Car Sales by Country

2020

F&I Tools key points
The top 5 world's largest automotive countries dropped 14% in yearly sales.

The pandemic hit some countries harder than others, and Western Europe had some of the largest declines with auto sales dropping 30% in many regions.

Korea was up 6% driven by the success of new luxury brand, Genesis, and vehicle sales in Korea jumped in global rank from #12 in 2019 to #7 in 2020.

**Top 25 Car Sales by Country Last Year**
Rank	Country	Cars Sold	Year ↑↓%	Top Brands
1.	China	19,290,137	↓ 7%	Volkswagen 2,609,325 Honda 1,638,749 Toyota 1,537,723
2.	United States	14,599,190	↓ 14%	Ford 1,929,364 Toyota 1,837,392 Chevy 1,740,915
3.	Japan	4,598,607	↓ 12%	Toyota 1,454,577 Suzuki 930,847 Honda 619,202
4.	Germany	2,917,435	↓ 19%	Volkswagen 525,631 Mercedes 303,180 BMW 240,972
5.	India	2,472,820	↓ 17%	Maruti Suzuki 1,213,406 Hyundai 423,655 Tata 169,894
6.	Brazil	1,954,871	↓ 26%	Chevrolet 338,524 Volkswagen 327,655 Fiat 321,733
7.	South Korea	1,874,629	↑ 6%	Hyundai 671,218 Kia 553,731 Genesis 108,728
8.	Canada	1,656,739	↓ 14%	Ford 232,188 Toyota 196,873 Honda 146,370
9.	France	1,650,221	↓ 25%	Renault 315,188 Peugeot 302,134 Citroen 163,428
10.	United Kingdom	1,631,077	↓ 30%	Ford 153,344 Volkswagen 148,415 BMW 114,936
11.	Russia	1,598,854	↓ 10%	Lada 343,842 Kia 201,772 Hyundai 164,533
12.	Italy	1,381,457	↓ 28%	Fiat 211,375 Volkswagen 128,177 Ford 89,703
13.	Mexico	949,203	↓ 28%	Nissan 194,533 Chevrolet 142,276 VW 99,879
14.	Australia	916,994	↓ 14%	Toyota 204,835 Mazda 85,707 Hyundai 64,826
15.	Spain	858,012	↓ 32%	Seat 68,640 VW 66,998 Peugeot 65,975
16.	Thailand	792,144	↓ 21%	Toyota 243,784 Isuzu 181,284 Honda 93,365
17.	Iran	786,410	↑ 1%	Saipa 394,528 Peugeot 219,475 Khodro 93,064
18.	Turkey	772,789	↑ 58%	Fiat 137,358 Renault 101,540 Ford 92,524
19.	Indonesia	582,294	↓ 46%	Toyota 182,711 Daihatsu 100,017 Honda 79,461
20.	Saudi Arabia	469,598	↓ 14%	Toyota 125,975 Hyundai 95,433 Nissan 37,539
21.	Belgium	431,570	↓ 22%	VW 39,703 BMW 35,460 Peugeot 33,525
22.	Poland	428,376	↓ 23%	Toyota 61,388 Skoda 56,351 VW 37,114
23.	Vietnam	384,977	↑ 8%	Hyundai 77,422 Toyota 71,183 Kia 39,200
24.	Netherlands	357,435	↓ 21%	VW 44,689 Kia 26,903 Peugeot 23,907
25.	Argentina	338,944	↓ 23%	Renault 41,998 Fiat 36,056 Chevrolet 33,623

Previous Reports: 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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