Vehicles In Use - IRF World Road Statistics 2025

The latest edition of the IRF World Road Statistics is available for free through the IRF Data Warehouse. This edition encompasses data for the years 2018 - 2023, for over 200 countries and territories, and over 200 indicators.

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Field Value
Reference period start January 1, 2000
Reference period end December 31, 2023
Geographies
    Regions ['worldwide']
    Topics ['vehicles']
    Category Public Data
    Sources
    Sources 1
    Title
    IRF
    Link
    https://www.irfofficial.org
    Overview Text

    Contains data on the total number of vehicles currently registered and actively being used on the road. This includes all vehicles, regardless of their age or when they were first registered.

    Vehicle categories:

    1. Private Car

    2. Buses and Motor coaches

    3. Vans & Pick-ups (Light goods road vehicles)

    4. Lorries & Road Tractors (Semi-trailer trucks)

    5. Motorcycle & Mopeds
    Language en
    Is archived
    Sectors Road
    Modes
    • Two-/Three-wheelers
    • Cars
    • Private cars
    • Taxis
    • Truck
    • Bus
    Services
    • Passenger
    • Freight
    Update frequency Annually
    Indicators
    1. Passenger Cars In Use
    2. Buses and Motor Coaches In Use
    3. Vans and Pickups In Use
    4. Lorries and Road Tractors In Use
    5. Total Vans, Pickups, Lorries and Road Tractors In Use
    6. Total Vehicles In Use
    7. Total Vehicles In UseMotorcycles and Mopeds In Use
    8. Passenger Cars In Use Rate by Population
    9. Total Vehicles In Use Rate by Population
    10. Total Vehicles In Use Rate by Network
    Units
    1. n
    2. Passenger cars / 1,000 pop
    3. Total vehicles / 1,000 pop
    4. Total vehicles / km of roads
    Dimensioning by vehicle type
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      1. d77f5077-144b-4ae4-90b8-437015daee9d
      Data Provider IRF
      URL https://worldroadstatistics.org
      Data Access Recent 6 years of data (2018-2023 for the 2025 edition) are publicly available. WRS Millennium Data (2000-2023) is available for a fee.
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