Botswana Car/LCV Sales By Brand : 2014

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Botswana is a relatively successful sub-Sahara African nation, one of few. Of course discovering diamonds did help, but at least the rewards weren't syphoned away to far away anonymous bank accounts. The challenge now is to develop vibrant alternative for exports other than diamonds.

Sales data is a challenge to find and I suspect this the only place you will find it. You're welcome. Total sales were just down 1%. Toyota has just over 50% of the market, and daylight comes in second. I colour coded the brands by region they are associated. Japanese brands are strong as you can see.

12	13	14	Brand	2014	%	Inc/Dec
1	1	1	Toyota	18,182	53.0%	0%
2	4	2	VW	2,607	7.6%	13%
4	2	3	Mazda	2,481	7.2%	-14%
3	3	4	Nissan	1,844	5.4%	-21%
6	6	5	Honda	1,724	5.0%	15%
5	5	6	BMW	1,703	5.0%	3%
7	7	7	Mercedes	1,143	3.3%	15%
9	8	8	Ford	965	2.8%	44%
10	9	9	Audi	629	1.8%	-6%
11	12	10	Chevrolet	466	1.4%	32%
8	10	11	Mitsubishi	378	1.1%	-43%
12	14	12	Isuzu	282	0.8%	5%
14	11	13	Volvo	290	0.8%	-31%
16	15	14	Jeep	255	0.7%	-2%
13	13	15	Land Rover	238	0.7%	-23%
17	16	16	Kia	180	0.5%	-13%
	17	17	Subaru	143	0.4%	-27%
15	18	18	Hyundai	78	0.2%	-39%
19	19	18	Peugeot	78	0.2%	-15%
18	20	20	Opel	50	0.1%	-41%
	21	21	Dodge	37	0.1%	-46%
21	24	22	Renault	35	0.1%	30%
20	23	23	Chrysler	29	0.1%	-34%
	22	24	Mahindra	25	0.1%	-62%
	26	25	Iveco	4		0%
22	25	26	Daewoo	1		-94%
-	-	26	Hino	1
			Others	434	1.3%	36%
			Total	34,282		-1%

Data source: CSO Botswana.