Passenger cars per 1,000 people rose 1.72% to 18.4 vehicles in El Salvador in 2019, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, passenger cars per 1,000 people in El Salvador reached an all time high of 18.4 vehicles in 2019 and an all time low of 12.2 vehicles in 2005. When compared to El Salvador's main peers, passenger cars per 1,000 people in Costa Rica amounted to 181 vehicles, 43.7 vehicles in Guatemala, 4.91 vehicles in Honduras and 19.2 vehicles in Nicaragua in 2019.
El Salvador has been ranked 115th within the group of 135 countries we follow in terms of passenger cars per 1,000 people, 4 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
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 | ||||||||||
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 |