Japan: car ownership rate by household income 2022

As of March 31, 2022, around 86.4 percent of surveyed households in Japan with an annual income between 9.5 million and 12 million Japanese yen owned passenger cars, either purchased new or used. On average, 100 households of that income group owned 156.5 cars.

Rate of households owning a passenger car in Japan as of March 2022, by annual household income

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Release date

April 2022

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Region

Japan

Survey time period

as of March 31, 2022

Number of respondents

6,588 households*

Special properties

last year's (January to December) total household income excluding taxes and social insurance premiums

Supplementary notes

*Survey does not include households of foreigners, students, institutions, etc.
Three-step sampling method based on the national census (municipalities, survey districts, households). Optional online completion.

Less than 3m JPY: n=2,583
3m to 4m JPY: n=1,093
4m to 5.5m JPY: n=925
5.5m to 7.5m JPY: n=921
7.5m to 9.5m JPY: n=515
9.5m to 12m JPY: n=279
12m JPY or more: n=259

100 Japanese yen equal 0.74 U.S. dollars or 0.70 euros as of December 2022.

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