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Are there more motorcycles than cars in the Dominican Republic? Yes: 3,846,694 motorcycles versus 1,188,583 cars registered in 2025
As of December 31, 2025, the Directorate General of Internal Taxes (DGII) had 3,846,694 motorcycles and 1,188,583 cars registered in the Dominican Republic: 3.24 motorcycles per car. Motorcycles were 57.92 of every 100 vehicles, up from 44.40 in 2005. Calculations by Economía con Datos with DGII data.
On Sundays, Economía con Datos tests a common claim against official figures. Today: «there are more motorcycles than cars in the Dominican Republic». We used the vehicle fleet by type published by the Directorate General of Internal Taxes (DGII), which counts vehicles registered as of December 31 of each year since 2005. Registered vehicles are not necessarily all on the road.
What the data show
At the end of 2025 there were 3,846,694 registered motorcycles and 1,188,583 cars (private and public passenger cars): 3.24 motorcycles per car. Even adding the 797,851 SUVs (jeeps), there were 1.94 motorcycles per car or SUV. Motorcycles were 57.92 of every 100 of the 6,640,871 registered vehicles.
In 2005 the ratio was 1.50 motorcycles per car, and motorcycles were 44.40 of every 100 vehicles; they passed half of the fleet in 2011. In 2025 the registry added 314,727 motorcycles (about 862 a day, up 8.91 %), versus 30,713 cars (up 2.65 %). Of every 100 vehicles added in 2025, 70.44 were motorcycles.
Vehicle counts are copied as published by the DGII; ratios, shares, daily averages and changes are calculations by Economía con Datos.
Source: Dirección General de Impuestos Internos (DGII) (document in Spanish).
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