Passenger cars, by type of motor energy and size of engine

In 2011, Ireland's passenger cars, by type of motor energy and size of engine increased by 1.3% compared to 2010, reaching 1,962,460.

Ireland accounts for 0.9% of the EU-27 total of 217,805,044.

Ireland ranks 18th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 10.3% (from 1,779,000 in 2006).

Source: Eurostat dataset road_eqs_carmot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.