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== Motorization rates by region and selected country ==
The following table compares vehicle ownership rates by region with the [[United States]], the country with [[list of countries and territories by motor vehicles per capita|one of the highest motorization rates]] in the world, and how it has evolved from 1999 to 2016.

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{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto"
! colspan="4" align=center style="background-color: #abcdef;" | Comparison of motorization rates by region<br />and selected country (1999 and 2016)<br /><small>(vehicles per 1,000 people)</small>
|-align=center
| bgcolor="#abcdef"| Country or region
| bgcolor="#abcdef"| 1999<ref name=USeDataBook4>{{Cite book| last = Davis| title = op. cit| year = 2011| pages = 3-8 and 3-9|display-authors=etal}} See Tables 3.4 and 3.5</ref>
| bgcolor="#abcdef"| 2006<ref name="USeDataBook36"/>
| bgcolor="#abcdef"| 2016<ref name="USeDataBook36"/>
|-align=center
| align=left| [[Africa]]
| 20.9
| 25.2
| 38.9
|-align=center
| align=left| [[Asia]] – [[Far East]]
| 39.1
| 49.7
| 105.6
|-align=center
| align=left| [[Asia]] – [[Middle East]]
| 66.2
| 99.8
| 147.4
|-align=center
| align=left| [[Brazil]]
| 107.5
| 129.0
| 209.3
|-align=center
| align=left| [[Canada]]
| 560.0
| 599.6
| 686.3
|-align=center
| align=left| [[Latin America|Central and South America]]
| 133.6
| 102.4
| 174.7
|-align=center
| align=left| [[China]]
| 10.2
| 26.6
| 141.2
|-align=center
| align=left| [[Europe]] – [[Eastern Europe]]
| 370.0
| 254.4
| 362.1
|-align=center
| align=left| [[Europe]] – [[Western Europe]]
| 528.8
| 593.7
| 606.0
|-align=center
| align=left| [[India]]
| 8.3
| 11.6
| 36.3
|-align=center
| align=left| [[Indonesia]]
| 13.7
| 31.7
| 87.2
|-align=center
| align=left| [[Oceania|Pacific]]
| 513.9
| 524.7
| 634.9
|-align=center
| align=left| [[United States]]
| 790.1
| 840.7
| 831.9
|}