Kia production statistics span several different measures: ex-factory sales, wholesale sales, retail sales, energy use and financial performance. The figures below identify the period, geography and definition for each measure so that production activity is not confused with registrations or revenue.
Key Kia Production Statistics
The most useful headline figures are:
- In 2023, 3.064 million Kia ex-factory sales were reported globally by Kia’s ex-factory operations.
- In 2024, 3.024 million Kia ex-factory sales were reported globally by Kia’s ex-factory operations.
- In 2025, 3.037 million Kia ex-factory sales were reported globally by Kia’s ex-factory operations.
- In 2024, 540 thousand Korea ex-factory sales were reported by Kia.
- In 2025, 546 thousand Korea ex-factory sales were reported by Kia.
- In 2024, 1.004 million export ex-factory sales from Korea were reported by Kia.
- In 2025, 1.014 million export ex-factory sales from Korea were reported by Kia.
- In 2024, 1.480 million overseas ex-factory sales were reported by Kia’s overseas operations.
- In 2025, 1.477 million overseas ex-factory sales were reported by Kia’s overseas operations.
- In 2023, 598,846 eco-friendly wholesale sales were reported globally by Kia.
- Kia’s published 2024 target was 760,888 global eco-friendly wholesale sales.
- In 2023, 198,314 global EV wholesale sales were reported by Kia.
- In 2024, 638,000 global eco-friendly sales were reported by Kia on an annual sales basis.
- In Q4 2024, 21.5% of Kia global sales were eco-friendly vehicles.
- In 2023, 3,637,639 MWh of production-site energy was consumed across domestic and overseas sites.
- In 2023, 3.64 MWh per KRW 100 million was Kia’s total energy intensity at covered production sites.
- In 2023, 0.41 tCO2e per unit was Kia’s GHG emissions intensity performance in the reported production operations.
- Kia reported KRW 107,449 billion of revenue in 2024 for the consolidated company.
Contents
- Global Kia production and ex-factory sales trends
- Kia production by Korea, exports and overseas operations
- Eco-friendly vehicle production and sales data
- Kia manufacturing energy and emissions intensity
- Kia production, revenue and operating performance
- Kia in the U.S. vehicle mix and efficiency context
Global Kia Production and Ex-Factory Sales Trends
Kia’s investor-relations page reports ex-factory sales in thousand units. This is an operational sales measure, not a direct count of vehicles physically produced and not a retail-registration total.
| Period | Global ex-factory sales | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.064 million | Kia global ex-factory operations |
| 2024 | 3.024 million | Kia global ex-factory operations |
| 2025 | 3.037 million | Kia global ex-factory operations |
Source: Financial Graphs | Kia Year-over-Year Financial Trends Visualized. The source labels the table “Ex-factory Sales,” and its values are reported in thousand vehicles.
The 2024 annual wholesale figure was 3,089,300 vehicles, a separate measure published in Kia’s 2024 results release. Because the release distinguishes wholesale sales from production and retail sales, it should not be silently substituted for the ex-factory series.
Kia Production by Korea, Exports and Overseas Operations
Kia’s ex-factory categories separate Korea, exports from Korea and overseas operations. Exports are not overseas production, so the categories describe different operating channels.
| Category | 2024 | 2025 | Geography or definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Korea ex-factory sales | 540 thousand | 546 thousand | Korea |
| Export ex-factory sales | 1.004 million | 1.014 million | Exports from Korea |
| Overseas ex-factory sales | 1.480 million | 1.477 million | Kia overseas operations |
Source: Financial Graphs | Kia Year-over-Year Financial Trends Visualized.
The quarterly results release provides another geographic split for Q4 2024: Kia reported 140,934 domestic wholesale sales in South Korea and 629,051 overseas wholesale sales outside South Korea. Together, these are quarterly wholesale figures, not the same categories as the annual ex-factory table.
Eco-Friendly Kia Vehicle Production and Sales Data
Kia’s sustainability report uses a wholesale standard and combines HEVs, PHEVs and EVs in its eco-friendly total. The 2024 values labeled as targets are forecasts rather than observed outcomes.
| Category | 2022 observed | 2023 observed | 2024 published target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eco-friendly vehicles | 492,593 | 598,846 | 760,888 |
| HEVs | 254,327 | 311,671 | 871,865 |
| PHEVs | 81,766 | 88,861 | Not provided here |
| EVs | 156,500 | 198,314 | 307,165 |
Source: Kia Sustainability Report 2024. The report’s published 2024 HEV target appears internally inconsistent with the total target, so it is retained only as a labeled published target.
The later 2024 results release uses different bases and reports 638,000 eco-friendly vehicles sold globally in 2024, up 10.9% year over year. It also reports 164,000 eco-friendly vehicles in Q4 2024, up 14.5% year over year, and 100,000 hybrid vehicles, compared with 76,000 in Q4 2023, a reported 31.7% increase.
| Q4 2024 sales mix | Share | Scope |
|---|---|---|
| Eco-friendly vehicles | 21.5% | Kia global sales |
| Eco-friendly vehicles | 42.3% | South Korea domestic sales |
| Eco-friendly vehicles | 19.3% | United States sales |
| Eco-friendly vehicles | 40.1% | Western European sales |
Source: Kia Announces 2024 Fourth-Quarter Business Results. The release describes these Q4 eco-friendly figures on a retail basis and rounds some vehicle counts; the shares are market-specific sales mixes, not global production shares.
Kia Manufacturing Energy and Emissions Intensity
Kia’s sustainability reporting covers domestic and overseas production sites. Total energy consumption fell from 3,794,359 MWh in 2022 to 3,637,639 MWh in 2023, while the categories below identify the reported energy sources.
| Production-site measure | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Total energy consumption | 3,794,359 MWh | 3,637,639 MWh |
| Non-renewable energy | 3,653,010 MWh | 3,486,109 MWh |
| Renewable energy | 141,349 MWh | 151,575 MWh |
| Total energy intensity | 4.38 MWh per KRW 100 million | 3.64 MWh per KRW 100 million |
Source: Kia Sustainability Report 2024. Energy intensity is normalized by KRW 100 million; it is not energy consumed per vehicle.
For reported production operations, Kia’s 2023 GHG emissions intensity performance was 0.41 tCO2e per unit, against a 0.50 target. The report gives a 2024 target of 0.34 tCO2e per unit, which is a forecast target rather than observed performance, and notes a change in units and data coverage beginning in 2023.
Kia Production, Revenue and Operating Performance
Financial data provides scale context but does not measure production volume. Kia’s consolidated revenue was KRW 107,449 billion in 2024 and KRW 114,141 billion in 2025, according to its investor-relations financial graphs.
The 2024 results release reports KRW 107.4488 trillion of revenue, KRW 12.6671 trillion of operating profit and an 11.8% operating margin for the consolidated company. These figures are financial results, not manufacturing yield or unit production cost measures.
| Q4 2024 measure | Reported result | Scope |
|---|---|---|
| Global wholesale sales | 769,985 vehicles, up 5% year over year | Kia global |
| Revenue | KRW 27.1482 trillion, up 11.6% | Kia consolidated company |
| Operating profit | KRW 2.7164 trillion, up 10.2% | Kia consolidated company |
| Average selling price | Up 5.9% year over year | Kia global sales |
Source: Kia Announces 2024 Fourth-Quarter Business Results. Average selling price is not a unit production-cost measure.
Kia in the U.S. Vehicle Mix and Efficiency Context
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency data supplies industry context for Kia vehicles produced for the U.S. market. These are model-year 2024 measures and should not be presented as Kia’s global production categories.
U.S. new-vehicle production totaled 14,799,239 vehicles in model year 2024. The EPA estimated Kia’s real-world fuel economy at 29.2 mpg, compared with an estimated 27.2 mpg average for all U.S. new vehicles, up 0.1 mpg year over year.
| U.S. model-year 2024 context | Reported figure | Scope |
|---|---|---|
| Truck SUVs | Almost 50% of production | U.S. industry |
| Cars and trucks under NHTSA classifications | 34% cars; 66% trucks | U.S. industry |
| Battery-electric car SUVs | 30% | U.S. car-SUV production |
| Plug-in-hybrid car SUVs | 3% | U.S. car-SUV production |
| Battery-electric truck SUVs | 4% | U.S. truck-SUV production |
| Plug-in-hybrid truck SUVs | 4% | U.S. truck-SUV production |
Source: 2025 EPA Automotive Trends Report: Fuel Economy, and Technology since 1975. The vehicle-type shares are industry measures, not Kia-only production shares.
The EPA also reports that the average U.S. model-year 2024 new vehicle weighed 4,354 pounds and produced 258 horsepower. Kia increased its U.S. truck-SUV production share by more than five percentage points from model year 2023 to 2024, but the cited comparison does not provide Kia’s absolute unit count.