World car market in 2015 hit 89.7 million sales, the 6th all time record in a row pushed up by record volume achieved by China, USA, India, Canada, Korea, Mexico, Australia, Turkey and KSA. The Top 100 markets inside!
Few months after the end of the year, global data are consolidated having assembled also smaller countries and the entire African continent and we are able to show the Top 100 markets ranking.
Meantime, in recent months we have reported over the individual market performance for all the largest 100 market plus many others and you can find them searching on this website.
During the 2015 the new light vehicles (cars plus light commercial vehicles) World market scored a new ALL TIME RECORD, the sixth in a series, with 89.76 million vehicles sold, reporting an increase of 2.5% from the previous year.
In the 2015 China, USA and Japan represented the 53.1% of global sales. China (with data revised just over the 25 million) and USA (with 17.47 million, up 5.7%) had reported their all time best while Japan was third with 5 million units, down 7.9%.
The 2015 was characterized by the fall of Brazil and Russia respectively 7th and 12th with 2.47 and 1.60 million sales.
Germany was back in fourth place after four years with 3.44 million followed by India with record volume at 3.42 million and the United Kingdom, up 3 spots from 2011, with 3.0 million.
France ranked 8th with 2.3 million followed by Canada, at new all time record of 1.9 million, South Korea, first time in the top 10 with the new all time record of 1.82 million, Italy, in fast recovery  with 1.71 million.
Mexico was 13th, up 3 spots, at new all time record of 1.3 million ahead of Spain, recovering at 1.19, Australia at record of 1.14 and Iran with 1.0 million. Others record had been scored by Turkey, just near 1 million sales, and Saudi Arabia at 0.89 million.
Below, you can sort our interactive tables to see data regarding Brands, Groups and Models. Please bear in mind that sales data are subject to adjustments as sources will update their information. This report is updated at the publishing date and will not be modified while the next on this subject will always have the year to date data updated.
| Rank 2015 | Rank 2014 | Country | 2015 Sales | 2014 Sales | 2015 Var | Share 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | China | 24.582.245 | 23.428.832 | 4,9% | 27,7% |
| 2 | 2 | USA | 17.470.659 | 16.527.947 | 5,7% | 19,7% |
| 3 | 3 | Japan | 5.034.919 | 5.467.562 | -7,9% | 5,7% |
| 4 | 6 | India | 3.422.592 | 3.154.906 | 8,5% | 3,9% |
| 5 | 5 | Germany | 3.404.909 | 3.201.541 | 6,4% | 3,8% |
| 6 | 7 | UK | 3.002.830 | 2.797.603 | 7,3% | 3,4% |
| 7 | 4 | Brazil | 2.477.284 | 3.328.352 | -25,6% | 2,8% |
| 8 | 9 | France | 2.296.189 | 2.163.624 | 6,1% | 2,6% |
| 9 | 10 | Canada | 1.901.240 | 1.853.307 | 2,6% | 2,1% |
| 10 | 11 | South Korea | 1.824.288 | 1.613.323 | 13,1% | 2,1% |
| 11 | 12 | Italy | 1.713.254 | 1.486.314 | 15,3% | 1,9% |
| 12 | 8 | Russia | 1.601.794 | 2.491.540 | -35,7% | 1,8% |
| 13 | 14 | Mexico | 1.351.782 | 1.135.501 | 19,0% | 1,5% |
| 14 | 17 | Spain | 1.197.232 | 970.702 | 23,3% | 1,3% |
| 15 | 15 | Australia | 1.127.467 | 1.087.956 | 3,6% | 1,3% |
| 16 | 13 | Indonesia | 1.032.007 | 1.207.047 | -14,5% | 1,2% |
| 17 | 16 | Iran | 1.023.058 | 1.078.443 | -5,1% | 1,2% |
| 18 | 20 | Turkey | 968.015 | 767.681 | 26,1% | 1,1% |
| 19 | 19 | Saudi Arabia | 892.649 | 852.807 | 4,7% | 1,0% |
| 20 | 18 | Thailand | 800.658 | 881.832 | -9,2% | 0,9% |
| 21 | 21 | Malaysia | 665.759 | 665.028 | 0,1% | 0,8% |
| 22 | 22 | Argentina | 613.604 | 653.306 | -6,1% | 0,7% |
| 23 | 23 | South Africa | 587.158 | 612.802 | -4,2% | 0,7% |
| 24 | 24 | Belgium | 564.886 | 538.280 | 4,9% | 0,6% |
| 25 | 25 | Netherlands | 505.994 | 426.935 | 18,5% | 0,6% |
| 26 | 27 | UAE | 424.402 | 412.302 | 2,9% | 0,5% |
| 27 | 26 | Taiwan | 420.781 | 423.619 | -0,7% | 0,5% |
| 28 | 28 | Poland | 407.981 | 371.174 | 9,9% | 0,5% |
| 29 | 29 | Sweden | 387.763 | 345.330 | 12,3% | 0,4% |
| 30 | 36 | Philippines | 325.749 | 269.484 | 20,9% | 0,4% |
| 31 | 34 | Switzerland | 323.783 | 301.842 | 7,3% | 0,4% |
| 32 | 33 | Austria | 308.422 | 303.302 | 1,7% | 0,3% |
| 33 | 31 | Chile | 283.773 | 337.129 | -15,8% | 0,3% |
| 34 | 32 | Colombia | 281.279 | 327.704 | -14,2% | 0,3% |
| 35 | 35 | Egypt | 262.071 | 273.862 | -4,3% | 0,3% |
| 36 | 37 | Israel | 254.748 | 239.787 | 6,2% | 0,3% |
| 37 | 30 | Algeria | 252.521 | 339.094 | -25,5% | 0,3% |
| 38 | 38 | Denmark | 239.857 | 217.524 | 10,3% | 0,3% |
| 39 | 40 | Czech Rep | 227.950 | 190.255 | 19,8% | 0,3% |
| 40 | 41 | Vietnam | 225.161 | 184.065 | 22,3% | 0,3% |
| 41 | 48 | Pakistan | 220.485 | 140.926 | 56,5% | 0,2% |
| 42 | 44 | Portugal | 209.329 | 169.036 | 23,8% | 0,2% |
| 43 | 42 | Norway | 181.875 | 171.857 | 5,8% | 0,2% |
| 44 | 39 | Oman | 166.530 | 214.896 | -22,5% | 0,2% |
| 45 | 43 | Uzbekistan | 166.157 | 169.086 | -1,7% | 0,2% |
| 46 | 47 | Kuwait | 162.401 | 162.719 | -0,2% | 0,2% |
| 47 | 46 | Peru | 152.519 | 162.885 | -6,4% | 0,2% |
| 48 | 52 | Ireland | 148.030 | 112.905 | 31,1% | 0,2% |
| 49 | 49 | New Zealand | 133.695 | 126.693 | 5,5% | 0,2% |
| 50 | 50 | Morocco | 131.935 | 122.081 | 8,1% | 0,1% |
| 51 | 73 | Sri Lanka | 108.539 | 38.780 | 179,9% | 0,1% |
| 52 | 53 | Finland | 107.803 | 105.304 | 2,4% | 0,1% |
| 53 | 45 | Kazakhstan | 97.691 | 163.515 | -40,3% | 0,1% |
| 54 | 55 | Qatar | 96.564 | 100.108 | -3,5% | 0,1% |
| 55 | 57 | Puerto Rico | 83.668 | 90.388 | -7,4% | 0,1% |
| 56 | 58 | Greece | 81.290 | 76.109 | 6,8% | 0,1% |
| 57 | 60 | Romania | 81.181 | 70.172 | 15,7% | 0,1% |
| 58 | 51 | Ecuador | 79.427 | 113.904 | -30,3% | 0,1% |
| 59 | 71 | Singapore | 78.563 | 47.258 | 66,2% | 0,1% |
| 60 | 62 | Hungary | 77.172 | 67.476 | 14,4% | 0,1% |
| 61 | 59 | Slovakia | 74.284 | 74.565 | -0,4% | 0,1% |
| 62 | 63 | Bahrain | 65.301 | 62.452 | 4,6% | 0,1% |
| 63 | 64 | Panama | 64.737 | 59.692 | 8,5% | 0,1% |
| 64 | 61 | Jordan | 61.713 | 69.583 | -11,3% | 0,1% |
| 65 | 67 | Slovenia | 59.450 | 53.303 | 11,5% | 0,1% |
| 66 | 68 | Hong Kong | 55.719 | 52.864 | 5,4% | 0,1% |
| 67 | 66 | Tunisia | 55.292 | 53.490 | 3,4% | 0,1% |
| 68 | 65 | Nigeria | 55.244 | 53.822 | 2,6% | 0,1% |
| 69 | 56 | Iraq | 53.848 | 94.613 | -43,1% | 0,1% |
| 70 | 54 | Ukraine | 50.840 | 103.546 | -50,9% | 0,1% |
| 71 | 76 | Belarus | 48.255 | 36.210 | 33,3% | 0,1% |
| 72 | 69 | Uruguay | 48.206 | 52.485 | -8,2% | 0,1% |
| 73 | 70 | Luxembourg | 46.464 | 49.719 | -6,5% | 0,1% |
| 74 | 75 | Bolivia | 41.170 | 37.412 | 10,0% | 0,0% |
| 75 | 78 | Costa Rica | 41.001 | 34.022 | 20,5% | 0,0% |
| 76 | 74 | Lebanon | 39.361 | 37.816 | 4,1% | 0,0% |
| 77 | 77 | Botswana | 38.751 | 34.292 | 13,0% | 0,0% |
| 78 | 82 | Laos | 38.098 | 26.724 | 42,6% | 0,0% |
| 79 | 79 | Croatia | 35.708 | 33.953 | 5,2% | 0,0% |
| 80 | 83 | Bulgaria | 29.162 | 25.939 | 12,4% | 0,0% |
| 81 | 81 | Guatemala | 29.159 | 28.587 | 2,0% | 0,0% |
| 82 | 84 | Reunion | 27.187 | 25.349 | 7,3% | 0,0% |
| 83 | 80 | Paraguay | 24.558 | 30.691 | -20,0% | 0,0% |
| 84 | 86 | Syria | 22.100 | 22.799 | -3,1% | 0,0% |
| 85 | 89 | Serbia | 21.838 | 19.698 | 10,9% | 0,0% |
| 86 | 88 | Estonia | 21.060 | 21.124 | -0,3% | 0,0% |
| 87 | 72 | Angola | 20.226 | 40.519 | -50,1% | 0,0% |
| 88 | 87 | Namibia | 20.174 | 22.000 | -8,3% | 0,0% |
| 89 | 91 | Kenya | 19.549 | 17.296 | 13,0% | 0,0% |
| 90 | 85 | Venezuela | 17.232 | 24.227 | -28,9% | 0,0% |
| 91 | 95 | Lithuania | 17.064 | 14.504 | 17,7% | 0,0% |
| 92 | 93 | Latvia | 16.104 | 14.989 | 7,4% | 0,0% |
| 93 | 92 | Trinidad & Tobago | 15.732 | 17.100 | -8,0% | 0,0% |
| 94 | 94 | Guadeloupe | 15.063 | 14.768 | 2,0% | 0,0% |
| 95 | 90 | Brunei | 14.407 | 18.133 | -20,5% | 0,0% |
| 96 | 99 | El Salvador | 12.700 | 11.869 | 7,0% | 0,0% |
| 97 | 114 | Macedonia | 12.674 | 4.220 | 200,3% | 0,0% |
| 98 | 97 | Honduras | 12.533 | 12.600 | -0,5% | 0,0% |
| 99 | 96 | Martinique | 12.265 | 13.241 | -7,4% | 0,0% |
| 100 | 101 | Iceland | 11.022 | 9.629 | 14,5% | 0,0% |
