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Bahrain has 343 cars per 1000 people

TDT | Manama

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Bahrainis own more cars than most other nations in the Gulf, says a new report. According to a report by the Economist, there are 342 cars per 1,000 people in the Kingdom now.

According to The Economist, this number places Bahrain third among the Arab nations and 40th among the global nations on its report that ranks countries based on car ownership. As of August 2019, according to the General Directorate of Traffic, Bahrain had over 711,000 vehicles registered.

That number showed an annual increase of 10% when compared to the 640,000 registered vehicles in 2018. In the Economist report, topping the list from the region on the car ownership ranking is Kuwait, where there are 405 cars per 1,000 people. Closely following is Libya on the second spot with 350 cars per 1,000 people. On the bottom end of the ranking is Sudan.

The country has only 1.3 cars per 1,000 people. Mauritania, which is second last on the ranking, has five cars per 1,000 people. Puerto Rico tops the ranking globally with 862 cars per 1000 people.