Number of motor vehicles rose 3.58% to 3.71 mil in New Zealand in 2015, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, number of motor vehicles in New Zealand reached an all time high of 3.71 mil in 2015 and an all time low of 2.60 mil in 2005. When compared to New Zealand's main peers, number of motor vehicles in Australia amounted to 17.2 mil, 22.5 mil in Indonesia, 13.3 mil in Malaysia and 3.82 mil in Philippines in 2015.
New Zealand has been ranked 47th within the group of 137 countries we follow in terms of number of motor vehicles, 3 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Number of Motor Vehicles | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Australia | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15.1 | 15.4 | 15.2 | 16.0 | 16.4 | |||||||||
| Cambodia | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| China | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 62.8 | 78.0 | 93.6 | 109 | 127 | ||||||||
| Indonesia | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 14.6 | 15.8 | 16.8 | 18.0 | 19.4 | |||||||
| Malaysia | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9.60 | 10.3 | 10.9 | 11.6 | 11.8 | ||||||||
| New Zealand | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.78 | 2.78 | 2.81 | 2.88 | 3.44 | ||||||
| Papua New Guinea | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Philippines | mil | 3.02 | 3.15 | 3.26 | 3.35 | 2.59 | ||||||||||||||||
| Singapore | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.778 | 0.798 | 0.810 | 0.826 | 0.829 | ||||||||
| Taiwan | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6.72 | 6.83 | 7.00 | 7.15 | 7.31 | ||||||
| Thailand | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10.1 | 10.6 | 11.5 | 12.7 | 14.0 | ||||||
| Vietnam | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.41 | 1.54 | 1.69 | 1.84 | 1.95 |
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