Petrol passenger cars as a share of total cars rose 0% to 55.9% in the United Kingdom in 2015, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, petrol passenger cars as a share of total cars in the United Kingdom reached an all time high of 95.5% in 1992 and an all time low of 55.9% in 2015. When compared to United Kingdom's main peers, petrol passenger cars as a share of total cars in Belgium amounted to 37.9%, 29.8% in France, 66.2% in Germany and 56.4% in Ireland in 2015.
United Kingdom has been ranked 12th within the group of 26 countries we follow in terms of petrol passenger cars as a share of total cars, 5 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
Petrol Passenger Cars (As % of Total Cars) | Unit | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
Austria | % | 44.8% | 44.2% | 43.7% | 43.4% | 43.1% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Belgium | % | 38.6% | 37.4% | 36.7% | 36.9% | 37.2% | ||||||||||||||||
Canada | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
France | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 32.4% | 30.7% | |||||||||||
Germany | % | ... | 72.1% | 70.9% | 69.5% | 68.3% | 67.2% | |||||||||||||||
Iceland | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||
Ireland | % | ... | ... | 74.9% | 70.9% | 67.3% | 64.0% | 60.3% | ||||||||||||||
Italy | % | ... | 55.6% | 54.3% | 53.2% | 52.2% | 51.1% | ... | ||||||||||||||
Luxembourg | % | ... | ... | ... | 36.0% | 34.8% | 33.9% | 34.0% | 34.0% | |||||||||||||
Netherlands | % | 79.8% | 79.6% | 79.3% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Poland | % | ... | 61.0% | 60.1% | 57.7% | 56.5% | 55.5% | |||||||||||||||
Spain | % | 48.2% | 47.2% | 46.3% | ... | 44.1% | ||||||||||||||||
United Kingdom | % | ... | ... | 64.2% | 62.3% | 60.9% | ... | ... |