Africa Passenger Car Sales for 2014
In 2014, the African automotive market continued to show positive growth in many countries. Economic development, increasing urbanization, and a growing middle class contributed to the rise in car sales across the continent. South Africa remained the largest car market in Africa in 2014 but continued to see some softness, with volumes down 2.5% year on year. Egypt claimed back it’s second place in 2014 which Algeria had claimed in 2013 with strong 24% growth to 274k sales units. The rest of Africa performed well in 2014, with 70% of countries seeing new car market growth.
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).
