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Sales of cars as a share of worldwide production rose 10.3% to 0.070% in Costa Rica in 2016, according to ACEA.
Historically, sales of cars as a share of worldwide production in Costa Rica reached an all time high of 0.070% in 2016 and an all time low of 0.024% in 2009. When compared to Costa Rica's main peers, sales of cars as a share of worldwide production in Guatemala amounted to 0.024%, 0.001% in Honduras, 0.008% in Nicaragua and 0.067% in Panama in 2016.
Costa Rica has been ranked 61st within the group of 139 countries we follow in terms of sales of cars as a share of worldwide production, 18 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Sales Of New Cars (As % Of Total Worldwide Sales) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Belize | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | ... | ||||||||||
| Colombia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.403% | 0.357% | 0.311% | 0.292% | 0.320% | |||||||||||
| Costa Rica | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.054% | 0.063% | 0.070% | 0.058% | 0.049% | ... | ||||||||||
| El Salvador | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.008% | 0.008% | 0.007% | 0.010% | 0.011% | ... | ||||||||||
| Guatemala | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.026% | 0.027% | 0.024% | 0.020% | 0.021% | ... | ||||||||||
| Honduras | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.002% | 0.001% | 0.001% | 0.014% | 0.015% | ... | ||||||||||
| Mexico | % | 1.13% | 1.35% | 1.53% | 1.39% | 1.29% | ||||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.008% | 0.007% | 0.008% | 0.011% | 0.014% | ... | ||||||||||
| Panama | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.065% | 0.070% | 0.067% | 0.062% | 0.053% | ... | ||||||||||
| USA | % | 11.7% | 11.3% | 9.89% | 8.60% | 7.72% |
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