Italy vs United Kingdom

How do car markets in Italy and United Kingdom compare? Below are new registrations, electric vehicle share, fleet size and age, and CO2 emissions side by side, from Eurostat.

Italy compared with United Kingdom
MetricItalyUnited KingdomLeader
New cars (latest year)1,550,4511,950,341United Kingdom
Electric vehicle share6.1%19.2%United Kingdom
Cars per 1000 inhabitants709474Italy
Total car fleet41,795,96232,914,842Italy
Cars older than 10 years59.5%41.4%Italy
Avg CO2 of new cars (g/km)120 g/kmโ€“โ€“
Road deaths per 100k5.12.8United Kingdom

A dash means Eurostat does not publish that figure for the country in question, so the row cannot be compared. It is not a zero.

For CO2 and road deaths, lower is better. See full detail for Italy and United Kingdom.

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