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

In 2022, Ireland's passenger cars, by type of motor energy and size of engine increased by 1.1% compared to 2021, reaching 2,335,130.

Ireland accounts for 0.9% of the EU-27 total of 252,729,075.

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 9.0% (from 2,142,390 in 2017).

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