Number of motor vehicles rose 4.91% to 1.08 mil in Costa Rica in 2015, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, number of motor vehicles in Costa Rica reached an all time high of 1.08 mil in 2015 and an all time low of 0.633 mil in 2005. When compared to Costa Rica's main peers, number of motor vehicles in Guatemala amounted to 1.86 mil, 0.160 mil in Honduras, 0.480 mil in Nicaragua and 0.677 mil in Panama in 2015.
Costa Rica has been ranked 79th within the group of 137 countries we follow in terms of number of motor vehicles, 2 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 |
| Belize | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.029 | 0.029 | 0.031 | 0.038 | 0.039 | ||||||
| Colombia | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.77 | 3.95 | 4.24 | 4.54 | 4.74 | |||||||
| Costa Rica | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.773 | 0.838 | 0.890 | 0.946 | 0.984 | ||||||
| El Salvador | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.200 | 0.203 | 0.212 | 0.220 | 0.234 | ||||||
| Guatemala | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.39 | 1.48 | 1.55 | 1.62 | 1.68 | ||||||
| Honduras | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.125 | 0.127 | 0.132 | 0.139 | 0.147 | ||||||
| Mexico | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 29.7 | 30.5 | 32.0 | 33.3 | 34.9 | |||||||||
| Nicaragua | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.353 | 0.389 | 0.417 | 0.456 | 0.457 | ||||||
| Panama | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.410 | 0.438 | 0.458 | 0.533 | 0.555 | ||||||
| USA | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 249 | 248 | 249 | 251 | 253 |
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