Motor vehicles per 1,000 people rose 4.46% to 40.9 vehicles in El Salvador in 2015, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, motor vehicles per 1,000 people in El Salvador reached an all time high of 40.9 vehicles in 2015 and an all time low of 29.6 vehicles in 2005. When compared to El Salvador's main peers, motor vehicles per 1,000 people in Costa Rica amounted to 217 vehicles, 116 vehicles in Guatemala, 19.2 vehicles in Honduras and 77.6 vehicles in Nicaragua in 2015.
El Salvador has been ranked 109th within the group of 137 countries we follow in terms of motor vehicles per 1,000 people, 2 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
Motor Vehicles Per 1,000 People | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
Belize | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 96.3 | 94.0 | 96.6 | 117 | 117 | ||||||
Costa Rica | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 168 | 179 | 188 | 198 | 203 | ||||||
El Salvador | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 32.3 | 32.6 | 33.9 | 35.1 | 37.2 | ||||||
Guatemala | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 99.5 | 103 | 106 | 108 | 109 | ||||||
Honduras | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16.7 | 16.7 | 17.0 | 17.6 | 18.2 | ||||||
Mexico | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 255 | 259 | 268 | 276 | 287 | |||||||||
Nicaragua | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 61.5 | 66.8 | 70.8 | 76.4 | 75.6 | ||||||
Panama | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 113 | 119 | 123 | 140 | 144 | ||||||
USA | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 804 | 795 | 791 | 794 | 793 |