Motor vehicles per 1,000 people rose 1.60% to 63.1 vehicles in Zimbabwe in 2015, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, motor vehicles per 1,000 people in Zimbabwe reached an all time high of 63.1 vehicles in 2015 and an all time low of 53.4 vehicles in 2005. When compared to Zimbabwe's main peers, motor vehicles per 1,000 people in Botswana amounted to 193 vehicles, 14.9 vehicles in Mozambique, 181 vehicles in South Africa and 24.0 vehicles in Zambia in 2015.
Zimbabwe has been ranked 104th within the group of 137 countries we follow in terms of motor vehicles per 1,000 people, 7 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Motor Vehicles Per 1,000 People | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Angola | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 37.0 | 36.8 | 36.7 | 37.1 | 37.5 | ||||||
| Botswana | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 116 | 145 | 144 | 164 | 171 | ||||||
| Congo (DRC) | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Lesotho | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Malawi | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8.51 | 8.39 | 8.35 | 8.07 | 8.10 | ||||||
| Mozambique | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11.8 | 13.1 | 13.2 | 13.5 | 14.1 | ||||||
| Namibia | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| South Africa | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 162 | 159 | 162 | 167 | 172 | |||||||||
| Swaziland | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Tanzania | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7.26 | 7.14 | 7.13 | 7.13 | 7.03 | ||||||
| Zambia | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 23.2 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 23.7 | ||||||
| Zimbabwe | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 55.9 | 57.1 | 58.5 | 59.2 | 60.6 |