Total Registrations -11.8%
The Statistical Office announces the release of the report "Motor Vehicle Registrations" covering the period January-December 2021.
In December 2021, total motor vehicle registrations reached 2,018, a decrease of 38.6% compared to December 2020. Saloon passenger car registrations also decreased by 38.6% to 1,567.
The main developments in vehicle registrations in January-December 2021, compared to the same period in 2020, can be summarized as follows.716, compared to 39,367 in the same period in 2020.
(b) Registrations of saloon passenger cars decreased by 12.8% to 26,634, compared to 30.554 in the same period in 2020. Of the total passenger saloon cars, 10,611 or 39.8% were new and 16,023 or 60.2% were used cars.
(c) Bus registrations decreased to 51 in the January-December 2021 period, down from 305 in the same period in 2020.
(d) Freight vehicle registrations decreased to 4,035 in the January-December 2021 period, down 16.5% from 4,833 in the same period in 2020. Specifically, light trucks decreased 19.5% to 3,070, heavy trucks decreased 18.4% to 461, and road tractors (trailers) decreased 0.5% to 181, while rental vehicles increased 17.9% to 323.
(e) Moped registrations < 50ke remained at 246 in the January-December 2021 period, the same as in the same period last year.
(f) Registrations of motorcycles > 50ke increased by 11.2% to 3,324 in January-December 2021, compared to 2,989 in the same period in 2020.
[G] The main suppliers of motor vehicles in Cyprus in 2021 were Japan (33.3%), Germany (17.1%), France (7.8%) and the United Kingdom (6.6%).
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Category Motorised Vehicles
[/TD] [TD]Number of Registrations
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]Percentage Change (%)
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Dec 2021
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Dec 2020
[/TD] [TD]Jan-Dec 2021
[/TD] [/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]
Dec 2021/
Dec 2020
[/TD] [TD]Jan-Dec 2021/
Jan-Dec 2020
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Passenger cars
[/TD] [TD]1.567
[/TD] [TD]2.554
[/TD] [TD]26.634
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]-38.6
[/TD] [TD]-12,8
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Buses
[/TD] [TD]1
[/TD] [TD]7
[/TD] [TD]51
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]-85,7
[/TD] [TD]-83.3
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Cargo transport vehicles
[/TD] [TD]246
[/TD] [TD]381
[/TD] [TD]
4.035
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]-35.4
[/TD] [TD]-16,5
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Mopeds < 50ke
[/TD] [TD]11
[/TD] [TD]54
[/TD] [TD]246
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]-79,6
[/TD] [TD]0,0
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Motorcycles > 50ke
[/TD] [TD]151
[/TD] [TD]258
[/TD] [TD]3.324
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]-41.5
[/TD] [TD]11,2
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Elcysts
[/TD] [TD]16
[/TD] [TD]11
[/TD] [TD]173
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]45.5
[/TD] [TD]-17,2
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Other vehicles
[/TD] [TD]26
[/TD] [TD]23
[/TD] [TD]253
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]13,0
[/TD] [TD]9.5
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Total
[/TD] [TD]2.018
[/TD] [TD]
3.288
[/TD] [TD]34.716
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]-38.6
[/TD] [TD]-11.8
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
New
[/TD] [TD]764
[/TD] [TD]1.076
[/TD] [TD]15,993
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]-29.0
[/TD] [TD]6.8
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Used
[/TD] [TD]1.254
[/TD] [TD]2,212
[/TD] [TD]18.723
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]-43.3
[/TD] [TD]-23,3
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METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION
Purpose and coverage
Data on Motor Vehicle Registrations are collected on a monthly basis. They relate to new motor vehicle registrations as recorded by the Department of Road Transport.
Registrations are presented by category, make, type of power, new or used, engine capacity, country of manufacture and origin, and other vehicle characteristics, based on information maintained by the Motor Vehicle Registration Service in the Department of Road Transport.
Data collection
Data collection is carried out by the Statistical Service, which receives the necessary data from the Road Transport Department.
Definitions
"Motor vehicle" means any vehicle with an engine, which is its sole means of propulsion, intended for road use and used primarily for the transport of persons or goods, i.e:
- Saloon-type passenger cars, which include private cars, taxis, rental cars, educational vehicles and vehicles for the disabled
- Buses, private and public
- Cargo vehicles, which include heavy and light cargo vehicles and road tractors (trailers)
- Mopeds or motorcycles, which include mopeds, tricycles, motorcycles and rental motorcycles
- Tractors, agricultural and non-agricultural
- Other vehicles, which include road rollers, motor cranes, heavy vehicles and other vehicles of a special type and use.
Monthly publication
The report "Motor Vehicle Registrations" has been published on a monthly basis since 1982 and is sold at €10.00 per copy. It is also available free of charge in electronic form on the website of the Statistical Office.
For more information:
Statistical Office Portal, under Services
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Contact
Andri Milidoni. amilidoni@cystatmofgov.cy
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