МК – NI 054

This indicator defines the number of motor vehicles broken down by road motor vehicle type (passenger cars, motorcycles, motor coaches and buses, commercial vehicles, operational vehicles, trailers and tractors) and fuel type (gasoline, diesel, mixture, gas oil, electricity) on national level.

• percentage (%).

What is the share of road motor vehicles by fuel type in the total number of road motor vehicles by vehicle type?

Emissions of polluting substances originate from almost all economic and social activities, and especially emissions from transport, contribute greatly to overall air emissions. Utilization of alternative energy sources, renewable sources, biofuel and natural gas are all primary processes for air quality improvement.

Use of gasoline by cars is the highest, though with falling trend of 27.05% during the analyzed period. At the account of decline in the use of gasoline, use of diesel has recorded increasing trend from 2.3% in 1995 to45.7% in 2016. Since air born particle emissions are higher in diesel combustion compared to petrol combustion, this trend of increased diesel consumption has negative impact to human health. Other types of fuel have very low share with growing trend and range from 0.5% in 1995 to2.9% in 2016.

With other types of vehicles – buses, goods vehicles, work vehicles, road tractors and tractors – diesel is dominant type of fuel with growing trend, followed by gasoline, except for motorcycles where the dominant type of fuel is gasoline..Other types of fuel have very low share with growing trend.

Figure 1. Share of passenger cars by fuel type in the total number of passenger cars

Figure2. Share of buses by fuel type in the total number of buses

Figure3. Share of goods vehicles by fuel type in the total number of goods vehicles

Figure4. Share of work vehicles by fuel type in the total number of work vehicles

 Figure5. Share of motorcycles by fuel type in the total number of motorcycles

Figure6. Share of road tractors by fuel type in the total number of road tractors

Figure7. Share of tractors by fuel type in the total number of tractors

Data coverage: excel

Data source:  State Statistical Office, Ministry of Interior

http://www.stat.gov.mk/Default_en.aspx, http://mvr.gov.mk

Emissions of polluting substances originate from almost all economic and social activities, and especially emissions from transport, contribute greatly to overall air emissions. Policies and strategies for air pollution reduction are aimed primarily at reducing emissions from transport (combustion of fossil fuels in vehicles). Utilization of alternative energy sources, renewable sources, biofuel and natural gas are all primary processes for air quality improvement.

Data during the reporting period indicate that use of gasoline in cars was the biggest, though with falling trend. In 1995, 97.2% of the cars used gasoline to fall at 51.3% of the cars in 2016. At the account of decline in the use of gasoline, use of diesel has recorded increasing trend from 2.3% in 1995 to45.7% in 2016, which does not assume improvement in terms of environment protection and reduction of air emissions. Other types of fuel have very low share with growing trend and range from 0.5% in 1995 to2.9% in 2016. The use of gas increased by 1160 times from 1995 to 2016.

With other types of vehicles – buses, good vehicles, work vehicles, road tractors and tractors – diesel is dominant type of fuel with growing trend, followed by gasoline, except for motorcycles where the dominant type of fuel is gasoline.

Use of diesel in motor coaches and buses recorded increase from 45.85% by 2016, and gasoline recorded drop from59.1% during the analyzed period. Other types of fuel have very low share in the overall use of fuels ranging between 0.3% and2.0%.

As far as trucks are concerned, use of diesel has almost constant share during the whole period, ranging between 67.2% and 78.2%; the same accounts for the use of gasoline with a range between 19.3% and30.1%. Gas noted variable trend of use with the greatest share of 8.1% in 2005 followed by drop during the entire analyzed period, recording 1.6% in 2016. Other types of fuel have very low share and range between 2.0% and0.1%.

With trailers, as with motor coaches and buses, use of diesel was the biggest with increase of 9.7% by 2016, while gasoline recorded decrease of 89.4% by 2016. Other types of fuel have very low share and range between0.01% and0.17%.

• Methodology for the indicator calculation

Data for the indicator is obtained from the number of road motor vehicles by fuel type and total number of road motor vehicles by type of motor vehicles and is calculated as share of the number of road motor vehicles by fuel type in the total number of road motor vehicles by type of motor vehicles. The sum of the shares (%) of all types of road motor vehicles by fuel should amount 100 (%), relative to total number of road motor vehicles by type of motor vehicles.