European Automotive Industry in the Century of Asia

In 2021, there were more than 22 new passenger car registrations per 1,000 inhabitants in the European Union. Luxembourg ranks first with 70 new passenger car registrations per 1,000 inhabitants, followed by Belgium (33), Denmark and Germany (both 32). On the other hand, the lowest sales per 1,000 inhabitants in 2021 were recorded in Bulgaria (4) and Romania (6). Table 2.8: New passenger car registrations in the EU countries

Number of registrations per 1,000 inhabitants (2021)

% change 2022/2021

Country

2021

2022

Germany

2,622,132 1,659,003 1,458,032

2,651,357 1,529,035 1,316,702

+1.1 -7.8 -9.7 -5.4 -6.0 -4.4 -3.2 -4.3 -10.3 -7.1 +6.6 -20.0 +6.7 -8.5 +4.3 +0.3 -17.0 +4.1 -14.2

31.5 24.5 24.6 18.1 11.8 33.2 18.5 29.0 26.8 19.3 31.7 14.2

France

Italy

Spain

859,477 446,647 383,123 322,318 301,006 239,803 206,876 146,637 185,312 121,208 121,920 100,911 104,932 98,484 75,700 53,988 44,915 44,372 24,537 31,454 22,336 14,348 10,624

813,396 419,749 366,303 312,129 288,087 215,050 192,087 156,304 148,293 129,328 111,524 105,283 105,253 81,698 78,841 46,339 42,939 42,094 28,684 25,544 21,571 16,713 11,627

Poland

Belgium

Netherlands

Sweden Austria Czechia Portugal Denmark Romania Hungary Greece Ireland Finland Slovakia Slovenia Croatia

6.3

12.5

9.5

20.9 17.8 13.9 25.6 11.1 69.9

-4.4 -5.1

Luxembourg

Bulgaria Lithuania

+16.9 -18.8

3.5

11.2 16.8

Estonia Latvia Cyprus

-3.4

+16.5

7.6 8.5

+9.4

EU 22.2 Source: ACEA; Eurostat; data for Malta and Cyprus not available; in descending order by 2021 9,700,095 9,255,930 -4.6%

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