Lorries by type of motor energy and load capacity (until 2012) by country

Countries reporting
33
Highest
5.65 million
France
Lowest
2,517
Liechtenstein
Median
400,203
Years covered
43
1970–2012
Data points
771

What the numbers show

Lorries by type of motor energy and load capacity (until 2012) is currently reported for 33 countries. The highest value is 5.65 million in France; the lowest is 2,517 in Liechtenstein.

The median across all reporting countries is 400,203, and the mean is 1.01 million.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2,246.

Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Norway (up 656.4%), and the largest decrease in Denmark (down 90.0%).

Lorries by type of motor energy and load capacity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 France 5.65 million 2012 up 5.6% rising
2 Spain 4.98 million 2012 up 21.8% rising
3 Italy 3.99 million 2012 up 6.3% rising
4 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 3.61 million 2011 up 21.9% rising
5 Poland 2.92 million 2012 up 42.3% rising
6 Germany 2.58 million 2012 down 1.6% rising
7 Portugal 1.22 million 2012 down 33.1% volatile
8 Greece 1.11 million 2003 up 36.2% rising
9 Netherlands 919,211 2011 up 4.4% rising
10 Belgium 714,370 2011 up 35.7% rising
11 Romania 642,241 2012 up 57.0% volatile
12 Czechia 595,438 2012 up 84.1% volatile
13 Sweden 539,462 2011 up 38.7% volatile
14 Norway 534,434 2012 up 656.4% rising
15 Finland 508,011 2012 up 58.9% rising
16 Hungary 414,405 2012 up 16.9% rising
17 Austria 400,203 2012 up 25.1% rising
18 Switzerland 350,700 2012 up 24.8% rising
19 Bulgaria 331,763 2012 up 29.9% rising
20 Ireland 301,265 2012 up 29.3% rising
21 Slovakia 284,009 2012 up 72.7% rising
22 Croatia 130,903 2012 up 0.6% rising
23 Lithuania 113,452 2011 up 26.9% rising
24 Cyprus 111,840 2012 down 4.0% rising
25 Estonia 78,380 2012 down 2.2% rising
26 Slovenia 75,096 2012 up 35.9% rising
27 Latvia 63,623 2012 down 30.5% rising
28 Malta 41,642 2012 down 2.3% rising
29 Denmark 34,629 2008 down 90.0% falling
30 Luxembourg 29,191 2009 up 51.8% rising
31 North Macedonia 26,542 2012 up 31.3% flat
32 Iceland 24,477 2005 up 69.0% rising
33 Liechtenstein 2,517 2010 up 16.2% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Lorries by type of motor energy and load capacity (until 2012)
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
34 places, 771 data points, 1970–2012
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