Top 100 Countries by Automotive Exports (Value), 2025 — Top 20, Full Ranking, and Definitions

by StatRanker December 25, 2025 1609 13 min read

StatRanker • Automotive exports

What this ranking measures

This page ranks countries by the export value of automotive products. In practice, export value is a signal of how an economy is plugged into global automotive value chains: final assembly hubs, component clusters (parts & modules), and cross-border supplier networks.

Data year used inside charts & tables: 2024 (latest harmonized full-year trade data available at time of publication; page published as “2025” update).
Product scope: HS code 87 (vehicles + parts & accessories for vehicles). “What’s included” is detailed in Block 3.

Why exports matter: a country can export a lot with a modest domestic car market if it acts as an assembly/export platform (close to OEMs, trade agreements, logistics).
Why comparability can break: mixing HS scopes (e.g., HS 87 vs “autos + batteries + electronics”) can reshuffle ranks. This page keeps a single, explicit HS definition.
How to read the page: use Top 20 charts for concentration, then compare exports vs production to separate export hubs from domestic-market producers.

Related context (internal links):
• Trade openness (exports+imports to GDP): Top 100 Countries by Trade Openness, 2025
• Commercial vehicle fleet size: Top 100 Countries by Commercial Vehicle Fleet Size, 2025

Charts

Bar shows the Top 20 exporters. Pareto shows cumulative share of the Top 20 in world automotive exports (HS 87). Scatter compares export value (X) vs motor vehicle production (Y) for countries where production data is available.

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Table 1 — Top 100 automotive exports (value)

Exports are shown as USD bn. Share is the country’s % of world HS 87 exports. Use “Show all 100” to expand.

Rank	Country	Exports (USD bn)	Share of world (%)

Table 2 — Automotive exports as share of total exports

Share = HS 87 exports divided by total exports of goods & services (USD). Coverage is limited to countries with total-exports data available for the same year range.

Rank	Country	Auto exports (USD bn)	Total exports (USD bn)	Auto share (%)

Table 3 — Automotive exports vs motor vehicle production

This comparison helps separate export platforms from domestic-market producers. Coverage is limited to countries with production data.

Country	Auto exports (USD bn)	Vehicle production (units)	Exports per vehicle (USD)

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What’s included in “automotive” (and what is not)

For this ranking, “automotive exports” is defined as HS 87 (vehicles and parts thereof). This choice is intentional: it keeps the ranking comparable across countries because HS trade reporting is widely available and consistently structured.

Included (HS 87): complete vehicles (passenger cars, commercial vehicles, special-purpose vehicles) and a wide range of parts & accessories classified under HS 8708 and other HS 87 headings.

Not fully captured by HS 87: many upstream EV inputs (e.g., traction batteries), semiconductors, and some engine categories, because they often sit in different HS chapters. If you expand the scope beyond HS 87, ranks can shift—especially for economies specialized in electronics or battery supply chains.

Interpretation tip: HS 87 is a clean lens for “vehicles + vehicle parts trade,” but it is not a complete measure of the whole EV value chain.
Comparability tip: when comparing to other sources, verify they also use HS 87 (or clearly document an alternative definition).

Export hubs vs domestic markets (mini-framework)

Two countries can export the same dollar value for very different reasons. One can be an export platform tightly integrated into cross-border supplier networks; the other can be a large domestic producer where exports are only one channel among many.

Export hub profile

High automotive exports relative to the size of the domestic economy and strong exposure to trade agreements/logistics corridors. Often characterized by assembly + component ecosystems serving external markets.

Domestic market producer profile

Large production capacity and supplier depth, but exports may be a smaller share because a significant fraction is absorbed by the local market or because exports are diversified across product groups outside HS 87.

How to use StatRanker links

Pair this page with Trade openness to understand how export-dependent the economy is overall, and with Commercial vehicle fleet size to approximate domestic transport demand.

Common pitfall

Treating “automotive exports” as “car exports only.” HS 87 includes parts; a country can rank high mainly through component exports, even if final vehicle assembly is smaller.

Notes on interpretation

Re-exports and logistics hubs: some economies can show elevated trade values due to re-export activity and logistics roles, not only domestic manufacturing.
Parts vs complete vehicles: high exports can reflect deep supplier networks (modules, components) even when final assembly is elsewhere.
Exports vs production: production (units) is a quantity metric; exports (USD) also reflect product mix, price levels, and component intensity.

Primary sources :
• International Trade Centre (ITC) — Trade Map (HS product trade): trademap.org / ITC tool page: intracen.org (Trade Map)
• UN Comtrade (HS 87 selection / trade of goods): data.un.org (ComTrade HS 87)
• World Bank — Exports of goods and services (BoP, current US$): data.worldbank.org (BX.GSR.GNFS.CD)
• OICA — Production statistics (motor vehicle production by country): oica.net (Production Statistics)