Passenger cars per 1,000 people rose 1.63% to 181 vehicles in Costa Rica in 2019, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, passenger cars per 1,000 people in Costa Rica reached an all time high of 181 vehicles in 2019 and an all time low of 110 vehicles in 2005. When compared to Costa Rica's main peers, passenger cars per 1,000 people in Guatemala amounted to 43.7 vehicles, 4.91 vehicles in Honduras, 19.2 vehicles in Nicaragua and 144 vehicles in Panama in 2019.
Costa Rica has been ranked 66th within the group of 135 countries we follow in terms of passenger cars per 1,000 people.
Passenger Cars Per 1,000 People | Unit | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
Belize | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 46.9 | 47.5 | 58.1 | 55.3 | 56.0 | ||||||||||
Colombia | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 58.8 | 62.7 | 63.1 | 64.3 | 65.5 | |||||||||||
Costa Rica | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 158 | 164 | 171 | 172 | 175 | ||||||||||
El Salvador | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16.1 | 16.9 | 17.3 | 17.5 | 17.8 | ||||||||||
Guatemala | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 40.4 | 41.5 | 43.3 | 43.0 | 43.3 | ||||||||||
Honduras | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4.79 | 5.00 | 4.80 | 4.86 | 4.88 | ||||||||||
Mexico | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 204 | 208 | 217 | 219 | 223 | ||||||||||
Nicaragua | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 19.2 | 19.4 | 19.4 | 19.3 | 19.2 | ||||||||||
Panama | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 117 | 126 | 136 | 135 | 138 | ||||||||||
USA | vehicles | 377 | 377 | 379 | 372 | 368 |