Half of the vehicles in the Canary Islands in 2024 They have less polluting and more efficient engines

05 Nov Half of the vehicles in the Canary Islands in 2024 They have less polluting and more efficient engines

By Instituto Canario de Estadística, (ISTAC), del Gobierno de Canarias The vehicle fleet increased by 1,3 percent with respect to 2023 and holds a line
ascending since the year 2013. Of the total vehicles, almost 2 decade 3 They are passenger cars (a 64,7 por
percent of the total).

Gasoline and diesel, the majorities

In relation to the engine energy they use, It is observed that more than 95,7% of the park
Cars and mopeds use gasoline or diesel as the only fuel.. En 2024 there was a
64,6% of gasoline vehicles (1.223.603) y un 31,1% of diesel vehicles (588.316).

However, The number of vehicles that use alternative energy in the Canary Islands is growing strongly
in recent years. En 2024 there was 74.381 passenger cars with these characteristics, lo que supone un 34,2%
rather than 2023. Hybrid gasoline and diesel engines (electric and plug-in electric) son
majority and represent almost 3 decade 4 of this type of passenger cars (a 74,7%).

Increasingly older vehicles

The statistics also provide data on the age of the vehicles, where an age is observed
considerably high average. Decade 5 vehicles in the Canary Islands, 1 has more than 25 years old,
while just the 8 percent is older than the 2 years old.

The average age of vehicles in the Canary Islands is 16,22 years old; This represents a higher figure than the
de 2023 (16,436,43 years on average). Among those vehicles that have more than 30 years old, the middle ages
se sitúa en 38,4 years old.

The statistics also include new indicators and variables of interest such as the number of vehicles
for each 1.000 inhabitants and for each km2.

These data are collected in the Vehicle Park Statistics published by the Canary Islands Institute.
of Statistics (ISTAC), with data from the General Directorate of Traffic. This study
The main novelty is the updating of annual series since the year 2010, with data on
the number of vehicles in circulation, as well as its variation and annual rate for each of the

Source:: Noticias Económicas de Canarias