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Based on a comparison of 139 countries in 2020, China ranked the highest in sales of cars as a share of worldwide production with 37.6% followed by Japan and USA. On the other end of the scale was Burundi with < 0.001%, Liberia with < 0.001% and Palestine with < 0.001%.
Data for more countries are available at Sales Of New Cars (As % Of Total Worldwide Sales) indicator page.
Sales Of New Cars (As % Of Total Worldwide Sales) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
Australia | % | 1.35% | 1.39% | 1.33% | 1.30% | 1.27% | ||||||||||||||||
Brazil | % | 4.25% | 3.20% | 2.41% | 2.63% | 3.06% | ||||||||||||||||
China | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 30.0% | 32.0% | 35.1% | 35.0% | 34.5% | |||||||||||
France | % | 2.73% | 2.89% | 2.90% | 2.99% | 3.16% | ||||||||||||||||
Germany | % | 4.62% | 4.83% | 4.82% | 4.87% | 5.00% | ||||||||||||||||
India | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.91% | 4.18% | 4.27% | 4.57% | 4.94% | |||||||||||
Italy | % | 2.07% | 2.38% | 2.63% | 2.79% | 2.78% | ||||||||||||||||
Japan | % | 7.15% | 6.36% | 5.97% | 6.20% | 6.39% | ||||||||||||||||
Mexico | % | 1.13% | 1.35% | 1.53% | 1.39% | 1.29% | ||||||||||||||||
Russia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.55% | 1.93% | 1.78% | 2.05% | 2.34% | |||||||||||
South Korea | % | 2.07% | 2.31% | 2.21% | 2.16% | 2.22% | ||||||||||||||||
Spain | % | 1.35% | 1.65% | 1.65% | 1.75% | 1.92% | ||||||||||||||||
Turkey | % | 0.894% | 1.09% | 1.09% | 1.02% | 0.708% | ||||||||||||||||
USA | % | 11.7% | 11.3% | 9.89% | 8.60% | 7.72% | ||||||||||||||||
United Kingdom | % | 3.77% | 3.97% | 3.88% | 3.59% | 3.45% |