Number of passenger cars rose 1.66% to 4.50 mil in Switzerland in 2015, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, number of passenger cars in Switzerland reached an all time high of 4.50 mil in 2015 and an all time low of 0.509 mil in 1960. When compared to Switzerland's main peers, number of passenger cars in Austria amounted to 4.75 mil, 32.0 mil in France, 45.1 mil in Germany and 37.4 mil in Italy in 2015.
Switzerland has been ranked 35th within the group of 137 countries we follow in terms of number of passenger cars, 2 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Number of Passenger Cars | Unit | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Austria | mil | 4.64 | 4.69 | 4.75 | 4.78 | 4.81 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | mil | 5.44 | 5.51 | 5.59 | 5.62 | 5.66 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | mil | 31.7 | 31.8 | 32.0 | 32.1 | 32.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | mil | 43.9 | 44.4 | 45.1 | 44.9 | 45.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | mil | 3.04 | 3.11 | 3.20 | 3.19 | 3.21 | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | mil | 37.0 | 37.1 | 37.4 | 37.5 | 37.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | mil | 19.3 | 20.0 | 20.7 | 21.1 | 21.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | mil | 1.07 | 1.08 | 1.09 | 1.09 | 1.10 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | mil | 22.0 | 22.0 | 22.4 | 22.4 | 22.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | mil | 4.37 | 4.43 | 4.50 | 4.53 | 4.57 |
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