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

In 2016, Ireland's passenger cars, by type of motor energy and size of engine increased by 2.1% compared to 2015, reaching 2,102,720.

Ireland accounts for 0.9% of the EU-27 total of 230,249,119.

Ireland ranks 19th 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 7.1% (from 1,962,460 in 2011).

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