The global automobile production is decreasing by 14% compared to 2019
- Global automotive production reached a volume of 57,651,859 units (PC + LUV) in the first 9 months of 2021, compared to 52,612,574 in the first 9 months of 2020. This figure represents an increase of 9.6% compared to in the first 9 months of 2020, but a decrease of 14.4% compared to the first 9 months of 2019.
- Of this total, China produced 18,235,030 units (32% of the world production against 31% in the first 6 months of 2021), ahead of the European Union with 10,084,262 units (17.5% of the global production against 18.5% over the first 6 months of 2021) and the NAFTA region with 10,040,623 units (17% of the global production, equal to over the first 6 months of 2021). These three regions alone account for two-thirds of global automobile production.
- If we compare passenger cars (PCs) to Light utility vehicles (LUVs), the world produced 46,575,376 PCs in the first 9 months of 2021 and 11,076,483 LUVs (accounting for 19% of the total).
- By country, China is therefore the leading producer country ahead of the United States (6,921,748 vehicles), Japan (5,834,361 units), India (3,289,623 units), South Korea (2,575,868 units), Germany (2,514,014 units) which for the first time was overtaken by India and South Korea, Mexico (2,301,397 units), Spain (1,792,256 units), Brazil (1,485,513 units), Thailand (1,211,635 units), France (1,066,048 units) and Russia (1,023,289 units). At the current rate, global automobile production could show relative stagnation over the whole of 2021 compared to 2020.
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