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How old are Switzerland’s cars?

Compare the mean and median age of Switzerland’s passenger cars by fuel group and year.

Mean age · All passenger cars

10.8 years

2025-09-30 · CH

Median age · All passenger cars

9.3 years

2025-09-30 · CH

Compare fuel groups · 2025

Compare fuel groups · Mean age · 2025All passenger carsAll passenger cars: 10.8 years10.8 yearsPetrol including HEVPetrol including HEV: 11.9 years11.9 yearsDiesel including HEVDiesel including HEV: 10.2 years10.2 yearsPlug-in hybrid (PHEV)Plug-in hybrid (PHEV): 3.3 years3.3 yearsFully electric (BEV)Fully electric (BEV): 3.0 years3.0 years
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Fuel groupMean ageMedian age
All passenger cars10.8 years9.3 years
Petrol including HEV11.9 years10.0 years
Diesel including HEV10.2 years9.8 years
Plug-in hybrid (PHEV)3.3 years3.0 years
Fully electric (BEV)3.0 years2.6 years

Fleet age over time · All passenger cars

Fleet age over time · All passenger cars0.0 years2.5 years5.0 years7.5 years10.0 years12.5 years200520102015202020252005: Mean age 8.2 years · Median age 7.0 years2006: Mean age 8.3 years · Median age 7.2 years2007: Mean age 8.4 years · Median age 7.4 years2008: Mean age 8.6 years · Median age 7.6 years2009: Mean age 8.6 years · Median age 7.7 years2010: Mean age 8.7 years · Median age 7.8 years2011: Mean age 8.7 years · Median age 7.8 years2012: Mean age 8.7 years · Median age 7.5 years2013: Mean age 8.7 years · Median age 7.4 years2014: Mean age 8.7 years · Median age 7.4 years2015: Mean age 8.8 years · Median age 7.4 years2016: Mean age 8.9 years · Median age 7.4 years2017: Mean age 9.0 years · Median age 7.4 years2018: Mean age 9.1 years · Median age 7.5 years2019: Mean age 9.2 years · Median age 7.7 years2020: Mean age 9.5 years · Median age 8.0 years2021: Mean age 9.7 years · Median age 8.2 years2022: Mean age 10.0 years · Median age 8.5 years2023: Mean age 10.3 years · Median age 8.8 years2024: Mean age 10.6 years · Median age 9.0 years2025: Mean age 10.8 years · Median age 9.3 years

The source reports no plug-in hybrid vehicles for 2005–2009. Their ages are shown as gaps.

Show values
Observation yearMean ageMedian age
202510.8 years9.3 years
202410.6 years9.0 years
202310.3 years8.8 years
202210.0 years8.5 years
20219.7 years8.2 years
20209.5 years8.0 years
20199.2 years7.7 years
20189.1 years7.5 years
20179.0 years7.4 years
20168.9 years7.4 years
20158.8 years7.4 years
20148.7 years7.4 years
20138.7 years7.4 years
20128.7 years7.5 years
20118.7 years7.8 years
20108.7 years7.8 years
20098.6 years7.7 years
20088.6 years7.6 years
20078.4 years7.4 years
20068.3 years7.2 years
20058.2 years7.0 years

The median divides the registered fleet into two equal groups: half younger and half older. The mean is the average age. Neither measure describes vehicle lifespan or remaining useful life.

Sources and definitions

HEV means conventional hybrid. Fuel groups have different fleet compositions; their ages do not measure durability. Published subgroup averages cannot be added or averaged to reproduce the overall fleet.

FSO / BFS / OFS / UST · ASTRA / OFROU / USTRA · MFZ · Source release: 2026-02-04

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