The Statistical Office announces the release of the report "Motor Vehicle Registrations" covering the period January-May 2022.
In May 2022, total motor vehicle registrations reached 3,671, an increase of 28.2% compared to 2,863 in May 2021. Passenger car saloon registrations increased by 34.9% to 2,882 from 2,137 in May 2021.
The main developments in vehicle registrations in January-May 2022, compared to the same period in 2021, can be summarised as follows.
(a) The total number of registered vehicles decreased by 6.5% in January-May 2022 to 14.353, compared to 15,352 in the same period of 2021.
(b) Passenger car saloon registrations decreased by 2.3% to 11,513, compared to 11,785 in the same period of 2021. Of the total passenger saloon cars, 5,108 or 44.4% were new and 6,405 or 55.6% were used cars.
[C](c) Bus registrations increased to 47 in the January-May 2022 period, up from 26 in the same period in 2021.
(d) Freight vehicle registrations decreased to 1,548 in the January-May 2022 period, down 14.9% from 1,820 in the same period in 2021. Specifically, light trucks decreased 7.9% to 1,256, heavy trucks decreased 34.5% to 148, road tractors (trailers) decreased 70.4% to 29, and rental vehicles decreased 12.9% to 115.
[E] Moped registrations <50ke decreased to 126 in January-May 2022, compared to 128 in the same period in 2021.
[F] Motorcycle registrations >50ke decreased 31.1% to 979 in January-May 2022, compared to 1,421 in the same period in 2021.
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Category
Motor Vehicles
Number of Registrations
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]Percentage Change (%)
[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
May
2022
[/TD] [TD]May
2021
[/TD] [TD]Jan-May
2022
[/TD] [TD]Jan-May
2021
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]May
2022/
[/TD] [TD]Jan-May
2022/
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]May
2021
[/TD] [TD]Jan-May
2021
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Passenger cars
[/TD] [TD]2.882
[/TD] [TD]2.137
[/TD] [TD]11.513
[/TD] [TD]11.785
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]34.9
[/TD] [TD]-2,3
[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Buses
[/TD] [TD]3
[/TD] [TD]7
[/TD] [TD]47
[/TD] [TD]26
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]-57,1
[/TD] [TD]80.8
[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Cargo vehicles
[/TD] [TD]429
[/TD] [TD]340
[/TD] [TD]1.548
[/TD] [TD]1.820
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]26.2
[/TD] [TD]-14,9
[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Mopeds < 50ke
[/TD] [TD]20
[/TD] [TD]20
[/TD] [TD]126
[/TD] [TD]128
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]0,0
[/TD] [TD]-1,6
[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Motorcycles > 50ke
[/TD] [TD]313
[/TD] [TD]323
[/TD] [TD]979
[/TD] [TD]1.421
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]-3.1
[/TD] [TD]-31,1
[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Elcysts
[/TD] [TD]11
[/TD] [TD]15
[/TD] [TD]69
[/TD] [TD]71
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]-26.7
[/TD] [TD]-2,8
[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Other vehicles
[/TD] [TD]13
[/TD] [TD]21
[/TD] [TD]71
[/TD] [TD]101
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]-38,1
[/TD] [TD]-29.7
[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Total
[/TD] [TD]3.671
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]2.863
[/TD] [TD]
14.353
[/TD] [TD]15.352
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]28.2
[/TD] [TD]-6.5
[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
New
[/TD] [TD]1.889
[/TD] [TD]1.540
[/TD] [TD]7,112
[/TD] [TD]6,926
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]22.7
[/TD] [TD]2.7
[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Used
[/TD] [TD]1.782
[/TD] [TD]1.323
[/TD] [TD]7.241
[/TD] [TD]8.426
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]34.7
[/TD] [TD]-14,1
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Methodological information
Purpose and coverage
Data on Motor Vehicle Registrations shall be 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 Motor Vehicle Registers report has been published monthly since 1982 and is sold at €6.50 per copy. It is also available free of charge in electronic form on the Statistical Office's web portal.
For more information, interested parties can visit theStatistical Office portal, under Services CYSTAT-DB (Database) Predefined Tables (Excel) Publications (Pdf) or contact Ms. Andri Milidoni: tel: 22602240, tel: amilidoni@cystatmofgov.cy
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