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Based on a comparison of 30 countries in 2022, Germany ranked the highest in Sales of Petrol-Fuelled Cars with 863 thousand followed by United Kingdom and France. On the other end of the scale was Iceland with 1.99 thousand, Norway with 4.33 thousand and Cyprus with 6.92 thousand.
Data for more countries are available at Sales of Petrol-Fuelled Cars indicator page.
| Sales of Petrol-Fuelled Cars | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Austria | thousand | 136 | 164 | 184 | 177 | 108 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | thousand | 253 | 264 | 322 | 339 | 224 | ||||||||||||||||
| Czechia | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 159 | 175 | 174 | 123 | |||||||||
| Denmark | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 136 | 133 | 146 | 111 | |||||||||||
| France | thousand | 943 | 1,004 | 1,188 | 1,282 | 774 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | thousand | 1,781 | 1,986 | 2,143 | 2,137 | 1,362 | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | thousand | ... | ... | ... | 628 | 678 | 853 | 523 | ||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | thousand | 305 | 311 | 335 | 316 | 205 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | thousand | 220 | 323 | 368 | 392 | 265 | ||||||||||||||||
| Portugal | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 76.0 | 89.7 | 110 | 64.2 | ||||||||||
| Romania | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 51.8 | 49.4 | 71.9 | 108 | 66.1 | ||||||||||
| Spain | thousand | 475 | 570 | 740 | 756 | 424 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | thousand | 171 | 149 | 167 | 165 | 108 | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | thousand | 187 | 183 | 188 | 191 | 118 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,405 | 1,358 | 1,476 | 1,482 | 904 |
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