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Petrol-fuelled as a share of new cars sold fell 18.7% to 50.0% in Switzerland in 2020, according to ACEA.
Historically, petrol-fuelled as a share of new cars sold in Switzerland reached an all time high of 97.3% in 1991 and an all time low of 50.0% in 2020. When compared to Switzerland's main peers, petrol-fuelled as a share of new cars sold in Austria amounted to 43.3%, 46.9% in France, 46.7% in Germany and 37.8% in Italy in 2020.
Switzerland has been ranked 16th within the group of 29 countries we follow in terms of petrol-fuelled as a share of new cars sold, 12 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Petrol-Fuelled Cars (As % of New Cars Sold) | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Austria | % | 41.3% | 46.3% | 54.0% | 55.2% | 43.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | % | 46.9% | 48.2% | 58.6% | 61.6% | 51.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| France | % | 46.8% | 47.6% | 54.7% | 57.9% | 46.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 53.1% | 57.7% | 62.4% | 59.2% | 46.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | % | 51.3% | 64.0% | 70.6% | 72.6% | 48.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | % | ... | ... | ... | 31.9% | 35.5% | 44.5% | 37.8% | ||||||||||||||
| Poland | % | 52.8% | 66.4% | 69.2% | 71.0% | 61.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | % | ... | ... | ... | 48.4% | 61.1% | 74.0% | 68.5% | 60.1% | |||||||||||||
| Spain | % | 41.4% | 46.2% | 56.0% | 60.1% | 49.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | % | 59.1% | 58.8% | 62.9% | 61.5% | 50.0% |
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