In 2022, in Slovenia, 86 percent of passenger kilometers were traveled by passenger cars, 12 percent by buses and only two percent by passenger trains. A third of all tonne kilometers were traveled by freight trains.
Protecting the environment, which is threatened and burdened by the mobility of modern humanity, is one of the important things around which our future revolves. That is why the United Nations General Assembly declared November 26 as the World Day of Sustainable Transport. This should be environmentally friendly, but also economically sustainable, but the path to success is otherwise strewn with many more obstacles than those in charge want to see. In reality, Slovenia is only at the beginning of this sustainable path, which is why the country excels in virtually all three branches of mobility: we are above the European average in the use of cars and buses, and completely at the tail end in terms of railways.
SORS
When it comes to the share of car transport, we are at the top of Europe.
The train is not yet popular with passengers, it is better with cargo
In Slovenia, the share of rail freight transport in 2022 comprised 32.7 percent of all land freight transport. The EU average was 17.1 percent. With this, Slovenia ranked third among EU members according to this indicator.
The largest share, more than half (53.2 percent), was held by Latvia, and the smallest by Ireland, only 0.7 percent, if we do not take into account countries that have no railway infrastructure at all, such as Cyprus and Malta.
At the EU level, the share of rail freight transport in total land freight transport decreased by two percentage points in ten years, while in Slovenia it remained at approximately the same level or by 0.1 percentage points less.
That is why, in 2022, the share of rail passenger transport comprised more than a modest 2.4 percent of all land passenger transport, which is not surprising due to the infrastructure, timetables, delays and something else. The railway is still quite unpopular due to delays. At the EU level, this share was eight percent.
This placed us in 22nd place, despite the fact that we have a northern neighbor, Austria, where rail traffic is much better regulated, as this country had the largest share of rail passenger traffic, as much as 14.2 percent. Greece had the lowest with 0.9 percent.
At the EU level, the share of rail passenger transport in total land passenger transport increased by 0.4 percentage points in ten years, while in Slovenia it remained at approximately the same level (+0.1 percentage points).
Primož Lavra
The car is still a convincing main means of transport in our country.
Less in Europe, more bus transport here
The share of bus passenger transport in Slovenia in 2022 comprised 11.6 percent of all land passenger transport. At EU level, this share was 8.5%. According to this indicator, Slovenia shared 12th place together with Croatia. Malta had the highest share (17.1 percent), while the Netherlands had the lowest (2.9 percent). At the EU level, the share of bus passenger transport in total passenger land transport decreased by 1.8 percentage points in ten years, while in Slovenia it increased by 0.5 percentage points.
The car remains number one in Europe
However, we are at least somewhere at the top by European standards: in terms of the share of passenger transport by car. In 2022, this share amounted to 86.1 percent of all land passenger transport. At the EU level, this share was still 83.4%. According to this indicator, Slovenia ranked high in fourth place. Lithuania had the highest share (92.9 percent), while Hungary had the lowest (76.2 percent). At the EU level, the share of automobile passenger transport in total passenger land transport increased by 1.2 percentage points in ten years, while in Slovenia it decreased by 0.6 percentage points.
SORS
Electric cars are only becoming really popular in a few countries. Slovenia is at the bottom in terms of the share of electricians.
Electricity has not yet made a decisive breakthrough
At the end of 2023, one percent of all passenger cars registered in Slovenia were electric, at EU level this share was 1.7 percent. According to this indicator, Slovenia was in 13th place. The highest share of registered electric passenger cars (7.1 percent) was in Denmark, and the lowest in Cyprus (0.2 percent). At the EU level, this share has increased by 1.7 percentage points in ten years, and in Slovenia by one percentage point since 2014, when data on electric cars have been monitored.
In the middle of the EU ranking in terms of the share of electric cars registered for the first time
Among all new passenger cars registered for the first time in Slovenia last year, 8.9 percent were electric. At EU level, this share was 14.6%. According to this indicator, Slovenia ranked 14th. The highest share of new electric passenger cars registered for the first time (38.6 percent) was in Sweden, and the lowest in Croatia (2.6 percent). At the EU level, this share has increased by 14.3 percentage points in ten years, and in Slovenia by 8.9 percentage points since 2014, when data on electric cars have been monitored.
Source: svet24.si
