Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2024 All Rights Reserved

Number of cars in Sofia has doubled in 9 years

Tsarigradsko Shosse Blvd in Sofia
Photo: BGNES archive

The number of registered cars in Sofia is currently 833,000, a report given by Sofia Mayor Yordanka Fandakova and quoted by the Dnevnik website indicates. In 2011, they were almost twice less - 462,000.

Old and polluting cars, without or with eco standard Euro 1 and 2 are over 30%. The number of more environmentally friendly car models - with Euro-5 and Euro-6 standard - is 204,000.  Separately, 137,000 trucks and over 5,000 buses are registered in the capital.

A total of 987,000 cars and trucks with Sofia registration are moving in the city, as this figure does not include cars registered outside the capital

The average age of cars in Sofia in 2020 was 19 years. In 2011 the average of cars was 24 years.



Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

Weather forecast: Sunny weather, fog in some parts

During the night, the weather will be predominantly clear and calm. There will be fog or low clouds before midday in parts of the lowlands, valleys and around water basins. Minimum temperatures minus 4-1° C., for Sofia around minus 2° C. On..

published on 11/25/24 6:15 PM

Ursula von der Leyen mentions Bulgarian girl Debora on International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

Bulgarian Debora Mihaylova , who was brutally slashed with a mock knife by her boyfriend Georgi Georgiev , is one of the victims of violence mentioned by Ursula von der Leyen in her address on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of..

published on 11/25/24 5:09 PM
Rositsa Stelyanova

Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association demands a 3% increase in vocational classes

In a letter to Minister of Education Galin Tsokov, the Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association expresses concern over the state plan for admissions for the 2025-2026 academic year, in which the number of vocational classes in schools are being..

published on 11/25/24 4:29 PM