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

In 2021, Ireland's passenger cars, by type of motor energy and size of engine increased by 0.8% compared to 2020, reaching 2,309,760.

Ireland accounts for 0.9% of the EU-27 total of 250,251,134.

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 2,102,720 in 2016).

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