Japan: Passenger car sales
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| Japan |
New passenger car sales, numbers per year |
|---|---|
| Latest value | 3,836,380 |
| Year | 2025 |
| Measure | passenger cars |
| Data availability | 2005 - 2025 |
| Average | 4,154,836 |
| Min - Max | 3,448,297 - 4,748,482 |
| Source | OICA |
| Available for | Data download |
The latest value from 2025 is 3836380 passenger cars, an increase from 3725200 passenger cars in 2024. In comparison, the world average is 1198142 passenger cars, based on data from 57 countries. Historically, the average for Japan from 2005 to 2025 is 4154836 passenger cars. The minimum value, 3448297 passenger cars, was reached in 2022 while the maximum of 4748482 passenger cars was recorded in 2005.
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| Recent values | Japan: Passenger car sales |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,836,380 |
| 2024 | 3,725,200 |
| 2023 | 3,992,727 |
| 2022 | 3,448,297 |
| 2021 | 3,675,698 |
| 2020 | 3,809,977 |
| 2019 | 4,301,091 |
| 2018 | 4,391,160 |
Definition: The indicator estimates the number of new passenger car registrations and sales that took place within a country in a year. Passenger cars are road motor vehicles, other than a motor cycle, intended for the carriage of passengers and designed to seat no more than nine persons (including the driver).
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