ASTANA, Kazakhstan, November 15. About 169,400 vehicles were registered in Kazakhstan in September 2023, which is 1.7 times more than in the same period last year, Trend reports.
According to data from the country's Bureau of National Statistics, the number of buses climbed 1.8 times, trucks increased 1.8 times, and passenger cars increased 1.6 times.
As of October 1, Kazakhstan has 5.161 million registered vehicles, with 88 percent being passenger cars, 9.9 percent being trucks, and 2.1 percent being buses.
Passenger automobiles account for around 4.542 million of all vehicles. The number of passenger cars climbed by 18.6 percent compared to the same period in 2022.
At the same time, of the total number of registered passenger cars, the largest share - 87.5 percent - are cars with gasoline engines, with mixed fuel engines - 8.3 percent, with diesel engines - 1.9 percent, with engines on LPG – 0.1 percent, with electric engines – 0.1 percent.
The largest number of passenger cars with gasoline engines is registered in Almaty - 496,800 units, Almaty region - 478,600 units and Astana - 314,200 units.
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