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Based on a comparison of 18 countries in 2016, Sweden ranked the highest in executive cars as a share of new cars sold with 29.1% followed by Luxembourg and Switzerland. On the other end of the scale was Greece with 3.40%, Italy with 6.41% and France with 6.94%.
Data for more countries are available at Executive Cars (As % of New Cars Sold) indicator page.
Executive Cars (As % of New 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 | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11.6% | 13.5% | 13.3% | 13.0% | 13.0% | ||||||
Belgium | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12.5% | 14.1% | 14.0% | 12.8% | 13.3% | ||||||
Denmark | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6.23% | 6.18% | 5.25% | 5.11% | 6.13% | ||||||
Finland | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13.7% | 15.2% | 15.0% | 14.5% | 16.2% | ||||||
Germany | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17.4% | 18.6% | 18.2% | 17.2% | 16.8% | ||||||
Iceland | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11.1% | 12.9% | 13.1% | 11.6% | 12.2% | ||||||
Ireland | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8.32% | 9.67% | 10.8% | 10.2% | 9.38% | ||||||
Luxembourg | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17.7% | 21.3% | 20.1% | 19.2% | 19.0% | ||||||
Netherlands | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7.54% | 7.97% | 7.99% | 9.52% | 8.92% | ||||||
Norway | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15.2% | 16.7% | 17.7% | 15.8% | 17.7% | ||||||
Portugal | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9.15% | 11.3% | 12.2% | 10.9% | 10.3% | ||||||
Spain | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7.84% | 9.04% | 7.72% | 6.76% | 6.69% | ||||||
Sweden | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 28.0% | 29.1% | 28.7% | 28.8% | 29.0% | ||||||
Switzerland | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 14.2% | 15.6% | 16.8% | 16.9% | 17.4% | ||||||
United Kingdom | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13.3% | 14.7% | 14.6% | 13.3% | 13.0% |