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Table 1-22: World Motor Vehicle Production, Selected Countries

(Thousands of vehicles)

Passenger cars^a

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	1961	1971	1981	1991	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
TOTAL world	11,391	26,453	27,407	35,287	35,730	36,111	37,318	38,474	37,286	38,816	40,732	40,144	41,215	41,782	42,832	44,113
U.S. percent of world	48%	32%	23%	15%	19%	18%	16%	15%	15%	15%	14%	12%	12%	11%	10%	10%
Argentina	78	193	139	114	338	227	269	366	353	225	239	170	111	110	171	183
Australia	182	393	352	269	323	314	303	320	350	294	324	286	307	366	341	320
Austria	8	1	7	14	45	59	97	98	91	124	116	131	131	119	227	231
Belgium	N	279	216	253	409	386	368	356	319	218	912	1,059	937	792	852	895
Brazil	98	342	406	705	1,248	1,297	1,459	1,680	1,244	1,102	1,348	1,482	1,521	1,505	1,756	2,009
Canada	328	1,083	803	1,060	1,214	1,337	1,279	1,374	1,122	1,626	1,551	1,275	1,369	1,340	1,336	1,356
China	N	N	N	81	250	321	382	482	507	570	620	704	1,091	2,019	2,316	3,118
Czech Republic^b	59	149	181	173	174	208	263	321	368	348	428	457	441	436	443	599
France	988	2,694	2,612	3,188	3,175	3,051	3,148	2,259	2,603	2,676	2,883	3,182	3,284	3,220	2,913	3,113
Germany	1,802	3,829	3,758	4,677	4,094	4,360	4,540	4,678	5,348	5,310	4,803	5,301	4,799	5,145	5,192	5,350
India	22	42	42	179	237	330	396	410	384	519	514	548	706	907	940	999
Italy	694	1,701	1,257	1,633	1,341	1,422	1,318	1,563	1,402	1,410	1,422	1,272	1,126	1,026	834	726
Japan	250	3,718	6,974	9,753	7,802	7,611	7,864	8,491	8,056	8,100	8,363	8,118	8,619	8,478	8,720	9,017
South Korea	N	N	69	1,158	1,806	2,003	2,265	2,308	1,625	2,362	2,602	2,471	2,651	2,768	2,054	2,195
Malaysia	N	N	N	102	137	164	176	280	126	200	280	345	U	U	U	U
Mexico	N	154	355	720	857	699	798	855	953	994	1,130	1,001	960	774	782	846
Netherlands	13	78	78	85	92	100	145	197	243	262	215	189	182	163	188	115
Poland	14	86	248	168	349	347	353	295	460	651	533	367	287	285	516	527
Portugal	N	N	N	N	38	41	119	186	181	187	191	177	183	166	151	138
Romania	N	N	N	84	85	71	76	108	104	88	58	57	U	U	U	U
Russia	149	518	1,324	1,308	796	838	868	982	U	946	966	1,022	981	1,010	1,110	1,068
Spain	55	453	855	1,943	1,974	2,131	2,213	2,342	2,217	2,029	2,445	2,211	2,267	2,399	2,403	2,098
Sweden	110	287	258	269	353	388	368	376	368	385	260	248	238	280	290	289
Taiwan	N	N	N	266	291	282	265	268	293	255	265	195	245	265	300	324
Turkey	N	13	25	196	213	233	208	243	U	U	297	175	204	294	447	454
United Kingdom	1,004	1,742	955	1,237	1,467	1,532	1,686	1,698	1,748	1,787	1,629	1,492	1,628	1,658	1,647	1,596
United States	5,522	8,584	6,253	5,439	6,614	6,351	6,083	5,927	5,554	5,638	5,542	4,879	5,019	4,510	4,230	4,321
Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of	15	114	240	213	8	8	9	11	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U

Commercial vehicles^c

	1961	1971	1981	1991	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
TOTAL world	3,809	6,948	9,729	11,996	13,952	13,926	14,147	14,988	14,811	16,132	16,796	16,181	17,757	18,549	21,131	21,638
U.S. percent of world	30%	30%	17%	28%	40%	40%	40%	41%	44%	46%	43%	40%	41%	41%	37%	35%
Argentina	58	60	33	25	70	59	44	80	105	80	101	66	48	60	89	137
Australia	49	77	40	15	31	17	19	29	34	17	25	34	37	48	64	69
Austria	5	6	8	6	3	9	9	10	12	16	25	24	20	21	21	23
Belgium	1	17	41	84	70	82	69	74	87	74	121	129	119	113	43	31
Brazil	47	174	374	255	334	332	346	388	329	242	323	316	271	322	454	519
Canada	63	277	520	829	1,106	1,071	1,118	1,198	1,050	1,430	1,411	1,258	1,260	1,213	1,376	1,332
China	N	N	N	628	1,103	1,114	1,084	1,096	1,121	1,235	1,389	1,628	2,160	2,425	2,754	2,590
Czech Republic^b	17	28	49	29	6	8	9	47	42	27	27	8	6	5	5	5
France	217	316	408	423	383	424	443	322	351	357	469	447	409	400	439	386
Germany	411	312	358	358	262	307	303	345	379	378	395	390	346	361	378	408
India	32	47	107	176	238	306	366	336	129	261	282	277	186	254	571	643
Italy	65	116	176	245	194	245	227	254	290	291	316	308	301	295	308	313
Japan	789	2,093	4,206	3,492	2,752	2,585	2,482	2,484	1,994	1,805	1,781	1,660	1,639	1,808	1,791	1,783
South Korea	N	N	65	340	506	523	548	510	329	471	513	475	496	410	1,416	1,505
Malaysia	N	N	N	0	0	0	0	0	7	5	15	14	U	U	U	U
Mexico	N	57	242	269	266	236	422	503	500	540	792	856	845	801	771	838
Netherlands	6	13	12	26	23	32	19	20	28	25	52	50	49	56	60	65
Poland	22	60	60	25	16	34	48	27	39	44	24	20	23	14	76	85
Portugal	N	N	N	26	87	16	13	81	90	65	56	62	68	74	76	82
Romania	N	N	N	10	5	22	23	21	23	19	14	12	U	U	U	U
Russia	406	612	874	744	206	156	136	192	U	226	237	228	239	269	275	285
Spain	20	79	132	139	168	203	199	220	609	644	587	639	588	630	610	654
Sweden	22	30	55	75	82	102	95	104	114	109	36	38	38	43	48	35
Taiwan	N	N	N	116	132	124	101	113	112	95	100	77	92	122	131	123
Turkey	N	12	22	46	31	49	69	102	U	U	133	95	142	240	376	426
United Kingdom	443	456	230	217	228	233	238	238	233	186	189	193	193	189	209	207
United States	1,131	2,088	1,690	3,372	5,649	5,635	5,716	6,192	6,452	7,387	7,228	6,546	7,261	7,577	7,731	7,656
Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of	5	18	27	26	2	2	1	2	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U

Total Passenger cars^a and Commercial vehicles^c

	1961	1971	1981	1991	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
TOTAL world	15,200	33,401	37,136	47,283	49,682	50,036	51,465	53,463	52,098	54,948	57,528	56,325	58,973	60,331	63,963	65,750
U.S. percent of world	44%	32%	21%	19%	25%	24%	23%	23%	23%	24%	22%	20%	21%	20%	19%	18%
Argentina	136	253	172	139	409	286	313	446	458	305	340	236	159	170	260	320
Australia	231	470	392	284	354	331	322	349	384	311	348	319	344	413	405	389
Austria	13	7	15	20	48	68	106	108	103	139	141	155	151	140	249	253
Belgium	1	296	257	337	479	468	437	430	406	291	1,033	1,187	1,056	904	895	927
Brazil	145	516	780	960	1,582	1,629	1,805	2,067	1,573	1,344	1,671	1,798	1,793	1,827	2,210	2,528
Canada	391	1,360	1,323	1,889	2,321	2,408	2,397	2,571	2,173	3,057	2,962	2,532	2,629	2,553	2,712	2,688
China	N	N	N	709	1,353	1,435	1,466	1,578	1,628	1,805	2,009	2,332	3,251	4,444	5,071	5,708
Czech Republic^b	76	177	230	202	180	216	272	369	411	376	455	465	447	442	448	605
France	1,205	3,010	3,020	3,611	3,558	3,475	3,591	2,581	2,954	3,033	3,352	3,628	3,693	3,620	3,352	3,499
Germany	2,213	4,141	4,116	5,035	4,356	4,667	4,843	5,023	5,727	5,688	5,198	5,692	5,145	5,507	5,570	5,758
India	54	89	149	355	475	636	762	746	513	780	796	825	892	1,161	1,511	1,642
Italy	759	1,817	1,433	1,878	1,534	1,667	1,545	1,817	1,693	1,701	1,738	1,580	1,427	1,322	1,142	1,038
Japan	1,039	5,811	11,180	13,245	10,554	10,196	10,346	10,975	10,050	9,905	10,145	9,777	10,258	10,286	10,512	10,800
South Korea	N	N	134	1,498	2,312	2,526	2,813	2,818	1,954	2,832	3,115	2,946	3,148	3,178	3,469	3,699
Malaysia	N	N	N	102	137	164	176	280	134	205	295	359	U	U	U	U
Mexico	N	211	597	989	1,123	935	1,220	1,358	1,453	1,534	1,923	1,857	1,805	1,575	1,553	1,684
Netherlands	19	91	90	111	115	132	164	218	271	287	267	239	231	219	248	181
Poland	36	146	308	193	365	381	401	322	499	695	556	387	310	300	592	612
Portugal	N	N	N	26	125	57	132	267	271	252	247	240	251	239	227	219
Romania	N	N	N	94	90	93	99	129	127	107	72	69	U	U	U	U
Russia	555	1,130	2,198	2,052	1,002	994	1,004	1,174	U	1,172	1,203	1,250	1,220	1,280	1,385	1,353
Spain	75	532	987	2,082	2,142	2,334	2,412	2,562	2,826	2,672	3,033	2,850	2,855	3,030	3,012	2,753
Sweden	132	317	313	344	435	490	463	480	483	494	296	286	276	323	339	324
Taiwan	N	N	N	382	423	406	366	381	405	350	365	272	337	387	431	446
Turkey	N	25	47	242	244	282	277	344	U	U	431	271	347	534	823	879
United Kingdom	1,447	2,198	1,185	1,454	1,695	1,765	1,924	1,936	1,981	1,973	1,817	1,685	1,821	1,846	1,856	1,803
United States	6,653	10,672	7,943	8,811	12,263	11,985	11,799	12,119	12,006	13,025	12,771	11,425	12,280	12,087	11,960	11,977
Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of	20	132	267	239	9	10	10	14	U	U	U	U	U	U	U	U

KEY: N = data do not exist; U = data are not available.

^a Does not include minivans, pickups, and sport utility vehicles.

^bFormerly Czechoslovakia.

^cIncludes all trucks and buses. Light trucks, such as pickups, sport utility vehicles, and minivans are included under commercial vehicles.

NOTES

Prior to 2000, the country of manufacture was recognized as the producing country. To conform with current OICA (International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers) practices, starting in 2000, the country of final assembly was recognized as the producing country. This explains the sudden change in trends across some countries from 1999 to 2000.

Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE

Ward's, Motor Vehicle Facts & Figures 2006 (Southfield, MI: 2006), p. 14 and similar pages in previous editions.

Table 1-22: World Motor Vehicle Production, Selected Countries

Passenger carsa

Commercial vehiclesc

Total Passenger carsa and Commercial vehiclesc

Passenger cars^a

Commercial vehicles^c

Total Passenger cars^a and Commercial vehicles^c