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4 days ago
- Automotive
- Gulf Insider
These Are The Best-Selling Cars In The US So Far In 2025
The first half of 2025's best-selling cars in the U.S. confirms America's long-standing love affair with trucks and SUVs. Pickup models from Ford, Chevrolet, and Ram continue to dominate the top ranks, while compact SUVs from Toyota and Honda also make strong showings. Sedans, once the default choice for many households, are now largely absent from the bestseller list. This ranking, via Visual Capitalist's Niccolo Conte, showcases the 20 best-selling vehicles in the U.S. from January through June 2025 using data from Cox Automotive and Automotive News via Kelley Blue Book. With 3.17 million cars sold across America's top 20 models in the first half of 2025, pickup trucks and SUVs dominate the top of the list, making up nine out of the top 10 most-sold cars. The data table below lists the top 20 car models and their sales figures for H1 2025, along with what kind of vehicle it is. Ford's F-Series led with 412,848 units, with the Chevrolet Silverado close behind at 284,038. The Toyota RAV4 (239,451) and Honda CR-V (212,561) were the leading compact SUVs, reflecting the segment's broad appeal. If you take a look at the best-selling cars by state, the Ford F-Series dominates the map, which is no surprise considering Ford is among the top three favorite car brands of every generation in America. Among the top 10 best-selling cars, pickups account for five spots and about 56% of volume, while SUVs take four spots and 36%. The top five models—three pickups and two compact SUVs—together make up about 42% of all top-20 sales. Sedans claim just one place in the top 10 with the Toyota Camry at 155,330 units sold in America in the first half of 2025. The Honda Civic (128,236) and Toyota Corolla (120,052) follow just outside of the top 10, joined by Tesla's Model 3 (101,323) in 17th place. Looking at the full top 20 sales by vehicle type, SUVs account for 47% of top-20 sales (1.49 million vehicles), followed by pickup trucks at 37% (1.17 million) and sedans at 16% (505,000). While sedans still find buyers, since 2015 a strong majority of car sales have continued to shift to crossovers and trucks. To learn more about car production around the world, check out this graphic on Voronoi which maps out global vehicle production by country in 2024. Also read: Saudi Arabia Introduces New Rules For Shared Housing, Capping Capacity And Boosting Safety
Gulf Insider
04-06-2025
- Business
- Gulf Insider
Which Countries Have The Lowest Life Expectancy?
The average life expectancy of a country reflects the cumulative impacts of economic development, quality of life, healthcare systems, and various other factors that affect overall well-being. Across the globe, life expectancy differs sharply between high-income and low-income countries. This infographic, via Visual Capitalist's Niccolo Conte, shows the 25 countries with the lowest life expectancy (at birth) in the world, using data from the UN's World Population Prospects portal. The African continent hosts 24 of the 25 countries with the lowest life expectancy, many of which are also among the least developed countries in the world. Here's a look at the countries with the lowest life expectancy: Rank Country Life Expectancy(Both Sexes) Life Expectancy (Male) Life Expectancy (Female) 1 Nigeria 🇳🇬 54.6 54.3 54.9 2 Chad 🇹🇩 55.2 53.4 57.2 3 South Sudan 🇸🇸 57.7 54.8 60.8 4 Central African Republic 🇨🇫 57.7 55.5 59.6 5 Lesotho 🇱🇸 57.8 55.0 60.4 6 Somalia 🇸🇴 59.0 56.5 61.5 7 Mali 🇲🇱 60.7 59.3 62.1 8 Guinea 🇬🇳 60.9 59.7 59.7 9 Benin 🇧🇯 61.0 59.5 62.4 10 Burkina Faso 🇧🇫 61.3 59.1 63.4 11 Niger 🇳🇪 61.4 60.5 62.4 12 Sierra Leone 🇸🇱 62.0 60.2 63.7 13 Ivory Coast 🇨🇮 62.1 60.2 64.3 14 DR Congo 🇨🇩 62.1 60.0 64.2 15 Liberia 🇱🇷 62.3 61.0 63.6 16 Nauru 🇳🇷 62.3 60.4 64.2 17 Togo 🇹🇬 62.9 62.7 63.1 18 Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 63.1 60.5 65.3 19 Kenya 🇰🇪 63.8 61.6 66.1 20 Madagascar 🇲🇬 63.8 62.1 65.6 21 Burundi 🇧🇮 63.8 61.8 65.9 22 Mozambique 🇲🇿 63.8 60.5 66.7 23 Equatorial Guinea 🇬🇶 63.9 62.2 65.9 24 Cameroon 🇨🇲 64.0 61.8 66.2 25 Guinea-Bissau 🇬🇼 64.3 61.8 66.5 Nigeria's average of 54.6 years is around 32 years lower than Monaco's, where people live the longest. Nigeria ranks among Africa's largest economies, but life expectancy is shortened by widespread diseases, high poverty rates, and lack of adequate infrastructure. In Central Africa, Chad also has one of the world's lowest life expectancies at 55.2 years. Other nations in the region, such as the Central African Republic and South Sudan, continue to be affected by political instability and limited access to basic healthcare services. Meanwhile, Nauru, an island country in Oceania, is the only non-African country on the list and one of the smallest nations in the world. Additionally, women outlive men in almost every country on the list (except Guinea). Mozambique has the largest gender-life expectancy gap, with women living longer by 6.2 years on average. While the figures remain alarmingly low in some African countries, life expectancy on the continent as a whole increased from 53.7 years in 2000 to 63.8 years in 2023. Furthermore, the continent hosts some of the world's fastest-growing economies, including South Sudan and Niger, where life expectancy is currently low. With potential for economic growth and infrastructure development, Africa's life expectancy is projected to improve to 66 years by 2035 and over 68 years by 2050, although it would remain below the global average.
