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

In 2017, Ireland's passenger cars, by type of motor energy and size of engine increased by 1.9% compared to 2016, reaching 2,142,390.

Ireland accounts for 0.9% of the EU-27 total of 236,047,946.

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 9.8% (from 1,951,130 in 2012).

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