Motor vehicles by province

Motor vehicles by province and type, a province a column. Annual, 2019–2025.

Published by the Provincial Departments of Motor Traffic; read from CBSL Economic and Social Statistics.

Year

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2025

10 indicators × 9 provinces

	Western	Central	Southern	Northern	Eastern	North Western	North Central	Uva	Sabaragamuwa	All Island
Omnibuses	9,328	2,585	1,928	888	578	2,000	781	1,077	1,790	20,955
Private coaches	18,421	3,202	4,281	1,519	966	4,900	1,275	1,347	3,971	39,882
Dual purpose vehicles	151,152	42,099	43,165	15,447	17,102	68,936	27,419	21,167	33,568	420,055
Private cars	430,110	74,733	72,568	13,861	20,234	84,300	28,586	24,989	57,819	807,200
Land vehicles	13,704	3,673	15,010	23,610	28,617	22,724	15,195	12,508	3,510	138,551
Goods transport vehicles	91,622	23,883	21,924	5,728	7,704	39,075	12,291	12,273	21,804	236,304
Motor cycles	939,333	232,097	499,450	270,288	324,523	569,984	279,999	173,944	258,609	3,548,227
Three wheelers	311,925	147,582	137,230	30,449	59,634	111,845	54,770	77,178	137,582	1,068,195
Others	1,980	1,014	2,889	679	933	530	74	671	1,258	10,028
Total	1,967,575	530,868	798,445	362,469	460,291	904,294	420,390	325,154	519,911	6,289,397