World Car Market Ranking by Country in 2025. While China retains top spot, India is expandind more quickly, growing 4.4% in 3rd. Italy and the UK were the two countires that struggled the most among leading markets.
World Ranking by Country considers cumulative registrations from more than 150 countries worldwide. Global vehicles sales (cars + light vehicles) in 2025 have reached 88,751 million units, growing by 1.9% in year-on-year change.
Looking at full-year figures country-wise, China remained the largest global market, up by 2.1%. This huge market accounted for 30.4% of all global sales.
USA ranked 2nd gaining 1.6% in sales volume. The country held a 18.4% share of the global market.
India ranked 3rd with a 5.1% share (+4.4%) followed by Japan which secured a 4.9% share as well (+3.2%).
Ranking 5th, Germany was still the largest European market, with a 3.2% share of the total (+1.4%), followed by Brazil -up 1 spot- in 6th (+2.7%). The UK -down 1 spot- followed in 7th (-4.8%), in front of Canada -up 1 spot- in 8th (+2.8%), Italy -down 1 spot- in 9th (-2.6%) and South Korea closing the Top 10 (+2.1%).
EV Market Trend and Outlook
Globally, EV sales are growing quickly, reaching a share of about 17% of total vehicles sold in 2025 and growing by 12.3%.
China remained the absolute leader, with about 70% of the sector at the global level (+9.8%). EVs stagnated in the US (-11.8%) but reported growth in key european market including Germany (+40.7%) and Norway (+57.4%), despite shrinking in the UK (-11.5%).
Notably, several emerging markets are reporting breakout growth, especially Vietnam (+201.7%) and Thailand (+49.7%). While government spending per EV is declining globally, the aggressive expansion strategy of Chinese manufacturers together with the surge of local competitors is fostering sector’s growth.
Tables with sales figures
In the tables below we report sales for the top 50 markets.
