Road vehicles - Stock, level of motorisation

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Stock of vehicles

Between 2000 and 2022, the road vehicle stock (excluding mopeds) increased by 39% to 6.4 million. Passenger cars accounted for around three quarters of this stock; for some time there has been a trend towards hybrid and electric vehicles. In 2022, almost 110 800 all-electric vehicles were registered, representing 2.3% of all passenger cars. The canton of Zug had the highest rate of electric vehicles at 4.6%. 

A considerable increase has also been seen among motorcycles and light goods vehicles: their stocks have risen by 60% and 84% respectively since 2000.

In 2021, 61% of all households owned at least one bicycle. 20% of households had an e-bike.

their stocks have risen by 56% and 74% respectively since 2000.

Road motor vehicles in Switzerland

	2000	2021 r	2022
Total stock (without mopeds)	4 584 718	6 339 553	6 368 579
Passenger cars	3 545 247	4 709 366	4 721 280
of which petrol-driven	3 402 309	3 054 773	2 991 092
of which diesel-driven	141 863	1 360 111	1 319 337
of which conventional hybrid vehicles1	0	161 762	220 372
of which plug-in hybrid vehicles1	0	44 699	64 045
of which all-electric vehicles	754	71 697	110 751
average age of passenger cars (years)	7.4 r	9.7	10.0
Passenger transport vehicles	40 260	97 805	105 158
of which camper vans	22 518	80 351	87 416
Goods transport vehicles	278 518	466 857	475 714
of which light vehicles (up to 3.5 t)	229 339	414 031	422 245
of which heavy vehicles (more than 3.5 t)	49 179	52 826	53 469
Agricultural vehicles	177 963	196 530	196 942
Industrial vehicles	48 949	77 672	79 691
Motorcycles	493 781	791 323	789 794
Mopeds including fast E-bikes2	218 932	244 572	257 753

Note: stock as of 30 September, except for 2022 (15 October) and mopeds (usually 31 December)
1) Petrol-electric, diesel-electric
2) All e-bikes requiring a moped registration plate
r rectified/revised data Sources: FSO – Moped survey, conducted by the cantons; FSO, FEDRO – Stock of road vehicles (MFZ)

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Level of motorisation

In 2022, there were an average of 540 passenger cars per 1000 inhabitants in Switzerland, with considerable regional differences: Particularly in urban agglomerations with a dense public transport network, the level of motorisation was considerably below the Swiss average.

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Public road transport vehicles

Almost 7300 public road transport vehicles were registered in 2020. Four fifths of these vehicles were buses. Their stock has risen by 40% since 2000. In parallel, the stock of trams has decreased by 1%, whereas the number of trolley buses has fallen by 17%.

Public transport vehicles

	2000	2010	2020
Total stock	5 668	6 258	7 277
Tramways	741	781	731
Trolley buses	646	606	536
Buses	4 281	4 871	6 010

Source: FSO – Public transport statistics (TP)

You can find more detailed information on public road vehicle stock in the:

• Cross sectional topic public transport

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