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Transport

Motor Vehicle Population Statistics by Type of Fuel Used

Data from Jan 2016 to Jan 2020

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 14:56 SGT

LTA (Land Transport Authority)

Figures exclude tax exempted vehicles and vehicles for off-the-road use (RU plates)

M09 - Vehs by Fuel Used

Number by Month

Data explorer

MotorVehiclePopulationStatisticsbyTypeofFuelUsed.csv (1.4K rows, 43.6 KB)

Month Month (YYYY-MM)	Vehicle Category Text	Fuel Type Text	Number Numeric
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
2016-01	Cars	Petrol	586980
2016-01	Cars	Diesel	6297
2016-01	Cars	Petrol-Electric	6476
2016-01	Cars	Petrol-Electric (Plug-In)	108
2016-01	Cars	Petrol-CNG	1917
2016-01	Cars	CNG	0
2016-01	Cars	Electric	1
2016-01	Cars	Diesel-Electric	23
2016-01	Taxis	Petrol	443
2016-01	Taxis	Diesel	24248

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Month	month	Month (YYYY-MM)	-	-
Vehicle Category	category	Text	-	-
Fuel Type	type	Text	-	-
Number	number	Numeric	No. of Vehicles	-

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Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_b876ece1b4a3bb5ebdc33c4394a236a2"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Land Transport Authority. (2016). Motor Vehicle Population Statistics by Type of Fuel Used (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved April 1, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_b876ece1b4a3bb5ebdc33c4394a236a2/view

About this dataset

Contact

LTA-Vehicle_Stat@lta.gov.sg

Created on

02 May 2016

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

LTA (Land Transport Authority)