Europe Car Sales By Nation : 2013

The data here for Europe excludes the former Soviet Union area.

Europe design and build some fine cars

It is certainly a region struggling with its economic situation. However, a steady sales decline in passenger car sales has been happening for some time. The highest figure was just over 16 million in 1999, compared to just under 11.8 million the year just gone. From the year 2000 to 2009, the region here covered dropped in sales by over 7% according to my data. I didn't realise that was the case. The four years from 2010 to 2013 the drop is just under 11%! Things are looking better though, with a -1.7% in 2013.

Yellow shows decrease in sales and share of the market. With three of the biggest four countries with decreases, it could not be anything but a fall in sales. The UK remains a bright spot in the region and the strength of its car market is a surprise to most, if not all, pundits.

12	13		2012	2013
1	1	GERMANY	3,082,504	2,952,431	-4%
2	2	UK	2,044,609	2,264,737	11%
3	3	FRANCE	1,898,760	1,790,456	-6%
4	4	ITALY	1,403,010	1,303,534	-7%
5	5	SPAIN	699,589	722,703	3%
7	6	BELGIUM	486,737	486,065	0%
6	7	NETHERLANDS	502,479	417,036	-17%
8	8	AUSTRIA	336,010	319,035	-5%
9	9	SWITZERLAND	328,139	307,885	-6%
11	10	POLAND	272,719	289,913	6%
10	11	SWEDEN	279,899	269,599	-4%
13	12	DENMARK	170,813	182,198	7%
12	13	CZECH REP	174,009	164,736	-5%
14	14	NORWAY	137,967	142,151	3%
16	15	PORTUGAL	95,309	105,921	11%
15	16	FINLAND	111,258	103,450	-7%
17	17	IRELAND	79,574	74,303	-7%
18	18	SLOVAKIA	69,268	66,000	-5%
20	19	GREECE	58,482	58,694	0%
19	20	ROMANIA	66,436	57,710	-13%
21	21	HUNGARY	53,059	56,139	6%
23	22	SLOVENIA	48,648	50,878	5%
22	23	LUXEMBURG	50,398	46,624	-7%
25	24	ESTONIA	17,267	19,500	13%
24	26	BULGARIA	19,419	19,352	0%
26	26	LITHUANIA	12,170	12,152	0%
28	27	LATVIA	10,664	10,637	0%
29	28	ICELAND	7,930	7,274	-8%
27	29	CYPRUS	10,967	7,102	-35%
		TOTAL	11,773,467	11,554,096	-2%