As of 2022, there were about 682,500 busses and trolleybuses in operation in cities in China, representing a drop of almost three percent compared to the previous year. Over the past 14 years, the number of operating busses or trolley busses in China's cities has grown by more than 62 percent from 420,500 units in 2010.
Number of operating busses and trolley busses in China's cities from 2010 to 2023
(in 1,000 units)
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Ministry of Transport of China. (June 18, 2024). Number of operating busses and trolley busses in China's cities from 2010 to 2023 (in 1,000 units) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 04, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/258584/number-of-busses-and-trolleybusses-in-chinas-cities/
Ministry of Transport of China. "Number of operating busses and trolley busses in China's cities from 2010 to 2023 (in 1,000 units)." Chart. June 18, 2024. Statista. Accessed June 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/258584/number-of-busses-and-trolleybusses-in-chinas-cities/
Ministry of Transport of China. (2024). Number of operating busses and trolley busses in China's cities from 2010 to 2023 (in 1,000 units). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/258584/number-of-busses-and-trolleybusses-in-chinas-cities/
Ministry of Transport of China. "Number of Operating Busses and Trolley Busses in China's Cities from 2010 to 2023 (in 1,000 Units)." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Jun 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/258584/number-of-busses-and-trolleybusses-in-chinas-cities/
Ministry of Transport of China, Number of operating busses and trolley busses in China's cities from 2010 to 2023 (in 1,000 units) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/258584/number-of-busses-and-trolleybusses-in-chinas-cities/ (last visited June 04, 2025)
Number of operating busses and trolley busses in China's cities from 2010 to 2023 (in 1,000 units) [Graph], Ministry of Transport of China, June 18, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/258584/number-of-busses-and-trolleybusses-in-chinas-cities/
