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Based on a comparison of 37 countries in 2020, USA ranked the highest in production of light commercial vehicles with 6,661 thousand followed by China and Mexico. On the other end of the scale was Austria with 0 thousand, Colombia with 0 thousand and Finland with 0 thousand.
Total production of light commercial vehicles reached 17,206 thousand in 2020 in the World according to ACEA. This is 19.2 % less than in the previous year and 14.4 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, total production of light commercial vehicles reached an all time high of 21,072 thousand in 2018 and an all time low of 10,605 thousand in 2009. The average annual growth amounted to 0.841 % since 1960.
The top ranked country, USA, accounted for 38.7 % of production of light commercial vehicles in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 63.3 % share while the ten largest countries some 87.9 % in 2020.
Data for more countries are available at Production of Light Commercial Vehicles (Up to 3.5 tonnes) indicator page.
Production of Light Commercial Vehicles (Up to 3.5 tonnes) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
Brazil | thousand | 471 | 315 | 299 | 326 | 359 | ||||||||||||||||
Canada | thousand | 1,469 | 1,380 | 1,552 | 1,425 | 1,344 | ||||||||||||||||
China | thousand | 1,871 | 1,793 | 1,752 | 1,773 | 1,996 | ||||||||||||||||
France | thousand | 322 | 416 | 454 | 471 | 506 | ||||||||||||||||
Germany | thousand | 304 | 325 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||||
India | thousand | 434 | 427 | 466 | 504 | 663 | ||||||||||||||||
Italy | thousand | 271 | 317 | 344 | 332 | 325 | ||||||||||||||||
Japan | thousand | 883 | 850 | 813 | 815 | 843 | ||||||||||||||||
Mexico | thousand | 1,277 | 1,419 | 1,464 | 2,025 | 2,332 | ||||||||||||||||
South Africa | thousand | 256 | 243 | 235 | 242 | 261 | ||||||||||||||||
South Korea | thousand | 288 | 309 | 273 | 380 | 367 | ||||||||||||||||
Spain | thousand | 477 | 486 | 505 | 495 | 497 | ||||||||||||||||
Thailand | thousand | 1,119 | 1,116 | 1,117 | 1,170 | 1,291 | ||||||||||||||||
Turkey | thousand | 470 | 490 | 506 | 517 | 486 | ||||||||||||||||
USA | thousand | 7,118 | 7,613 | 8,004 | 7,876 | 8,190 |