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Leading car manufacturing countries worldwide 2016
Leading car manufacturing countries worldwide 2016
Leading car manufacturing countries worldwide in 2016, ranked by the production volume
by I. Wagner,
last edited
Jun 4, 2018
This statistic illustrates the leading automobile manufacturing countries worldwide in 2016, ranked by the production volume. In 2016, China ranked first with a total of approximately 28 million manufactured vehicles. It was succeeded by USA and Japan with around 12 and 9 million units produced, respectively. Moreover, the U.S. was the only country where there was recorded higher volume of manufactured commercial vehicles than cars. First European country in the ranking, Germany, was ranked ranked fourth. India ranked fourth with approximately 4 million manufactured units that year.
Leading car manufacturing countries worldwide in 2016, ranked by the production volume
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| Cars | Commercial vehicles | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | 24,420,744 | 3,698,050 | 28,118,794 |
| USA | 3,934,357 | 8,263,780 | 12,198,137 |
| Japan | 7,873,886 | 1,330,704 | 9,204,590 |
| Germany | 5,746,808 | 315,754 | 6,062,562 |
| India | 3,677,605 | 811,360 | 4,488,965 |
| South Korea | 3,859,991 | 368,518 | 4,228,509 |
| Mexico | 1,993,168 | 1,604,294 | 3,597,462 |
| Spain | 2,354,117 | 531,805 | 2,885,922 |
| Canada | 802,057 | 1,568,214 | 2,370,271 |
| Brazil | 1,778,464 | 377,892 | 2,156,356 |
| France | 1,626,000 | 456,000 | 2,082,000 |
| Thailand | 805,033 | 1,139,384 | 1,944,417 |
| UK | 1,722,698 | 93,924 | 1,816,622 |
| Turkey | 950,888 | 535,039 | 1,485,927 |
| Czech Rep. | 1,344,182 | 5,714 | 1,349,896 |
| Cars | Commercial vehicles | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | 24,420,744 | 3,698,050 | 28,118,794 |
| USA | 3,934,357 | 8,263,780 | 12,198,137 |
| Japan | 7,873,886 | 1,330,704 | 9,204,590 |
| Germany | 5,746,808 | 315,754 | 6,062,562 |
| India | 3,677,605 | 811,360 | 4,488,965 |
| South Korea | 3,859,991 | 368,518 | 4,228,509 |
| Mexico | 1,993,168 | 1,604,294 | 3,597,462 |
| Spain | 2,354,117 | 531,805 | 2,885,922 |
| Canada | 802,057 | 1,568,214 | 2,370,271 |
| Brazil | 1,778,464 | 377,892 | 2,156,356 |
| France | 1,626,000 | 456,000 | 2,082,000 |
| Thailand | 805,033 | 1,139,384 | 1,944,417 |
| UK | 1,722,698 | 93,924 | 1,816,622 |
| Turkey | 950,888 | 535,039 | 1,485,927 |
| Czech Rep. | 1,344,182 | 5,714 | 1,349,896 |
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by I. Wagner,
last edited
Jun 4, 2018
This statistic illustrates the leading automobile manufacturing countries worldwide in 2016, ranked by the production volume. In 2016, China ranked first with a total of approximately 28 million manufactured vehicles. It was succeeded by USA and Japan with around 12 and 9 million units produced, respectively. Moreover, the U.S. was the only country where there was recorded higher volume of manufactured commercial vehicles than cars. First European country in the ranking, Germany, was ranked ranked fourth. India ranked fourth with approximately 4 million manufactured units that year.
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