Number of passenger cars with a diesel engine rose 739% to 12.1 mil in the United Kingdom in 2016, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, number of passenger cars with a diesel engine in the United Kingdom reached an all time high of 12.1 mil in 2016 and an all time low of 0.949 mil in 1992. When compared to United Kingdom's main peers, number of passenger cars with a diesel engine in Belgium amounted to 3.43 mil, 22.2 mil in France, 15.1 mil in Germany and 1.02 mil in Ireland in 2016.
United Kingdom has been ranked 5th within the group of 25 countries we follow in terms of number of passenger cars with a diesel engine, 5 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Number of Passenger Cars (Diesel Engine) | Unit | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
| Austria | mil | 2.45 | 2.51 | 2.57 | 2.62 | 2.66 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Belgium | mil | 3.18 | 3.34 | 3.40 | 3.44 | 3.46 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| France | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 22.4 | 22.6 | ||||||||||||||
| Germany | mil | ... | 11.3 | 11.9 | 12.6 | 13.2 | 13.9 | |||||||||||||||
| Iceland | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| Ireland | mil | ... | ... | 0.522 | 0.608 | 0.667 | 0.743 | 0.828 | ||||||||||||||
| Italy | mil | ... | 13.9 | 14.5 | 14.7 | 14.9 | 15.2 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | mil | ... | ... | ... | 0.215 | 0.224 | 0.233 | 0.239 | 0.245 | |||||||||||||
| Netherlands | mil | 1.30 | 1.33 | 1.34 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Poland | mil | ... | 3.87 | 4.42 | 4.83 | 5.26 | 5.68 | |||||||||||||||
| Spain | mil | 11.5 | 11.8 | 11.9 | ... | 12.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | mil | ... | ... | 8.20 | 8.76 | 9.39 | ... | ... |
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