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Total Registrations +22.1%
The Statistical Office announces the release of the report "Motor Vehicle Registrations", covering the period January-May 2024.
In May 2024, total motor vehicle registrations reached 4,292, down 9.6% from 4,747 in May 2023. Passenger car saloon registrations decreased by 14.5% to 3,325 from 3,888 in May 2023.
The main developments in vehicle registrations during January-May 2024, compared to the same period in 2023, can be summarized as follows.881, compared to 17,927 in the same period of 2023.
(b) Passenger car saloon registrations increased by 19.0% to 17,176, compared to 14,434 in the same period of 2023. Of the total passenger car saloon registrations, 7,374 or 42.9% were new and 9,802 or 57.1% were used cars. Rental cars in particular decreased 29.4% to 1,860.
(c) The share of gasoline-powered saloon cars in this category of vehicles decreased in the January-May 2024 period to 49.3% (from 60.8% in the same period in 2023), as did the share of diesel-powered cars (from 10.6% in 2023 to 10.0% in 2024). In contrast, the share of electric buses (from 2.1% in 2023 to 3.4% in 2024) and hybrids (from 26.6% to 37.3%) increased.
(d) Bus registrations decreased to 83 in January-May 2024, from 115 in the same period in 2023.
(e) Freight vehicle registrations increased to 2,471 in the January-May 2024 period, up 42.6% from 1,733 in the same period in 2023. Specifically, light trucks increased 46.1% to 1,955, heavy trucks increased 35.3% to 291, road tractors (trailers) increased 70.4% to 92, and rental vehicles increased 5.6% to 133.
[F] Moped registrations < 50ke increased to 381 in January-May 2024, compared to 61 in the same period in 2023.
[G] Motorcycle registrations > 50ke increased 7.7% to 1.479 in the January-May 2024 period, compared to 1,373 in the same period in 2023.
| Table | |||
| Category | Number of Registrations | Number of Registrations | Percentage change (%) |
[TD] [/TD]
[TR] [TD] [TD]
May2024
[/TD] [TD]May2023
[/TD] [TD]Jan.-May
2024
[/TD] [TD]Jan.-May
2023
[/TD] [TD]May2024/2023
[/TD] [TD]Jan.-May
2024/2023
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Passenger cars (saloon)
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]3.325
[/TD] [TD]3.888
[/TD] [TD]17.176
[/TD] [TD]14.434
[/TD] [TD]-14.5
[/TD] [TD]19,0
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Buses
[/TD] [TD]5
[/TD] [TD]47
[/TD] [TD]83
[/TD] [TD]115
[/TD] [TD]-89,4
[/TD] [TD]-27.8
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Cargo vehicles
[/TD] [TD]508
[/TD] [TD]401
[/TD] [TD]2.471
[/TD] [TD]1.733
[/TD] [TD]26.7
[/TD] [TD]42,6
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Mopeds < 50ke
[/TD] [TD]17
[/TD] [TD]26
[/TD] [TD]381
[/TD] [TD]61
[/TD] [TD]-34,6
[/TD] [TD]524,6
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Motorcycles > 50ke
[/TD] [TD]380
[/TD] [TD]342
[/TD] [TD]1.479
[/TD] [TD]1.373
[/TD] [TD]11.1
[/TD] [TD]7,7
[/TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Elcysts
[/TD] [TD]27
[/TD] [TD]18
[/TD] [TD]130
[/TD] [TD]88
[/TD] [TD]50.0
[/TD] [TD]47,7
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Other vehicles
[/TD] [TD]30
[/TD] [TD]25
[/TD] [TD]161
[/TD] [TD]123
[/TD] [TD]20,0
[/TD] [TD]30.9
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Total
[/TD] [TD]4.292
[/TD] [TD]
4,747
[/TD] [TD]21,881
[/TD] [TD]17.927
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]-9.6
[/TD] [TD]22.1
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]New
[/TD] [TD]1.980
[/TD] [TD]2,277
[/TD] [TD]10,274
[/TD] [TD]8.768
[/TD] [TD]-13.0
[/TD] [TD]17.2
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Used
[/TD] [TD]2.312
[/TD] [TD]2,470
[/TD] [TD]11,607
[/TD] [TD]9.159
[/TD] [TD]-6.4
[/TD] [TD]26,7
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR]
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 handicapped
- Buses, private and public
- Cargo vehicles, which include heavy and light cargo vehicles, rented 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 Registrations report has been published monthly since 1982 and is available free of charge in electronic format on the Statistics Office's web portal.
For more information, interested parties can visit the Statistical Service Portal, under Services, CYSTAT-DB (Database), Predefined Tables (Excel), Publications (Excel, from Jan. 2024) (Pdf, until Dec. 2023) should contact Ms. Andri Milidoni by phone at 22602240 or at amilidoni@cystat.mof.gov.cy.
The Predefined Tables in Excel format include data up to December 2022. For January 2023 and beyond, the update is made only in the CYSTAT-DB Database.
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