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Vehicle registrations - Romania. October of 2018

Romanians sales of passenger car improve

In October, vehicle registrations in Romania fell by 25.67% with respect to October of 2017. In total, 9,070 cars were registered and 151,886 new cars were sold in the last twelve months, 15.1% more than the year before.

The breakdown of car sales figures for the month of October is:

  • Commercial vehicles sold: 2,334, 7.76% more than in October of 2017.
  • Passenger cars regitrations: 6,736, which represents a figure of 32.88% less than in October of 2017.

Romania is the 47th-placed country in ranking of 137 countries based on number of vehicle registrations.

A very useful variable for estimating the level of economic wealth enjoyed by Romanians residents, when compared to the other countries in the ranking, is the number of vehicles sold or registered per thousand residents in the last year. With annual sales of 7.78 cars per 1,000 residents, 0.46 of them in the last month, Romania, occupies 63th place in the ranking.

As can be seen, the number of registrations per thousand residents has fallen in the last year. A drop in registrations generally indicates a fall in consumer confidence and, when it is sustained, a recession in the real economy.

Changes in Romanian vehicle registration numbers are shown in the tables below. As several studies indicate, these changes are very much related to changes in GDP and, hence, to a country's economic situation. Sales have declined since 2008, as 359,821 were registered that year, as have the number of registrations per thousand residents, which that year numbered 17.44.

Here we show you the progression of vehicle registrations in Romania. You can see car registrations in other countries in en vehicle registrations and see all the economic information about Romania in en Romanian economy.

Romania - New motor vehicle registrations
DateCommercial vehicles MonthPassengers vehicles MonthMonthly vehicle salesMonthly Vehicles/ 1,000 p.Commercial vehicles YearPassengers vehicles YearAnnual vehicle salesAnnual Vehicles/ 1,000 p.
October 20182,3346,7369,0700.4625,277126,609151,8867.78
September 20181,6922,7714,4630.2325,109129,909155,0187.94
August 20182,97425,54628,5201.4625,469137,563163,0328.35
July 20182,11015,21017,3200.8924,421124,018148,4397.60
June 20181,99712,24114,2380.7324,031120,143144,1747.38
May 20182,25311,55513,8080.7123,671115,932139,6037.15
April 20181,8087,6299,4370.4823,953112,439136,3926.98
March 20182,0368,12210,1580.5223,911111,450135,3616.93
February 20182,0118,77710,7880.5523,778110,243134,0216.86
January 20182,46711,74414,2110.7324,491109,768134,2596.87
December 20171,7166,9678,6830.4423,460105,083128,5436.58
November 20171,8799,31111,1900.5723,844107,447131,2916.68
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Romania - New motor vehicle registrations
Romania - New motor vehicle registrations