Based on a comparison of 27 countries in 2015, France ranked the highest in diesel passenger cars as a percentage of total cars with 70.5% followed by Luxembourg and Lithuania. On the other end of the scale was United Kingdom with 4.29%, Cyprus with 12.4% and Switzerland with 27.0%.
Data for more countries are available at Diesel Passenger Cars (As % of Total Cars) indicator page.
| Diesel 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 | % | 55.1% | 55.5% | 56.1% | 56.5% | 56.7% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Belgium | % | 60.3% | 62.3% | 63.1% | 63.2% | 62.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Croatia | % | 35.4% | 36.0% | 37.8% | 38.9% | 41.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| France | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 70.7% | 70.9% | ||||||||||||||
| Ireland | % | ... | ... | 27.9% | 32.2% | 35.5% | 38.9% | 42.6% | ||||||||||||||
| Italy | % | ... | 37.8% | 39.0% | 39.8% | 40.4% | 41.1% | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Latvia | % | 33.0% | 36.1% | 39.5% | 43.0% | 46.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Lithuania | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 41.6% | 59.8% | ||
| Luxembourg | % | ... | ... | ... | 63.8% | 64.6% | 65.5% | 65.7% | 65.6% | |||||||||||||
| Macedonia | % | ... | ... | 23.2% | 27.3% | 30.8% | 35.1% | 39.1% | ||||||||||||||
| Norway | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 34.9% | 39.0% | 42.2% | 44.7% | 46.7% | |||||||||
| Portugal | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 46.4% | 48.0% | 45.6% | 47.4% | 52.7% | ||
| Romania | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 30.7% | 31.9% | 33.0% | 34.2% | 35.5% | ... | ||||
| Slovenia | % | ... | ... | 34.4% | 36.2% | 38.2% | 40.0% | 41.8% | ||||||||||||||
| Spain | % | 51.8% | 52.8% | 53.7% | ... | 55.8% |
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