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

In 2024, Ireland's passenger cars, by type of motor energy and size of engine increased by 5.4% compared to 2023, reaching 2,534,636.

Ireland accounts for 1.0% of the EU-27 total of 260,195,837.

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 12.5% (from 2,253,210 in 2019).

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