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Vehicles registered by type, Island of Mauritius, 1980–2025

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Vehicles registered by type, Island of Mauritius, 1980–2025
Period	Auto cycle	Bus	Car	Double cab pickup	Dual purpose vehicle	Heavy motor car	Lorry and truck	Motor cycle	Other	Prime mover	Road roller	of which taxi car	Tractor and dumper	Trailer	Van
1980	17,798	1,490	25,640	not available	6,167	301	4,521	8,499	137	99	96	3,305	1,605	820	2,656
1981	17,828	1,469	25,215	not available	6,494	355	4,592	8,279	138	101	99	3,151	1,623	850	2,804
1982	18,618	1,442	25,536	not available	6,719	362	4,645	8,427	154	109	114	3,026	1,739	930	2,955
1983	18,770	1,418	26,082	not available	6,971	370	4,690	8,711	162	113	114	2,954	1,760	968	3,089
1984	19,223	1,364	26,274	not available	7,212	373	4,671	8,882	166	116	105	2,735	1,742	976	3,265
1985	19,514	1,369	26,455	not available	7,527	400	4,717	9,014	171	120	97	2,717	1,788	983	3,440
1986	20,359	1,360	27,053	not available	8,071	423	4,838	9,205	203	130	91	2,931	1,863	997	3,636
1987	24,124	1,529	28,337	not available	9,207	454	5,057	9,436	207	145	87	3,358	1,940	1,039	4,115
1988	29,181	1,771	30,283	not available	10,283	517	5,534	9,912	210	164	101	3,423	2,013	1,083	4,788
1989	35,844	1,858	31,919	not available	11,460	624	5,906	10,560	233	182	98	3,464	2,078	1,151	5,600
1990	45,157	1,929	33,916	not available	12,877	695	6,564	11,937	243	185	94	3,715	2,156	1,155	6,637
1991	53,834	2,021	35,673	not available	14,343	766	7,226	14,740	251	197	96	3,965	2,274	1,231	7,602
1992	60,859	2,097	37,696	not available	16,246	799	7,776	16,880	262	212	100	4,014	2,356	1,288	8,749
1993	66,711	2,217	39,511	not available	17,882	826	8,166	18,829	273	228	106	4,050	2,413	1,333	9,663
1994	72,509	2,276	41,355	not available	20,023	848	8,559	20,461	300	249	106	4,311	2,478	1,428	10,292
1995	76,317	2,362	43,288	not available	22,086	898	8,815	21,492	315	256	107	4,439	2,546	1,534	10,851
1996	79,524	2,348	45,563	not available	24,382	922	9,058	22,230	314	262	106	4,673	2,580	1,597	11,434
1997	82,567	2,359	48,390	not available	27,050	934	9,356	22,839	317	278	108	4,721	2,615	1,640	12,469
1998	85,566	2,367	51,051	not available	29,527	945	9,750	23,577	321	297	105	4,761	2,627	1,703	14,508
1999	88,821	2,344	52,892	not available	32,262	934	10,138	24,125	319	315	102	4,905	2,630	1,719	16,814
2000	91,955	2,394	54,911	not available	34,912	916	10,485	24,523	322	322	100	5,039	2,645	1,726	18,807
2001	94,849	2,408	58,082	not available	36,984	923	10,888	25,104	323	335	100	5,318	2,683	1,776	20,694
2002	97,078	2,450	63,307	not available	38,129	944	11,236	25,723	321	349	101	5,801	2,683	1,770	21,750
2003	98,858	2,460	68,524	not available	39,383	958	11,501	26,744	329	369	100	5,979	2,877	1,772	22,496
2004	100,854	2,457	77,342	not available	40,667	1,020	11,774	28,646	326	388	99	6,482	2,935	1,771	23,326
2005	102,503	2,560	84,818	not available	42,026	1,045	12,047	30,927	326	412	96	6,798	2,982	1,765	23,989
2006	104,238	2,612	91,911	not available	43,221	1,118	12,272	33,936	321	436	96	6,860	3,001	1,756	24,522
2007	105,637	2,753	99,770	not available	44,635	1,223	12,536	36,969	320	452	96	6,885	3,025	1,795	24,934
2008	107,184	2,762	109,507	not available	46,021	1,290	12,726	40,804	323	505	96	6,941	3,045	1,809	25,334
2009	108,713	2,803	117,890	not available	47,146	1,275	12,950	44,222	319	558	97	6,921	3,102	1,823	25,622
2010	110,674	2,845	127,363	not available	48,271	1,249	13,186	48,655	324	596	98	6,924	3,119	1,821	25,914
2011	112,296	2,912	136,225	not available	49,132	1,230	13,539	53,410	329	650	99	6,907	3,173	1,834	26,090
2012	113,871	2,957	147,733	not available	50,116	1,244	13,902	59,637	336	689	101	6,905	3,202	1,845	26,293
2013	114,958	2,963	160,701	1,115	49,730	1,250	14,061	65,827	337	715	102	6,915	3,226	1,846	26,624
2014	115,784	3,006	173,954	2,065	49,503	1,271	14,243	72,067	336	734	103	6,911	3,254	1,842	26,890
2015	116,085	2,980	188,299	2,689	49,301	1,284	14,372	77,603	331	774	103	6,907	3,244	1,850	27,229
2016	116,653	3,107	202,696	3,542	48,961	1,316	14,645	82,746	328	817	105	6,905	3,251	1,853	27,656
2017	117,133	3,101	218,976	4,634	48,603	1,345	15,024	88,360	328	873	109	6,909	3,277	1,913	28,121
2018	117,489	3,086	235,598	5,878	48,200	1,367	15,505	93,636	329	947	110	6,907	3,351	1,999	28,506
2019	117,752	3,088	251,973	7,083	48,025	1,369	16,086	99,111	340	1,055	110	6,905	3,427	2,085	29,125
2020	118,399	3,101	264,120	8,036	47,908	1,377	16,512	103,589	345	1,120	110	6,907	3,474	2,218	29,744
2021	121,838	3,151	277,066	9,204	47,834	1,380	17,040	107,725	345	1,152	110	6,907	3,543	2,277	30,323
2022	124,479	3,177	292,631	10,626	47,739	1,398	17,848	112,087	345	1,184	110	6,907	3,600	2,277	30,675
2023	125,822	3,225	311,914	12,279	47,673	1,425	18,618	116,786	345	1,218	110	6,907	3,670	2,277	31,079
2024	127,172	3,308	335,398	14,248	47,620	1,473	19,728	122,279	345	1,278	111	6,966	3,769	2,281	31,595
2025	128,564	3,418	360,084	16,185	47,600	1,526	20,825	128,705	345	1,384	112	6,523	3,852	2,294	32,067

Published values for the selected vehicle types. Each series is drawn independently; nested categories are not added together.

Selected categories are separate series, not additive parts. No Other category is created.

Definition change 2013Double cab pickup is a separate vehicle category from 2013 (Road Traffic Act as amended by Act No. 27 of 2012); before 2013 it was counted within dual purpose vehicles.
Discrepancy 2013D7: the portal copy's vehicle types for 2013 sum to 443455, 40 below the historical-series total of 443495.
Discrepancy 2024D6: vehicles registered 2024 by type differ between the portal copy (car 327989, dual purpose 49652, double cab pickup 12216) and the historical series (335398, 47620, 14248); the totals agree (710605).
GapsMissing observations in this selection remain gaps, not zeros.

Notes on this data (1)

Revision 2024D17: taxi cars registered at the end of 2024 and 2025 were revised to 6966 and 6523 in the January-June 2026 release (Table 1.2, marked revised), as the historical series prints; the Year 2024 and Year 2025 releases printed 7409 and 7927.

Publication details

Statistics Mauritius
Historical Series - Road Transport and Road Traffic Accident Statistics (Island of Mauritius), 1980 to 2025
Tables 1-4
Published 16 September 2026 · Retrieved 17 September 2026
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Vehicles registered by type, Island of Mauritius, 1980–2025

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