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Based on a comparison of 18 countries in 2016, Germany ranked the highest in number of new executive cars sold with 602 '000 followed by United Kingdom and France. On the other end of the scale was Iceland with 2.19 '000, Greece with 2.68 '000 and Luxembourg with 11.0 '000.
Data for more countries are available at Number of New Executive Cars Sold indicator page.
| Number of New Executive 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 | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 38.1 | 48.2 | 44.8 | 41.5 | 39.5 | ||||||
| Belgium | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 68.3 | 80.7 | 67.9 | 62.1 | 64.4 | ||||||
| Denmark | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9.59 | 10.5 | 8.97 | 9.30 | 11.6 | ||||||
| Finland | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15.4 | 19.1 | 16.7 | 15.0 | 17.2 | ||||||
| France | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 105 | 122 | 114 | 84.2 | 84.8 | ||||||
| Germany | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 508 | 591 | 560 | 508 | 511 | ||||||
| Ireland | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7.36 | 8.69 | 8.61 | 7.58 | 9.03 | ||||||
| Italy | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 114 | 122 | 90.2 | 76.7 | 78.0 | ||||||
| Netherlands | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 36.4 | 44.3 | 40.1 | 39.7 | 34.6 | ||||||
| Norway | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 19.4 | 23.2 | 24.4 | 22.5 | 25.5 | ||||||
| Portugal | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 20.4 | 17.4 | 11.7 | 11.5 | 14.7 | ||||||
| Spain | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 77.0 | 73.0 | 54.0 | 48.9 | 59.5 | ||||||
| Sweden | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 81.1 | 88.8 | 80.2 | 77.6 | 88.1 | ||||||
| Switzerland | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 41.8 | 49.7 | 55.2 | 52.0 | 52.6 | ||||||
| United Kingdom | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 271 | 286 | 298 | 300 | 323 |
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