Table 1-23: World Motor Vehicle Production, Selected Countries (Thousands of vehicles)

Friday, February 3, 2017

Passenger cars^a

	1961	1971	1981	1991	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
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	44,892	48,136	49,997	48,788	42,296	50,938	51,998	55,220	56,432	56,417	55,770
U.S. percent of world	48.5	32.5	22.8	15.4	18.5	17.5	16.2	15.3	14.7	14.4	13.4	12.0	12.0	10.7	9.7	9.5	9.0	7.7	7.6	5.2	5.4	5.7	7.4	7.7	7.5	7.5
Argentina	78	193	139	114	338	227	269	366	353	225	239	170	111	110	171	183	263	351	400	380	516	577	497	507	364	309
Australia	182	393	352	269	323	314	303	320	350	294	324	286	307	366	341	320	298	306	286	188	205	190	190	181	150	153
Austria	8	1	7	14	45	59	97	98	91	124	116	131	131	119	227	231	248	200	125	57	86	130	124	147	135	104
Belgium	U	279	216	253	409	386	368	356	319	218	912	1,059	937	792	852	895	882	790	680	525	528	566	507	480	481	368
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	2,340	2,626	2,745	2,317	1,990
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	1,407	1,428	1,342	1,195	822	967	990	1,040	965	914	889
China	U	U	U	81	250	321	382	482	507	570	620	704	1,091	2,019	2,316	3,586	5,161	5,185	4,971	7,322	9,494	10,053	10,705	12,059	12,500	11,991
Czech Republic^b	59	149	181	173	174	208	263	321	368	348	428	457	441	436	443	599	849	926	933	968	1,070	1,192	1,172	1,127	1,244	1,297
Finland	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	46	80
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	1,914	1,683	1,479	1,503	1,570
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	5,872	5,388	5,440	5,604	5,708
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	2,479	2,520	2,370	2,384	2,545
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	486	397	388	401	663
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	7,159	8,554	8,189	8,277	7,831
Malaysia	U	U	U	102	137	164	176	280	126	200	280	345	U	U	U	U	U	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	1,657	1,810	1,772	1,916	1,968
Netherlands	13	78	78	85	92	100	145	197	243	262	215	189	182	163	188	115	87	62	59	51	48	41	0	0	29	57
Poland	14	86	248	168	349	347	353	295	460	651	533	367	287	285	516	527	609	762	864	833	799	722	534	475	471	535
Portugal	U	U	U	U	38	41	119	186	181	187	191	177	183	166	151	138	143	134	132	102	115	142	116	110	118	115
Romania	U	U	U	84	85	71	76	108	104	88	58	57	U	U	U	U	U	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	1,176	1,293	1,470	596	1,208	1,738	1,969	1,920	1,693	1,216
Slovakia	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	218	295	571	576	463	563	586	844	906	902	957
South Africa	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	325	334	276	321	223	295	312	275	265	277	344
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	2,902	2,868	2,639	2,515	2,375
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	2,174	2,187	2,309	2,014	1,827	1,951	1,868	1,595	1,755	1,898	2,219
Sweden	110	287	258	269	353	388	368	376	368	385	260	248	238	280	290	289	289	317	252	129	177	189	163	161	154	189
Taiwan	U	U	U	266	291	282	265	268	293	255	265	195	245	265	300	324	211	213	139	184	U	U	U	U	U	U
Turkey	U	13	25	196	213	233	208	243	U	U	297	175	204	294	447	454	546	635	622	511	603	640	577	634	733	791
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	999	1,274	1,344	1,464	1,509	1,528	1,588
United States	5,522	8,584	6,253	5,440	6,601	6,326	6,035	5,878	5,492	5,578	5,471	4,808	4,957	4,453	4,166	4,266	4,312	3,867	3,731	2,196	2,731	2,976	4,106	4,369	4,253	4,162
Venezuela	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	95	102	113	78	59	61	58	54	34	7	5
Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of^c	15	114	240	213	8	8	9	11	U	U	U	U	U	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	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
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	21,193	20,988	22,643	20,796	17,957	25,211	26,398	26,399	30,522	32,335	34,405
U.S. percent of world	29.7	30.1	17.4	28.0	40.4	40.7	40.9	41.7	44.0	46.2	43.5	40.9	41.2	41.2	36.9	36.2	33.1	30.4	23.8	19.6	19.9	21.5	23.6	21.9	22.9	23.1
Argentina	58	60	33	25	70	59	44	80	105	80	101	66	48	60	89	137	169	194	198	133	208	252	267	284	254	235
Australia	49	77	40	15	31	17	19	29	34	17	25	34	37	48	64	69	30	26	39	35	34	30	31	30	25	15
Austria	5	6	8	6	3	9	9	10	12	16	25	24	20	21	21	23	27	28	25	16	19	22	19	20	16	17
Belgium	1	17	41	84	70	82	69	74	87	74	121	129	119	113	43	31	36	45	44	13	26	34	33	34	35	40
Brazil	47	174	374	255	334	332	346	388	329	242	323	316	271	322	454	519	519	582	659	608	820	804	745	1,023	853	464
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	1,281	1,144	1,237	887	668	1,101	1,145	1,423	1,415	1,481	1,395
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	2,082	2,405	3,700	4,263	6,327	8,771	8,366	8,567	10,058	11,223	12,512
Czech Republic^b	17	28	49	29	6	8	9	47	42	27	27	8	6	5	5	5	6	13	13	7	7	8	7	6	7	6
Finland	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	0	40
France	217	316	408	423	383	424	443	322	351	357	469	447	409	400	439	436	446	465	423	228	305	363	328	302	347	45
Germany	411	312	358	358	262	307	303	345	379	378	395	390	346	361	378	408	421	504	514	245	354	439	409	437	447	478
India	32	47	107	176	238	306	366	336	129	261	282	277	186	254	571	643	772	873	809	861	1,237	1,461	1,629	1,526	1,481	1,606
Italy	65	116	176	245	194	245	227	254	290	291	316	308	301	295	308	313	319	373	365	182	263	305	275	437	297	351
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	1,240	1,388	1,442	1,497	1,448
Malaysia	U	U	U	0	0	0	0	0	7	5	15	14	U	U	U	U	U	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	1,024	1,192	1,283	1,452	1,597
Netherlands	6	13	12	26	23	32	19	20	28	25	52	50	49	56	60	65	72	77	73	26	46	70	66	68	66	76
Poland	22	60	60	25	16	34	48	27	39	44	24	20	23	14	76	85	107	113	142	74	96	113	111	113	118	121
Portugal	U	U	U	26	87	16	13	81	90	65	56	62	68	74	76	83	84	42	43	24	44	50	48	44	44	41
Romania	U	U	U	10	5	22	23	21	23	19	14	12	U	U	U	U	U	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	331	379	324	127	195	251	263	256	194	163
Slovakia	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	0	0	0	0	0	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	220	265	281	289	248
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	1,755	1,690	1,882	2,010	2,181
Spain	20	79	132	139	168	203	199	220	609	644	587	639	588	630	610	578	590	581	528	337	437	486	384	409	505	514
Sweden	22	30	55	75	82	102	95	104	114	109	36	38	38	43	48	35	39	44	46	23	31	43	38	38	34	41
Taiwan	U	U	U	116	132	124	101	113	112	95	100	77	92	122	131	123	92	71	44	43	U	U	U	U	U	U
Turkey	U	12	22	46	31	49	69	102	U	U	133	95	142	240	376	426	442	465	526	359	491	549	78	492	437	568
United Kingdom	443	456	230	217	228	233	238	238	233	186	189	193	193	189	209	207	208	216	202	91	119	120	112	87	71	94
United States	1,131	2,088	1,690	3,350	5,638	5,669	5,795	6,252	6,510	7,447	7,303	6,617	7,322	7,634	7,794	7,681	6,949	6,885	4,941	3,514	5,012	5,679	6,227	6,698	7,408	7,943
Venezuela	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	60	69	59	57	53	44	44	50	38	13	14
Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of^c	5	18	27	26	2	2	1	2	U	U	U	U	U	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	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Total world^e	15,200	33,401	37,136	47,262	49,658	50,046	51,496	53,474	52,093	54,948	58,946	56,325	58,973	60,331	63,963	66,085	69,124	72,640	69,584	60,254	76,148	78,396	81,619	86,953	88,752	90,175
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	21.7	20.3	20.8	20.0	18.7	18.1	16.3	14.8	12.5	9.5	10.2	11.0	12.7	12.7	13.1	13.4
Argentina	136	253	172	139	409	286	313	446	458	305	340	236	159	170	260	320	432	545	597	513	724	829	764	791	617	543
Australia	231	470	392	284	354	331	322	349	384	311	348	319	344	413	405	389	328	332	324	223	239	219	221	211	175	168
Austria	13	7	15	20	48	68	106	108	103	139	141	155	151	140	249	253	275	228	151	72	105	153	143	167	151	121
Belgium	1	296	257	337	479	468	437	430	406	291	1,033	1,187	1,056	904	895	927	918	834	725	537	555	601	540	514	516	409
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	3,144	3,371	3,768	3,170	2,454
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	2,135	2,463	2,380	2,394	2,283
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	5,668	7,566	8,885	9,233	13,649	18,265	18,419	19,272	22,117	23,723	24,503
Czech Republic^b	76	177	230	202	180	216	272	369	411	376	455	465	447	442	448	605	855	939	946	975	1,076	1,200	1,179	1,133	1,251	1,304
Finland	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	46	80
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	3,549	3,174	3,016	2,568	2,043	2,219	2,278	2,011	1,781	1,851	2,015
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	6,311	5,797	5,877	6,051	6,186
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	2,643	3,554	3,940	4,149	3,896	3,865	4,150
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	790	672	658	698	1,014
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	8,399	9,943	9,630	9,775	9,278
Malaysia	U	U	U	102	137	164	176	280	134	205	295	359	U	U	U	U	U	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	2,681	3,002	3,051	3,368	3,565
Netherlands	19	91	90	111	115	132	164	218	271	287	267	239	231	219	248	181	159	139	132	77	94	110	66	68	95	133
Poland	36	146	308	193	365	381	401	322	499	695	556	387	310	300	592	612	716	875	1,006	907	895	835	645	588	589	656
Portugal	U	U	U	26	125	57	132	267	271	252	247	240	251	239	227	221	227	176	175	126	159	192	164	154	162	157
Romania	U	U	U	94	90	93	99	129	127	107	72	69	U	U	U	U	U	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	1,507	1,672	1,794	722	1,404	1,989	2,232	2,176	1,887	1,379
Slovakia	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	218	295	571	576	463	563	586	844	906	902	957
South Africa	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	516	588	534	563	374	472	533	539	546	566	592
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	4,657	4,558	4,522	4,525	4,556
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	2,354	1,979	2,163	2,403	2,733
Sweden	132	317	313	344	435	490	463	480	483	494	296	286	276	323	339	324	327	361	299	152	208	232	200	199	188	230
Taiwan	U	U	U	382	423	406	366	381	405	350	365	272	337	387	431	446	303	283	183	226	U	U	U	U	U	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	1,189	1,073	1,126	1,170	1,359
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	1,464	1,576	1,597	1,599	1,682
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	8,655	10,333	11,066	11,661	12,105
Venezuela	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	155	172	172	135	112	104	102	104	72	20	18
Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of^c	20	132	267	239	9	10	10	14	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U

KEY: U = data are unavailable.

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

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

^cYugoslavia 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.

^eThe 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.

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Table 1-23: World Motor Vehicle Production, Selected Countries (Thousands of vehicles)

Commercial vehiclesd

Total passenger cars(a) and commercial vehicles(d)

Commercial vehicles^d

Total passenger cars^(a) and commercial vehicles^(d)