Table 1-23: World Motor Vehicle Production, Selected Countries

(Thousands of vehicles)

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Passenger cars^a

	1961	1971	1981	1991	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Total world	11,391	26,453	27,407	35,288	35,717	36,100	37,318	38,481	37,286	38,816	40,732	40,144	41,215	41,782	42,832	(R) 44,892	(R) 48,136	(R) 49,997	(R) 48,788	(R) 42,296	50,938
U.S. percent of world	48.5	32.5	22.8	15.4	18.5	(R) 17.5	(R) 16.2	(R) 15.3	(R) 14.7	(R) 14.4	(R) 13.4	(R) 12.0	(R) 12.0	(R) 10.7	(R) 9.7	(R) 9.5	(R) 9.0	(R) 7.7	(R) 7.6	5.2	5.4
Argentina	78	193	139	114	338	227	269	366	353	225	239	170	111	110	171	183	263	351	400	380	516
Australia	182	393	352	269	323	314	303	320	350	294	324	286	307	366	341	320	298	306	286	188	205
Austria	8	1	7	14	45	59	97	98	91	124	116	131	131	119	227	231	248	200	125	57	86
Belgium	U	279	216	253	409	386	368	356	319	218	912	1,059	937	792	852	895	882	790	680	(R) 525	528
Brazil	98	342	406	705	1,248	1,297	1,459	1,680	1,244	1,102	1,348	1,482	1,521	1,505	1,756	2,009	2,092	2,388	2,561	2,578	2,828
Canada	328	1,083	803	1,060	1,214	1,337	1,279	1,374	1,122	1,626	1,551	1,275	1,369	1,340	1,336	(R) 1,407	(R) 1,428	1,342	1,195	822	967
China	U	U	U	81	250	321	382	482	507	570	620	704	1,091	2,019	2,316	(R) 3,586	(R) 5,161	(R) 5,185	(R) 4,971	(R) 7,322	9,494
Czech Republicb	59	149	181	173	174	208	263	321	368	348	428	457	441	436	443	599	849	926	933	968	1,070
France	988	2,694	2,612	3,188	3,175	3,051	3,148	2,259	2,603	2,676	2,883	3,182	3,284	3,220	2,913	3,113	2,728	2,551	2,145	1,815	1,914
Germany	1,802	3,829	3,758	4,677	4,094	4,360	4,540	4,678	5,348	5,310	4,803	5,301	4,799	5,145	5,192	5,350	5,399	5,709	5,532	4,965	5,552
India	22	42	42	179	237	330	396	410	384	519	514	548	706	907	940	999	1,186	1,377	1,507	1,781	2,317
Italy	694	1,701	1,257	1,633	1,341	1,422	1,318	1,563	1,402	1,410	1,422	1,272	1,126	1,026	834	726	893	911	659	661	573
Japan	250	3,718	6,974	9,753	7,802	7,611	7,864	8,491	8,056	8,100	8,363	8,118	8,619	8,478	8,720	9,017	9,757	9,945	9,916	6,862	8,307
Malaysia	U	U	U	102	137	164	176	280	126	200	280	345	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U
Mexico	U	154	355	720	857	699	798	855	953	994	1,130	1,001	960	774	782	846	1,098	1,209	1,217	943	1,386
Netherlands	13	78	78	85	92	100	145	197	243	262	215	189	182	163	188	115	87	62	59	51	48
Poland	14	86	248	168	349	347	353	295	460	651	533	367	287	285	516	527	609	(R) 762	(R) 864	833	799
Portugal	U	U	U	U	38	41	119	186	181	187	191	177	183	166	151	138	143	134	132	102	115
Romania	U	U	U	84	85	71	76	108	104	88	58	57	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U
Russia	149	518	1,324	1,308	796	838	868	982	U	946	966	1,022	981	1,010	1,110	1,068	(R) 1,176	(R) 1,293	(R) 1,470	596	1,208
Slovakia	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	218	295	571	576	463	563
South Africa	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	325	334	276	321	223	295
South Korea	U	U	69	1,158	1,806	2,003	2,265	2,308	1,625	2,362	2,602	2,471	2,651	2,768	2,054	2,195	2,298	2,509	2,436	2,375	2,792
Spain	55	453	855	1,943	1,974	2,131	2,213	2,342	2,217	2,029	2,445	2,211	2,267	2,399	2,403	(R) 2,174	(R) 2,187	(R) 2,309	2,014	1,827	1,951
Sweden	110	287	258	269	353	388	368	376	368	385	260	248	238	280	290	289	289	317	252	129	177
Taiwan	U	U	U	266	291	282	265	268	293	255	265	195	245	265	300	324	211	213	139	184	U
Turkey	U	13	25	196	213	233	208	243	U	U	297	175	204	294	447	454	546	635	622	511	603
United Kingdom	1,004	1,742	955	1,237	1,467	1,532	1,686	1,698	1,748	1,787	1,629	1,492	1,628	1,658	1,647	1,596	1,442	1,535	1,448	(R) 999	1,274
United States	5,522	8,584	6,253	5,440	6,601	(R) 6,326	(R) 6,035	(R) 5,878	(R) 5,492	(R) 5,578	(R) 5,471	(R) 4,808	(R) 4,957	(R) 4,453	(R) 4,166	(R) 4,266	(R) 4,312	(R) 3,867	(R) 3,731	(R) 2,196	2,731
Venezuela	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	95	102	113	78	59	61
Yugoslavia, Federal Republic ofc	15	114	240	213	8	8	9	11	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U

Commercial vehicles^d

	1961	1971	1981	1991	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Total world	3,809	6,948	9,729	11,974	13,941	13,946	14,178	14,993	14,807	16,132	16,799	16,181	17,757	18,549	21,131	(R) 21,193	(R) 20,988	(R) 22,643	(R) 20,796	(R) 17,957	25,211
U.S. percent of world	29.7	30.1	17.4	28.0	40.4	(R) 40.7	(R) 40.9	(R) 41.7	(R) 44.0	(R) 46.2	(R) 43.5	(R) 40.9	(R) 41.2	(R) 41.2	(R) 36.9	(R) 36.2	(R) 33.1	(R) 30.4	(R) 23.8	(R) 19.6	19.9
Argentina	58	60	33	25	70	59	44	80	105	80	101	66	48	60	89	137	169	194	198	133	208
Australia	49	77	40	15	31	17	19	29	34	17	25	34	37	48	64	69	(R) 30	26	39	35	34
Austria	5	6	8	6	3	9	9	10	12	16	25	24	20	21	21	23	27	28	25	16	19
Belgium	1	17	41	84	70	82	69	74	87	74	121	129	119	113	43	31	36	45	44	13	26
Brazil	47	174	374	255	334	332	346	388	329	242	323	316	271	322	454	519	519	582	659	608	820
Canada	63	277	520	829	1,106	1,071	1,118	1,198	1,050	1,430	1,411	1,258	1,260	1,213	1,376	(R) 1,281	(R) 1,144	1,237	887	668	1,101
China	U	U	U	628	1,103	1,114	1,084	1,096	1,121	1,235	1,389	1,628	2,160	2,425	2,754	(R) 2,082	(R) 2,405	(R) 3,700	(R) 4,263	(R) 6,327	8,771
Czech Republicb	17	28	49	29	6	8	9	47	42	27	27	8	6	5	5	5	(R) 6	13	13	7	7
France	217	316	408	423	383	424	443	322	351	357	469	447	409	400	439	(R) 436	446	465	423	228	305
Germany	411	312	358	358	262	307	303	345	379	378	395	390	346	361	378	408	421	504	514	245	354
India	32	47	107	176	238	306	366	336	129	261	282	277	186	254	571	643	772	873	809	861	1,237
Italy	65	116	176	245	194	245	227	254	290	291	316	308	301	295	308	313	319	373	365	182	263
Japan	789	2,093	4,206	3,492	2,752	2,585	2,482	2,484	1,994	1,805	1,781	1,660	1,639	1,808	1,791	1,783	1,728	1,652	1,647	1,072	1,319
Malaysia	U	U	U	0	0	0	0	0	7	5	15	14	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U
Mexico	U	57	242	269	266	236	422	503	500	540	792	856	845	801	771	838	948	886	950	618	956
Netherlands	6	13	12	26	23	32	19	20	28	25	52	50	49	56	60	65	72	77	73	26	46
Poland	22	60	60	25	16	34	48	27	39	44	24	20	23	14	76	85	(R) 107	(R) 113	(R) 142	74	96
Portugal	U	U	U	26	87	16	13	81	90	65	56	62	68	74	76	(R) 83	84	42	43	24	44
Romania	U	U	U	10	5	22	23	21	23	19	14	12	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U
Russia	406	612	874	744	206	156	136	192	U	226	237	228	239	269	275	285	(R) 331	(R) 379	(R) 324	127	195
Slovakia	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Africa	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	192	253	258	242	151	177
South Korea	U	U	65	340	506	523	548	510	329	471	513	475	496	410	1,416	1,505	1,542	1,577	1,391	1,138	1,480
Spain	20	79	132	139	168	203	199	220	609	644	587	639	588	630	610	(R) 578	(R) 590	(R) 581	528	337	437
Sweden	22	30	55	75	82	102	95	104	114	109	36	38	38	43	48	35	39	44	46	23	31
Taiwan	U	U	U	116	132	124	101	113	112	95	100	77	92	122	131	123	92	71	44	43	U
Turkey	U	12	22	46	31	49	69	102	U	U	133	95	142	240	376	426	442	465	526	359	491
United Kingdom	443	456	230	217	228	233	238	238	233	186	189	193	193	189	209	207	208	216	202	(R) 91	119
United States	1,131	2,088	1,690	3,350	5,638	(R) 5,669	(R) 5,795	(R) 6,252	(R) 6,510	(R) 7,447	(R) 7,303	(R) 6,617	(R) 7,322	(R) 7,634	(R) 7,794	(R) 7,681	(R) 6,949	(R) 6,885	(R) 4,941	(R) 3,514	5,012
Venezuela	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	60	69	59	57	53	44
Yugoslavia, Federal Republic ofc	5	18	27	26	2	2	1	2	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U

Total passenger cars^a and commercial vehicles^d

	1961	1971	1981	1991	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Total worlde	15,200	33,401	37,136	47,262	49,658	50,046	51,496	53,474	52,093	54,948	(R) 58,946	56,325	58,973	60,331	63,963	(R) 66,085	(R) 69,124	(R) 72,640	(R) 69,584	(R) 60,254	76,148
U.S. percent of world	43.8	32.0	21.4	18.6	24.6	24.0	23.0	22.7	23.0	23.7	(R) 21.7	20.3	20.8	20.0	18.7	(R) 18.1	(R) 16.3	(R) 14.8	12.5	9.5	10.2
Argentina	136	253	172	139	409	286	313	446	458	305	340	236	159	170	260	320	432	545	597	513	724
Australia	231	470	392	284	354	331	322	349	384	311	348	319	344	413	405	389	(R) 328	332	324	223	239
Austria	13	7	15	20	48	68	106	108	103	139	141	155	151	140	249	253	275	228	151	72	105
Belgium	1	296	257	337	479	468	437	430	406	291	1,033	1,187	1,056	904	895	927	918	834	725	(R) 537	555
Brazil	145	516	780	960	1,582	1,629	1,805	2,067	1,573	1,344	1,671	1,798	1,793	1,827	2,210	2,528	2,611	2,971	3,220	3,185	3,648
Canada	391	1,360	1,323	1,889	2,321	2,408	2,397	2,571	2,173	3,057	2,962	2,532	2,629	2,553	2,712	2,688	2,571	2,579	2,082	1,490	2,068
China	U	U	U	709	1,353	1,435	1,466	1,578	1,628	1,805	2,009	2,332	3,251	4,444	5,071	(R) 5,668	(R) 7,566	(R) 8,885	(R) 9,233	(R) 13,649	18,265
Czech Republicb	76	177	230	202	180	216	272	369	411	376	455	465	447	442	448	605	855	939	946	975	1,076
France	1,205	3,010	3,020	3,611	3,558	3,475	3,591	2,581	2,954	3,033	3,352	3,628	3,693	3,620	3,352	(R) 3,549	3,174	3,016	2,568	2,043	2,219
Germany	2,213	4,141	4,116	5,035	4,356	4,667	4,843	5,023	5,727	5,688	5,198	5,692	5,145	5,507	5,570	5,758	5,820	6,213	6,046	5,210	5,906
India	54	89	149	355	475	636	762	746	513	780	796	825	892	1,161	1,511	1,642	1,958	2,250	2,316	(R) 2,643	3,554
Italy	759	1,817	1,433	1,878	1,534	1,667	1,545	1,817	1,693	1,701	1,738	1,580	1,427	1,322	1,142	1,038	1,212	1,284	1,024	843	836
Japan	1,039	5,811	11,180	13,245	10,554	10,196	10,346	10,975	10,050	9,905	10,145	9,777	10,258	10,286	10,512	10,800	11,484	11,596	11,564	7,935	9,626
Malaysia	U	U	U	102	137	164	176	280	134	205	295	359	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U
Mexico	U	211	597	989	1,123	935	1,220	1,358	1,453	1,534	1,923	1,857	1,805	1,575	1,553	1,684	2,046	2,095	2,168	1,561	2,342
Netherlands	19	91	90	111	115	132	164	218	271	287	267	239	231	219	248	181	159	139	132	77	94
Poland	36	146	308	193	365	381	401	322	499	695	556	387	310	300	592	612	(R) 716	(R) 875	(R) 1,006	907	895
Portugal	U	U	U	26	125	57	132	267	271	252	247	240	251	239	227	(R) 221	227	176	175	126	159
Romania	U	U	U	94	90	93	99	129	127	107	72	69	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U
Russia	555	1,130	2,198	2,052	1,002	994	1,004	1,174	U	1,172	1,203	1,250	1,220	1,280	1,385	1,353	(R) 1,507	(R) 1,672	1,794	722	1,404
Slovakia	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	218	295	571	576	463	563
South Africa	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	516	588	534	563	374	472
South Korea	U	U	134	1,498	2,312	2,526	2,813	2,818	1,954	2,832	3,115	2,946	3,148	3,178	3,469	3,699	3,840	4,086	3,827	3,513	4,272
Spain	75	532	987	2,082	2,142	2,334	2,412	2,562	2,826	2,672	3,033	2,850	2,855	3,030	3,012	2,753	2,777	2,890	2,542	2,164	2,388
Sweden	132	317	313	344	435	490	463	480	483	494	296	286	276	323	339	324	327	361	299	152	208
Taiwan	U	U	U	382	423	406	366	381	405	350	365	272	337	387	431	446	303	283	183	226	U
Turkey	U	25	47	242	244	282	277	344	U	U	431	271	347	534	823	879	988	1,099	1,147	870	1,095
United Kingdom	1,447	2,198	1,185	1,454	1,695	1,765	1,924	1,936	1,981	1,973	1,817	1,685	1,821	1,846	1,856	1,803	1,650	1,750	1,649	1,090	1,393
United States	6,653	10,672	7,943	8,790	12,239	11,995	11,830	12,131	12,003	13,025	12,774	11,425	12,280	12,087	11,960	11,947	11,260	10,752	8,672	5,709	7,743
Venezuela	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	155	172	172	135	112	104
Yugoslavia, Federal Republic ofc	20	132	267	239	9	10	10	14	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U

KEY: R = revised; U = data are unavailable.

^a Does not include minivans, pickups, and sport utility vehicles.

^b Formerly Czechoslovakia and Ward's does not report a number for Slovakia before 2005.

^c Yugoslavia no longer exists and Ward's does not report numbers for countries that were previously a part of Yugoslavia.

^d Includes all trucks and buses. Light trucks, such as pickups, sport utility vehicles, and minivans are included under Commercial vehicles.

^e The 2000 and 2005-2009 figures for Total passenger cars and commercial vehicles are revised by the source. However, the detailed information for each component in 2000 is not available, thus the details are not revised in this table and will not add up to the total for this year.

NOTES

Prior to 2000, the country of manufacture was recognized as the producing country. To conform with current OICA (International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers) practices, starting in 2000, the country of final assembly was recognized as the producing country. This explains the sudden change in trends across some countries from 1999 to 2000.

Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding. Also numbers may not add to totals due to the inclusion of small countries in the total.

Beginning in 1998, some smaller countries not listed in this table are included in the world totals.

SOURCE

WardsAuto.com, Motor Vehicle Facts & Figures (Southfield, MI: Annual Issues), p. 14 and similar pages in earlier editions, and personal communication, Aug. 10, 2011.