 |
| Pluginhybrid | 123,460 | 127,499 | 127,930 |
| In households | |||
| Petrol | 1,726,227 | 1,677,790 | 1,600,162 |
| Diesel | 631,616 | 581,281 | 530,198 |
| Electricity | 174,939 | 310,110 | 488,497 |
| Pluginhybrid | 100,865 | 106,430 | 109,807 |
| In industries | |||
| Petrol | 67,477 | 63,720 | 58,179 |
| Diesel | 70,941 | 57,502 | 45,159 |
| Electricity | 30,608 | 47,314 | 67,898 |
| Pluginhybrid | 22,595 | 21,069 | 18,123 |

| 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| Passenger cars, total | 2,827,864 | 2,864,904 |
| Buses, total | 10,794 | 10,346 |
| Vans, total | 356,198 | 349,484 |
| Lorries, gross weight 3,501-6,000 kg | 1,962 | 2,202 |
| Lorries above 6,000 kg gross weight | 25,757 | 25,689 |
| Road tractors, total | 15,636 | 15,598 |
| Trailers, total | 1,175,691 | 1,189,926 |
| Semi-trailers, total | 50,458 | 50,350 |
| Motorcycles, total | 170,347 | 171,638 |
| 45-mopeds, total | 25,573 | 24,203 |
| Agricultural tractors, total | 84,647 | 84,429 |
| Caravans, total | 110,146 | 105,817 |
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | ||||||
| Ships (numbers) | ||||||
| SHIPS TOTAL | 1,727 | 1,852 | 1,832 | 1,790 | 1,767 | 1,767 |
| CARGO VESSELS TOTAL | 584 | 639 | 648 | 612 | 599 | 597 |
| PASSENGER SHIPS AND FERRIES | 118 | 145 | 136 | 138 | 143 | 146 |
| FISHING VESSELS | 452 | 456 | 447 | 436 | 405 | 394 |
| OTHER SHIPS | 573 | 612 | 601 | 604 | 620 | 630 |
| Gross Tonnage (GT) | ||||||
| SHIPS TOTAL | 21,362,520 | 23,198,833 | 23,669,974 | 22,854,940 | 22,740,533 | 23,351,057 |
| CARGO VESSELS TOTAL | 20,415,657 | 22,262,151 | 22,593,311 | 21,592,871 | 21,378,375 | 22,001,401 |
| PASSENGER SHIPS AND FERRIES | 443,877 | 433,960 | 524,178 | 711,376 | 778,275 | 748,926 |
| FISHING VESSELS | 141,490 | 140,393 | 148,351 | 153,083 | 149,535 | 141,926 |
| OTHER SHIPS | 361,496 | 362,329 | 404,134 | 397,610 | 434,348 | 458,804 |
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airplanes | ||||||||||||
| Aircrafts, total | 1,067 | 1,064 | 1,041 | 1,021 | 1,014 | 1,008 | 1,007 | 1,015 | 1,012 | 993 | 966 | 947 |
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