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

In 2023, Ireland's passenger cars, by type of motor energy and size of engine increased by 3.0% compared to 2022, reaching 2,404,140.

Ireland accounts for 0.9% of the EU-27 total of 256,229,781.

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 10.1% (from 2,182,920 in 2018).

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