Published : 03 Mar 2017, 00:07:47
BD ranks one of lowest in owning motor vehicles
Only 2.0pc households have cars or motor bikes
FE Report
Bangladesh's position in terms of owning motorised vehicles by households is one of the lowest in the world, according to a survey.
Only 2.0 per cent of the country's households own cars, motorcycles or bikes, revealed a survey, conducted in 44 countries in 2016 by the Washington-based Pew Research Centre.
The survey found that more people had bikes than cars. The average for car ownership was one-third while for bike ownership, it was around 42 per cent.
The survey report said: "In South and Southeast Asian countries, the proportion of car owners was incredibly low. In Bangladesh, for example, only 2.0 per cent reported having a car."
However, Vietnam's position in ownership of car is similar to Bangladesh.
Among the Asia and the Pacific region, South Korea topped the position having 83 per cent ownership in cars, followed by Malaysia with 82 per cent and Japan 81 per cent. In South Asia, 6.0 per cent of Indian households own a car as compared to 3.0 per cent in Pakistan.
Italy tops in the global ranking having 89 per cent of its households owning a car. America trailed closely behind with 88 per cent.
In general, developed countries showed a high rate of car ownership. In Europe, for example, the average national share of car owners was 79 per cent.
Germany topped the list of bike-owning countries, with 80 per cent of respondents owning bikes-way more than the United States, where only 53 per cent owned bikes.
In emerging markets like Vietnam, Chile, China and Indonesia, around two-thirds of the population owned bikes.
But within these emerging economies, bike-ownership was not positively associated with income-the way it was in developed countries.
This might be because owning a bicycle in the US is more about biking as a hobby or recreational activity than in other emerging economies, where it is more often a means of transport, said the report.
Of the three means of transport, motorcycles were the least common.
The survey found a high concentration of them in South and Southeast Asia, probably because those were not very expensive in these places.
Some eight in 10 people in Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Malaysia reported owning one.
The Pew Research Centre is a nonpartisan American 'fact tank', provides information on social issues, public opinion, and demographic trends shaping the United States and the world.
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