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Based on a comparison of 18 countries in 2016, Italy ranked the highest in number of new small cars sold with 1,134 '000 followed by United Kingdom and France. On the other end of the scale was Iceland with 6.58 '000, Luxembourg with 15.1 '000 and Finland with 25.9 '000.
Data for more countries are available at Number of New Small Cars Sold indicator page.
| Number of New Small Cars Sold | Unit | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
| Austria | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 118 | 124 | 111 | 106 | 103 | ||||||
| Belgium | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 226 | 226 | 174 | 184 | 183 | ||||||
| Denmark | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 79.2 | 85.7 | 103 | 110 | 102 | ||||||
| France | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,284 | 1,157 | 930 | 944 | 967 | ||||||
| Germany | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 888 | 930 | 886 | 864 | 897 | ||||||
| Greece | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 76.5 | 58.1 | 36.2 | 35.7 | 43.7 | ||||||
| Ireland | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 25.8 | 24.0 | 19.1 | 20.3 | 27.2 | ||||||
| Italy | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,237 | 1,033 | 825 | 804 | 855 | ||||||
| Netherlands | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 251 | 304 | 250 | 193 | 183 | ||||||
| Norway | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 26.8 | 28.9 | 27.5 | 28.9 | 32.0 | ||||||
| Portugal | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 99.5 | 68.9 | 41.1 | 47.7 | 63.2 | ||||||
| Spain | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 319 | 257 | 230 | 259 | 338 | ||||||
| Sweden | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 53.9 | 56.2 | 48.7 | 47.8 | 55.2 | ||||||
| Switzerland | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 103 | 112 | 103 | 98.2 | 94.8 | ||||||
| United Kingdom | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 802 | 762 | 829 | 951 | 1,059 |
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