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Lower-medium cars as a share of new cars sold fell 6.63% to 28.2% in Belgium in 2016, according to ACEA.
Historically, lower-medium cars as a share of new cars sold in Belgium reached an all time high of 32.8% in 2007 and an all time low of 28.2% in 2016. When compared to Belgium's main peers, lower-medium cars as a share of new cars sold in France amounted to 27.7%, 32.8% in Germany, 27.8% in Luxembourg and 24.5% in Netherlands in 2016.
Belgium has been ranked 9th within the group of 18 countries we follow in terms of lower-medium cars as a share of new cars sold, 1 place below the position seen 10 years ago.
Lower-Medium 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 | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 34.3% | 33.0% | 33.0% | 33.0% | 33.5% | ||||||
Belgium | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 30.0% | 29.8% | 31.2% | 31.3% | 31.1% | ||||||
Denmark | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 25.7% | 26.0% | 21.7% | 22.4% | 24.5% | ||||||
France | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 27.9% | 29.7% | 31.2% | 30.3% | 30.0% | ||||||
Germany | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 33.6% | 32.6% | 32.8% | 34.3% | 34.2% | ||||||
Italy | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 18.9% | 19.5% | 20.9% | 19.8% | 19.2% | ||||||
Luxembourg | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 29.9% | 28.6% | 30.8% | 31.2% | 32.3% | ||||||
Netherlands | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 24.8% | 23.1% | 26.4% | 28.4% | 27.6% | ||||||
Poland | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Spain | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 38.9% | 38.2% | 37.7% | 37.7% | 37.8% | ||||||
United Kingdom | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 30.2% | 28.2% | 27.2% | 28.0% | 27.2% |