Slovenia is among the most motorised countries
Last year, more than 66 million new cars were sold worldwide, including 11.6 million in the EU. We do not have a major share in these figures, as our numbers are much smaller: only around 65,000 vehicles sold and 1.2 million cars in the fleet.
The statistics are relentless, but also very interesting, especially if we look at the thresholds. Interestingly, around 79 million vehicles are produced annually globally, of which around 12 million are produced in the EU, almost as many as are sold (11.6 million). Some countries also track statistics on the number of cars produced per person employed in vehicle production. The EU average is 7.1 vehicles per employee, and very interestingly, the first one is not Germany (5.4), but Spain with 17.7 vehicles per employee in a car factory, so it is obvious where the car factories are.
EU average
If we look at the age of the fleet, the average in the EU is 11.8 years (cars), 11.9 years (vans), 14.1 years (trucks). On average, passenger cars in Slovenia are 12 years old, combi vans 9.6 years old and trucks 9.8 years old. This is a study (ACEA, by country, 2020), and it is worth noting that some other studies report that our vehicles are younger.
Looking at more recent domestic statistics, the passenger car fleet in Slovenia is 11.7 years old. This is interesting because, for example, trucks in Italy are 18.5 years old, while in Greece over 20 years old. This is twice as much as in Slovenia.
The differences are also revealed by the number of new cars per 1,000 inhabitants, which is 22 in the EU, while Slovenians, along with Italy and Austria, bought 26 cars per 1,000 inhabitants. Slovenia is also above the EU average in terms of the total number of vehicles per 1,000 inhabitants. The EU average is 641, but Slovenia has 661 vehicles per 1,000 inhabitants, 7 of which in the EU.
This article was published in Bartog INFO No. 4, Autumn/Winter 2022/23.