In 2023, over 68 million passenger cars were produced worldwide. According to the source, passenger cars are motor vehicles with at least four wheels, used for the transport of passengers, and comprising no more than eight seats in addition to the driver's seat.
Passenger car production is picking up
Passenger vehicle production shrank by some 17 percent in 2020, while passenger vehicle sales decreased by 16 percent that year, mainly as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. However, already in 2021, production picked up by two percent year-on-year, and continued growing by almost eight percent in 2022 and 11 percent in 2023. The 2023 production was also the first time the world's passenger car output was greater than the output recorded in 2019.
Production of passenger cars worldwide from 1998 to 2023
(in 1,000 units)
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OICA (Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles). (March 25, 2024). Production of passenger cars worldwide from 1998 to 2023 (in 1,000 units) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/268739/production-of-passenger-cars-worldwide/
OICA (Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles). "Production of passenger cars worldwide from 1998 to 2023 (in 1,000 units)." Chart. March 25, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/268739/production-of-passenger-cars-worldwide/
OICA (Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles). (2024). Production of passenger cars worldwide from 1998 to 2023 (in 1,000 units). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/268739/production-of-passenger-cars-worldwide/
OICA (Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles). "Production of Passenger Cars Worldwide from 1998 to 2023 (in 1,000 Units)." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Mar 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/268739/production-of-passenger-cars-worldwide/
OICA (Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles), Production of passenger cars worldwide from 1998 to 2023 (in 1,000 units) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/268739/production-of-passenger-cars-worldwide/ (last visited December 23, 2024)
Production of passenger cars worldwide from 1998 to 2023 (in 1,000 units) [Graph], OICA (Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles), March 25, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/268739/production-of-passenger-cars-worldwide/
