Vehicle population falls for first time in 10 years

Vehicle population falls for first time in 10 years PIC: FILE
Vehicle population falls for first time in 10 years PIC: FILE

The national vehicle stock, or population of private and government vehicles registered in the country, dropped by 3.6 percent last year to 579,879 vehicles, the first ever fall in the past ten years.

Data released by Statistics Botswana this week indicates that the drop was due to lower registrations of private vehicles, with the national stock in this category falling from 588,567 in 2019 to 567,080 vehicles in 2020.

The number of active government vehicles, meanwhile, rose from 12,623 vehicles in 2019 to 12,709 vehicles last year.

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