Passenger cars per 1,000 people rose 1.83% to 144 vehicles in Panama in 2019, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, passenger cars per 1,000 people in Panama reached an all time high of 144 vehicles in 2019 and an all time low of 77.6 vehicles in 2005. When compared to Panama's main peers, passenger cars per 1,000 people in Colombia amounted to 67.9 vehicles, 181 vehicles in Costa Rica, 4.91 vehicles in Honduras and 19.2 vehicles in Nicaragua in 2019.
Panama has been ranked 72nd within the group of 135 countries we follow in terms of passenger cars per 1,000 people, 7 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 | ||||||||||
Brazil | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 166 | 173 | 176 | 180 | 184 | ||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
Peru | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 43.4 | 45.8 | 48.1 | 48.2 | 49.0 | ||||||||||
USA | vehicles | 377 | 377 | 379 | 372 | 368 | ||||||||||||||||
Venezuela | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 114 | 115 | 116 | 116 | 115 |