Passenger cars per 1,000 people fell 2.58% to 3.49 vehicles in Malawi in 2015, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, passenger cars per 1,000 people in Malawi reached an all time high of 3.89 vehicles in 2008 and an all time low of 2.71 vehicles in 2006. When compared to Malawi's main peers, passenger cars per 1,000 people in Mozambique amounted to 11.2 vehicles, 121 vehicles in South Africa, 4.63 vehicles in Tanzania and 16.2 vehicles in Zambia in 2015.
Malawi has been ranked 133rd within the group of 137 countries we follow in terms of passenger cars per 1,000 people, 2 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Passenger Cars Per 1,000 People | Unit | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Angola | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 31.3 | 31.8 | 32.7 | 32.6 | 32.8 | ||||||||||
| Botswana | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 104 | 111 | 121 | 124 | 128 | ||||||||||
| Congo (DRC) | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15.6 | 15.2 | 15.0 | ||
| Kenya | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16.1 | 17.2 | 18.3 | 18.2 | 18.5 | ||||||||||
| Lesotho | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Malawi | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.62 | 3.59 | 3.49 | 3.52 | 3.48 | ||||||||||
| Mozambique | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10.5 | 10.6 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 11.3 | ||||||||||
| Namibia | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| South Africa | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 114 | 117 | 121 | 121 | 123 | |||||||||||
| Swaziland | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Tanzania | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4.18 | 4.57 | 4.63 | 4.70 | 4.77 | ||||||||||
| Uganda | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.47 | 3.63 | 3.77 | 3.75 | 3.76 | ||||||||||
| Zambia | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15.9 | 16.1 | 16.2 | 15.5 | 15.1 | ||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | vehicles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 53.3 | 54.5 | 55.7 | 54.7 | 54.4 |