Since March 2025, it is mandatory to register vehicle lessees in the Vehicle Register. From the 2025 statistical year onwards, vehicles with registered lessees are therefore placed in the lessees' municipality/county. Up to and including the 2024 statistical year, such vehicles were placed in the owners' municipality/county. Changes in the number of registered vehicles at the municipal and county level between 2024 and 2025 can therefore be partly explained by actual changes, and partly by the reallocation of leased vehicles in 2025. The figures at the national level are not affected by this.
Statistikk innhold
Statistics on
Registered vehicles
The statistics show the number of vehicles by manufacturer and fuel type, the average age of car and van owners, and the number of cars scrapped under the refund scheme.
Selected figures from these statistics
- Registered vehiclesDownload table as ...Registered vehicles1
2025 Change in per cent 2024 - 2025 2020 - 2025 Private cars2 2 944 403 1.9 4.3 Electric cars 945 185 19.8 178.0 Vans 522 951 1.6 5.4 Lorries 65 528 -1.6 -7.3 Busses 14 613 0.9 -5.3 Tractors 329 345 2.1 10.2 Special purpose vehicles 5 172 -3.5 -18.0 Mopeds 123 562 -2.7 -21.0 Light motor cycles 24 950 -3.1 -17.3 Heavy motor cycles 152 012 0.4 -8.3 Snow scooters 91 983 -0.8 -1.5 Trailers 1 634 662 1.0 7.7 1The statistics count all registered vehicles as of 31 December 2Includes ambulances, combined vehicles and motor homes Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Registered vehicles by type of fuelDownload table as ...Registered vehicles by type of fuel
2025 Petrol Diesel Electricity Hybrid (chargeable) Hybrid (non-chargeable) Other fuel1 Private cars2 677 625 950 404 945 185 208 467 162 449 273 Vans 16 917 452 033 49 436 1 050 1 793 1 722 Lorries 1 641 59 017 2 576 5 5 2 284 Buses 131 11 171 2 496 52 118 645 Tractors 98 489 230 526 253 0 0 77 Special purpose vehicles 1 630 3 505 34 1 0 2 Mopeds 111 907 6 115 5 540 0 0 0 Light motor cycles 24 238 1 527 0 184 0 Heavy motor cycles 148 171 43 2 563 0 1 233 2 Snow scooters 91 900 2 81 0 0 0 1Gas, hydrogen and paraffin, among others 2Includes ambulances, combined vehicles and motor homes Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Vehicles scrapped for refundDownload table as ...Vehicles scrapped for refund
Vehicles scrapped, total Private cars Vans Share of all private cars scrapped Share of all vans scrapped Private cars (average age when scrapped) Vans (average age when scrapped) 2007 99 885 93 193 6 692 4.3 1.8 18.9 15.3 2008 107 153 98 552 8 601 4.5 2.3 18.7 15.5 2009 94 497 87 137 7 360 3.9 1.9 18.5 14.9 2010 98 662 90 758 7 904 3.9 2.0 18.4 14.9 2011 117 520 107 787 9 733 4.6 2.4 19.2 16.2 2012 117 578 107 373 10 205 4.4 2.4 18.1 15.0 2013 150 905 137 239 13 666 5.5 3.1 18.4 15.4 2014 144 385 130 966 13 419 5.2 3.0 18.5 15.6 2015 135 801 122 566 13 235 4.7 2.9 18.4 15.5 2016 134 881 121 484 13 397 4.6 2.9 18.3 15.3 2017 136 203 121 385 14 818 4.5 3.1 18.2 15.2 2018 137 134 121 838 15 296 4.5 3.2 18.1 15.1 2019 138 855 122 386 16 469 4.4 3.4 18.1 15.3 2020 131 348 115 882 15 466 4.2 3.1 18.4 15.7 2021 119 093 105 181 13 912 3.7 2.7 18.3 16.0 2022 113 338 100 402 12 936 3.5 2.5 18.3 16.1 2023 102 652 90 495 12 157 3.2 2.4 18.2 16.1 2024 95 696 83 636 12 060 2.9 2.3 18.8 16.9 2025 90 692 79 073 11 619 2.7 2.2 19.0 17.1 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ...
About the statistics
The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 6 March 2026.
Carrying capacity
Carrying capacity is the differnce between the maximum permissible weight of the vehicle and the sum of the unladen weight of the vehicle and the weight of driver (75 kg).
Total weight of the vehicle
The maximum permissible weight of the vehicle included people and goods.
Combined vehicle
Vehicle mainly with the purpose of transporting passengers and goods, and with at least one row of seats behind the driver's seat and a complete, solid wall between driver's-/passengers room and the room or platform for goods.
Other lorries
Cover recovery vehicles, concrete-mixer lorries, cesspool emptiers, refuse collection trucks, refrigerator vehicles etc.
County/municipality
Distribution by region up to and including the statistical year 2024 refers to the owner's address registered in the Vehicle Register. This does no always correspond to where the vehicle is used. This is especially the case when the vehicle is owned by a leasing company. From the statistical year 2025, the regional distribution refers to the user's address, i.e., the lessee's (if provided) or the owner's.
The vehicle groups are given in https://www.ssb.no/en/klass/klassifikasjoner/111 and defined in the Norwegian regulation for vehicles.
Vehicle
Name: Registered vehicles
Topic: Transport and tourism
Division for Energy, Environmental and Transport Statistics
National, county and municipality
Frequency: Monthly and annual.
Timeliness: The yearly statistics on registered vehicles refers to 31 December, while the statistics on cars scrapped for refund is a sum for the calendar year. The statistics is published about 10 weeks after the end of the year.
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Anonymised production data are stored at micro level.
The system for assuring the quality of Norwegian official statistics is based on quality requirements in the Statistics Act and in the European Statistics Code of Practice.The annual report on the quality of official statistics assesses compliance with the quality requirements for all official statistics as a whole.
The National programme for official statistics sets the framework for the areas Statistics Norway and other public authorities produce statistics on. The programme defines and outlines official statistics.
Further information about the system for quality in official statistics can be found at ssb.no
The purpose is to provide information about the stock of vehicles and about the number of cars that have been scrapped through the refund programme introduced on 1st May 1978.
The statistics on registered goods vehicles were disused in 2003 but some of the tables are continued here. The statistics on cars scrapped for refund were established in 1985 and as from 2007 it was published together with the statistics on registered vehicles.
The statistics are used by environmental authorities and organisations, professional organisations and others interested in information about the age and structure of the stock of vehicles in Norway. There is a great deal of interest in statistics describing the stock of vehicles, especially from people dealing with traffic safety and environmental issues. The statistics also provide an important basis for estimating domestic transport performances.
No external users have access to statistics before they are released at 8 a.m. on ssb.no after at least three months’ advance notice in the release calendar. This is one of the most important principles in Statistics Norway for ensuring the equal treatment of users.
Figures on the stock of passenger cars distributed on municipality are published in KOSTRA (Transport).
Key figures for first registration of passenger cars are published monthly as part of business cycles indicators .
Some main tables are published in Statistical Yearbook .
The statistics are developed, produced and disseminated pursuant to Act no. 32 of 21 June 2019 relating to official statistics and Statistics Norway (the Statistics Act).
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Statistics on registered vehicles in different vehicle groups exists since 1950.
The statistics on registered vehicles cover vehicles with mounted number plates as of 31 December. It cover vehicles with all kinds of Norwegian number plates except trade plates.
The statistics on cars scrapped for refund cover private cars and vans with a total weight of less than 3.5 tonnes.
Statistics on first-time registered vehicles in Norway cover vehicles registered during the statistical year.
The Register of Vehicles at the Directorate of Public Roads and vehicle refund data from the Directorate of Customs and Excise (until statistical year 2023). The Register of Vehicles contains technical and other information about vehicle stocks in Norway. The vehicle refund data contain information on the number of scrapped vehicles as well as the scrapping date. Via the number plates of the scrapped vehicles it is possible to obtain valuable information on the specific vehicles removed from traffic. Starting from statistical year 2024 are data on scrapped vehicles retrieved directly from the Vehicle register.
Monthly data is collected through the Directorate of Public Roads' API solution for The Register of Vehicles.
Data file from The Register of Vehicles at the Directorate of Public Roads covering a situational report on the 31st of December
Data file from the Directorate of Customs and Excise covering the total summary of vehicles scrapped for refund during the last calendar year (until statistical year 2023).
The statistics are estimated by counting vehicles fulfilling the given criteria. For private cars and vans the average age is estimated.
The monthly data are seasonally adjusted. The annual data are not seasonally adjusted.
Employees of Statistics Norway have a duty of confidentiality.
Statistics Norway does not publish figures if there is a risk of the respondent’s contribution being identified. This means that, as a general rule, figures are not published if fewer than three units form the basis of a cell in a table or if the contribution of one or two respondents constitutes a very large part of the cell total.
Statistics Norway can make exceptions to the general rule if deemed necessary to meet the requirements of the EEA agreement, if the respondent is a public authority, if the respondent has consented to this, or when the information disclosed is openly accessible to the public. Such exception is made in Registered vehicles' statistics.
More information can be found on Statistics Norway’s website under Methods in official statistics, in the ‘Confidentiality’ section.
For the statistics on cars scrapped for refund comparable statistics are given back to 1985. Figures for scrapped vehicles 1999-2003 have been corrected. Previously these tables included vehicles where the numberplate had been dismounted in the last six years. From 2004 all tables include vehicles where the numberplate had been dismounted after 1977. Starting from statistical year 2024, only data from Vehicles register are used as these do not deviate significantly from data previously received from the Directorate of Customs and Excise.
Municipal reforms can influence comparability over time at muncipal and county level. Vehicle register overhaul in 2020 can have influenced comparability with pre-2020 data.
The data for the vehicle fleet is retrieved from the Vehicle Registry in the Norwegian Public Roads Administration. For statistical purposes, up to and including the statistical year 2024, it was a problem that the registry did not contain information about who actually used the car, for example in the case of leasing contracts. This created problems with allocating the vehicle fleet correctly by region. From the statistical year 2025 onwards, this is no longer the case, and leased vehicles are placed in the municipalities of the lessees where these are specified.
The data on cars scrapped for refund was retrieved from the Tax Administration up to and including the statistical year 2023. From the statistical year 2024 onwards, the data is retrieved from the Vehicle Registry. There is generally good quality in the data.
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