World production of light vehicles by country in 2020
- Global production of light vehicles (passenger cars and light utility vehicles) fell by 16,1% in 2020, due to the coronavirus crisis that affected most countries, but with very different intensity from continent to continent.
- Asian countries suffered less than the others, notably China (-1.9% drop in production), Taiwan (-2.3%) and South Korea (-11.9%). Consequently, these three countries saw their share increase in the world production last year, and this is especially true for China, which saw its share increase from 28% in 2019 to 33% of world production in 2020. This country is largely the leader in world automobile production, ahead of the United States and Japan, whose shares remain stable at 12% and 10% respectively.
- The European Union as a whole achieves 18% of the world production in 2020, against 20% in 2019. Among European countries, the largest decreases are recorded by France (-38.5%) and Great Britain ( -29.5%). France has combined the coronavirus effect (closure of plants, lock-down) and the relocation outside France of models such as the Peugeot 208, Peugeot 2008 and Renault Clio. UK, on its side, has suffered not only from the coronavirus crisis but also from the wait for the latest Brexit negotiations. Several carmakers have thus voluntarily reduced their production so that stocks can be completely reduced at the end of the year. But Brexit negotiations were finalized at the end of 2020, so carmakers located in UK can now apply their strategies for the short term.
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