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Based on a comparison of 49 countries in 2023, Slovakia ranked the highest in production of cars per 1,000 people with 205 vehicles followed by Czechia and South Korea. On the other end of the scale was Australia with 0 vehicles, Belarus with 0 vehicles and Egypt with 0 vehicles.
Average production of cars per 1,000 people reached 8.86 vehicles in 2023 in the World according to ACEA. This is 8.97 % more than in the previous year and -3.98 % less than 10 years ago.
Historically, average production of cars per 1,000 people reached an all time high of 9.96 vehicles in 2017 and an all time low of 6.35 vehicles in 1998. The average annual growth amounted to 1.19 % since 1960.
Data for more countries are available at Production of Cars Per 1,000 People indicator page.
| Production of Cars Per 1,000 People | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Belgium | vehicles | 30.2 | 23.9 | 22.2 | 21.3 | 20.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | vehicles | 17.8 | 16.8 | 15.3 | 14.3 | 15.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Czechia | vehicles | 132 | 134 | 133 | 108 | 103 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | vehicles | 27.0 | 27.3 | 25.5 | 14.2 | 14.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | vehicles | 69.4 | 63.2 | 57.8 | 43.8 | 38.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | vehicles | 51.6 | 47.8 | 51.7 | 42.4 | 43.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | vehicles | 66.8 | 67.2 | 67.3 | 56.6 | 54.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | vehicles | 13.7 | 16.6 | 16.9 | 14.3 | 13.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Portugal | vehicles | 12.1 | 22.4 | 27.1 | 20.4 | 22.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Romania | vehicles | 17.0 | 22.7 | 23.5 | 21.1 | 20.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Slovakia | vehicles | 186 | 204 | 207 | 186 | 194 | ||||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | vehicles | 92.2 | 102 | 96.9 | 69.1 | 46.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | vehicles | 75.5 | 73.9 | 72.8 | 64.7 | 63.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | vehicles | 48.9 | 48.4 | 48.0 | 38.5 | 35.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | vehicles | 23.3 | 29.8 | 28.5 | 25.3 | 26.1 |
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