83.5 thousand units of motor vehicles were registered in April

83.5 thousand units of motor vehicles were registered in April

In April 2022, 83.5 thousand units of motor vehicles1) were registered, compared to the corresponding period of last year, the indicator decreased by 0.4%, including trucks – by 18.7%, buses – by 29.1%, while the number of passenger cars increased by 1.5%.

Thus, as of May 1, 2022, the number of registered vehicles in Kazakhstan amounted to 4357.6 thousand units, of which 87,8% - light vehicles, 10.4% - trucks and 1,8% - buses.By production year, cars produced 20 years ago predominate in the motor pool of light vehicles – 50.3%, the share of vehicles aged from 10 to 20 years – 21.1%, from 7 to 10 years – 14.5%, from 3 to 7 years – 6.4% and only 7.6% of cars have a service life of less than 3-x years old. The share of cars with a production year of more than 20 years among trucks is 60.8%, for buses – 42.2%.

The most cars are registered in Almaty region2) – 534.7 thousand units, Almaty city – 508.7 thousand and Karaganda region2) – 310 thousand, less in Atyrau region – 116.9 thousand.Light vehicles mainly use gasoline as fuel (87.8%), 8% of vehicles use mixed fuel3). 48.7% of trucks are fueled with diesel, the rest with gasoline (45.9%) and mixed fuel3) (2.2%).  1) According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.2) The data was obtained before the division of the region.3) Mixed fuel – gasoline, gas-cylinder and electric fuel. 

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