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What Nation Produces the Most Cars per Capita?

Production of Cars Per 1,000 People (vehicles), 2023
Automotive | March 25, 2025
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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