Car Sales by Country

2022 Full Year

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China was the #1 car sales country in 2022.

China auto sales increased 10% year-over-year to over 23 million vehicles, and outpaced 2nd place USA by nearly 10 million units.

Malaysia and Vietnam posted tremendous gains, up 42% and 33%, to make the top 25 list of the largest car sales by country.

**Top 25 Car Sales by Country Last Year**
Rank	Country	Cars Sold	Year ↑↓%	Top Brands
1.	China	23,563,247	↑ 10%	Volkswagen 2,233,886 Toyota 2,230,226 Honda 1,399,135
2.	United States	13,689,240	↓ 8%	Ford 1,767,344 Toyota 1,754,989 Chevy 1,519,344
3.	Japan	4,203,712	↓ 5%	Toyota 1,289,132 Suzuki 602,724 Daihatsu 575,563
4.	India	3,780,870	↑ 23%	Maruti Suzuki 1,576,025 Hyundai 552,522 Tata 526,798
5.	Germany	2,651,574	↑ 1%	Volkswagen 481,177 Mercedes 231,156 Audi 212,964
6.	Brazil	1,957,834	↓ 1%	Fiat 428,975 Chevrolet 291,418 Volkswagen 268,867
7.	South Korea	1,672,256	↓ 2%	Hyundai 688,874 Kia 545,216 Genesis 135,249
8.	United Kingdom	1,615,219	↓ 2%	Volkswagen 132,582 Ford 125,389 BMW 109,214
9.	France	1,598,976	↓ 8%	Peugeot 245,543 Renault 236,317 Citroen 130,178
10.	Canada	1,524,379	↓ 7%	Ford 232,842 Toyota 174,931 Chevy 114,692
11.	Italy	1,317,104	↓ 10%	Fiat 178,969 Volkswagen 105,277 Toyota 92,225
12.	Mexico	1,089,736	↑ 7%	Nissan 169,321 Chevrolet 155,436 Toyota 96,433
13.	Australia	1,081,429	↑ 3%	Toyota 231,050 Mazda 95,718 Hyundai 78,330
14.	Indonesia	1,048,121	↑ 18%	Toyota 331,505 Daihatsu 202,677 Mitsubishi 98,842
15.	Thailand	849,388	↑ 16%	Toyota 288,809 Isuzu 212,527 Honda 82,901
16.	Turkey	827,147	↑ 12%	Fiat 146,489 Renault 99,544 VW 77,521
17.	Spain	814,369	↓ 5%	Toyota 73,594 Kia 63,542 Seat 62,942
18.	Malaysia	720,593	↑ 42%	Perodua 282,019 Proton 135,621 Toyota 101,217
19.	Russia	687,370	↓ 59%	Lada 189,243 Kia 67,423 Hyundai 55,121
20.	Saudi Arabia	625,936	↑ 7%	Toyota 197,534 Hyundai 89,182 Nissan 36,398
21.	South Africa	528,963	↑ 14%	Toyota 132,033 VW 69,801 Suzuki 47,078
22.	Poland	481,597	↓ 7%	Toyota 78,527 Skoda 42,309 VW 35,235
23.	Argentina	407,567	↑ 7%	Toyota 85,422 Fiat 55,736 VW 47,833
24.	Vietnam	405,232	↑ 33%	Toyota 91,243 Kia 61,282 Mitsubishi 39,722
25.	Belgium	366,303	↓ 5%	BMW 38,019 VW 32,123 Mercedes 29,362

Previous Reports: 2021 2020 2019 2018

Discrepancy in Numbers

Pinpointing sold vehicles per country per year is not as simple as it may sound. We end up with ballpark numbers due to many factors:

Are we counting fleet vehicles sold to businesses and rental companies in our list?

Are we including heavy duty trucks in the list?

Should Europe be considered in total, or should we consider each individual country within Europe separately?

Should we list parent companies, or only list the brands they own?

Are we counting the amount of vehicles that are shipped to dealers or are we counting the number of new car registrations?

The goal is to count new vehicle registrations for automobiles purchased for personal use, but many other types of sales may end up in one set of data but not another.

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