Transport, January 2023

Less traffic in Slovenian ports

Around 9,100 road motor vehicles were registered in Slovenia for the first time in January. The number of goods vehicles that entered or exited Slovenia via road border crossings was 3% smaller than a year ago. 234 ships arrived in or departed from Slovenian ports, which was 5% fewer.

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More passengers in public scheduled transport

Buses in urban public scheduled transport carried more than 3.9 million passengers, which was 36% more than a year ago. Buses in intercity and international public scheduled transport carried 2.4 million passengers, which was 40% more than in the previous January. They performed 45 million passenger kilometers, which was 36% more.

A tenth more passenger cars registered for the first time

Around 9,100 road motor vehicles were registered in Slovenia for the first time in January, or 8% more than the year before. Of these, almost 7,200 passenger cars were registered for the first time, or 10% more. Of these, 4,400 were new ones, which was about 3% more on an annual basis.

At road border crossings fewer goods vehicles


4.7 million passenger vehicles entered or exited Slovenia through road border crossings, which was 34% more than in the previous January. More than 1 million goods vehicles crossed the border, which is 3% fewer than the year before.

Almost a fifth more passengers in rail transport

Trains carried 1.3 million passengers, which was 18% more. They performed 66 million passenger kilometers, which was 31% more than last January.

At the airport about half more passengers

About 58,000 passengers departed from or arrived at Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport, which was 55% more than in January of the previous year. 900 tons of goods were handled, which was 6% less.

Less traffic in ports

In Slovenian ports, 234 ships arrived or departed, which was 5% fewer. Almost 1.8 million tonnes of goods were handled in the port of Koper, which was 8% less than in January 2022.

Tables with the latest data are available in the SiStat Database.
Port traffic of goods by types of cargo, Slovenia, January 2023
Port traffic of goods by types of cargo, Slovenia, January 2023
Selected data on transport, Slovenia
Jan 2023Jan 2023
Jan 2022 
number% change
Road transport
Passengers in public scheduled transport (1,000)1)2)3)4)2,412.540.5
Passenger-km in public scheduled transport (mio)1)2)3)4)4536.3
Passengers in urban scheduled transport (1,000)3)3,887.935.7
Road cross-border traffic of passenger vehicles (1,000)4,668.734.1
Road cross-border traffic of goods vehicles (1,000)1,038.8-2.8
Road motor vehicles, registered for the first time9,0528.0
Passenger cars, registered for the first time7,17610.2
New passenger cars, registered for the first time4,3942.6
Railway transport
Passengers (1,000)1,297.417.7
Passenger-kilometres (mio)66.431.2
Maritime transport
Passengers3-62.5
Goods (1,000 t)1,785.7-7.6
Vessels234-4.9
Airport traffic
Passengers (1,000)57.954.9
Goods (1,000 t)0.9-6.0
1) Urban scheduled public transport is not included.
2) Data are provisional.
3) The data on passengers and passenger-km in public scheduled transport and data on passengers in urban scheduled transport from September 2016 on have been partly estimated due to the introduction of a new integrated public transport system (IJPP) and the new system of subsidised tickets for public transport (the estimates were prepared by the Ministry of Infrastructure).
4) From September 2021 on, data on passenger-kilometres are partially estimated by the Statistical Office.
METHODOLOGICAL NOTE
Data on road public scheduled transport for the last 12 months are provisional. With each release the data for this period can be corrected and supplemented with new data. They become final with an annual release.

Data on port traffic published by SURS may differ from the data published by ports in their reports. The differences are due to the use of different methodologies (different data sources, tare consideration, etc.).

From December 2021 on, some data on passenger kilometres are estimated by the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia.
When making use of the data and information of the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, always add: "Source: SURS". More: Copyright.