Bicycles, cyclists and cycling

8. 7. 2022

Government Communication Office

Last year Slovenia imported 82,600 regular and 16,400 electric bicycles. Bicycles were used on 204,000 daily trips, most of the time the purpose was leisure. Most residents of Slovenia with the same first/family name combination as Slovenian cyclists in this year’s Tour de France are Matej Mohorič.

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Since 2017, Slovenia has been importing more than 80,000 bicycles annually. Most bicycles (almost 87,000) were imported in 2019. Last year around 82,600 bicycles were imported, the largest share (21%) from Italy, followed by Austria, the Netherlands and Belgium.

In the past five years, the import of electric bicycles (engine power up to 250 W) increased significantly. In 2017, almost 1,500 electric bicycles were imported. Last year almost 16,500 electric bicycles were imported, the largest share (18%) from the Netherlands, followed by Germany, Czechia, Belgium and Austria.

Because electric bicycles are generally more expensive, their import value has come close to the value of imported “regular” bicycles. EUR 23.3 million of electric bicycles and EUR 28.7 million of regular bicycles were imported in 2021. More...

Source: Statistical Office