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Share of new passenger car registrations that are electric (battery-electric + plug-in hybrid)

Name: Share of new passenger car registrations that are electric (battery-electric + plug-in hybrid)
Creator: International Energy Agency (IEA)
Keywords: statistic-of-the-day, ai-generated, electric vehicles, transport, energy transition, car market, registrations, BEV, PHEV

Percentage of new passenger car registrations that are electric (BEV+PHEV). A comparable country-by-country snapshot of transport electrification in 2023.

Source: International Energy Agency (IEA)•171 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

6.2%

Median: 0.4%

Countries Covered

171

with available data

Highest

Norway

91.0%

Lowest

Zambia

0.0%

Top 5 Countries

1Norway91.0%

2Iceland63.0%

3Faroe Islands60.0%

4Sweden60.0%

5Bangladesh52.0%

By Region

Europe20.7%(32 countries)

Asia7.9%(26 countries)

Oceania7.7%(2 countries)

North America5.5%(4 countries)

South America2.9%(7 countries)

Key Findings

•EV uptake is highly uneven: leaders in Northern/Western Europe reach majority-electric shares, while many low-income markets remain near zero.
•Norway is an extreme outlier with EVs comprising the vast majority of new car registrations.
•Large markets (e.g., China, the United States, Germany) now have meaningful EV shares, strongly influencing global totals.
•Policy and charging infrastructure correlate strongly with higher EV registration shares across countries.

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0%)High (93.9%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 6.2%)

Europe (32)

Asia (26)

Oceania (2)

North America (4)

South America (7)

Other (91)

Africa (9)

About This Statistic

This statistic measures how quickly countries are electrifying new passenger vehicle sales by reporting the share of newly registered cars that are battery-electric (BEV) or plug-in hybrid (PHEV). It is a powerful indicator because it captures consumer uptake and policy impact (incentives, charging availability, emissions standards) in the year vehicles enter the fleet.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) compiles these shares using national vehicle registration and market data sources and harmonizes them for international comparison. Values can differ from “sales” statistics in countries where registrations and sales timing diverge, and some small markets can be volatile year to year due to low absolute volumes.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Norway	91.0%
2	Iceland	63.0%
3	Faroe Islands	60.0%
4	Sweden	60.0%
5	Bangladesh	52.0%
6	Finland	51.0%
7	Denmark	50.0%
8	Estonia	47.0%
9	People's Republic of China	38.0%
10	Luxembourg	36.0%
11	Fiji	33.0%
12	Netherlands	30.0%
13	Switzerland	28.0%
14	Singapore	27.0%
15	Afghanistan	25.4%
16	France	24.0%
17	United Kingdom	24.0%
18	Belgium	22.8%
19	Germany	18.0%
20	Taiwan, Province of China	14.0%
21	Ireland	12.0%
22	Spain	12.0%
23	Canada	11.0%
24	Latvia	10.0%
25	United States of America	9.5%
26	Italy	9.0%
27	South Korea	9.0%
28	Lithuania	9.0%
29	Romania	9.0%
30	Botswana	8.5%
31	Australia	8.4%
32	Israel	8.0%
33	Slovenia	8.0%
34	Türkiye	7.5%
35	Chile	7.4%
36	Croatia	7.0%
37	New Zealand	7.0%
38	Portugal	7.0%
39	Greece	6.0%
40	Qatar	6.0%
41	Thailand	6.0%
42	Uruguay	6.0%
43	Solomon Islands	5.8%
44	Colombia	5.0%
45	Hungary	5.0%
46	Poland	4.7%
47	Cyprus	4.0%
48	Japan	4.0%
49	Slovakia	4.0%
50	Bahrain	4.0%
51	Czech Republic	3.9%
52	United Arab Emirates	3.0%
53	Ukraine	3.0%
54	Serbia	2.5%
55	Bhutan	2.1%
56	Costa Rica	2.0%
57	India	2.0%
58	Kuwait	2.0%
59	Mauritius	2.0%
60	Panama	2.0%
61	Oman	1.5%
62	The Republic of North Macedonia	1.5%
63	Albania	1.2%
64	Indonesia	1.0%
65	Jordan	1.0%
66	Malaysia	1.0%
67	Mexico	1.0%
68	Moldova, Republic of	1.0%
69	Peru	1.0%
70	Philippines	1.0%
71	Russian Federation	1.0%
72	Saudi Arabia	1.0%
73	Vietnam	1.0%
74	South Africa	1.0%
75	Belarus	0.8%
76	Mongolia	0.8%
77	Bahamas	0.8%
78	Sri Lanka	0.7%
79	Montenegro	0.7%
80	Georgia	0.6%
81	Kazakhstan	0.6%
82	Belize	0.6%
83	Austria	0.5%
84	Benin	0.4%
85	Guatemala	0.4%
86	Maldives	0.4%
87	Algeria	0.4%
88	Ghana	0.3%
89	Lebanon	0.3%
90	Pakistan	0.3%
91	Tunisia	0.3%
92	Brazil	0.3%
93	Bulgaria	0.2%
94	Cambodia	0.2%
95	Cape Verde	0.2%
96	Dominican Republic	0.2%
97	Ecuador	0.2%
98	El Salvador	0.2%
99	Honduras	0.2%
100	Islamic Republic of Iran	0.2%
101	Kenya	0.2%
102	Kyrgyzstan	0.2%
103	Libya	0.2%
104	Morocco	0.2%
105	Nepal	0.2%
106	Paraguay	0.2%
107	Egypt	0.2%
108	Andorra	0.2%
109	Angola	0.2%
110	Armenia	0.2%
111	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.2%
112	Myanmar	0.1%
113	Cameroon	0.1%
114	Central African Republic	0.1%
115	Cuba	0.1%
116	Iraq	0.1%
117	North Korea	0.1%
118	Lao People's Democratic Republic	0.1%
119	Nicaragua	0.1%
120	Nigeria	0.1%
121	Syrian Arab Republic	0.1%
122	Uganda	0.1%
123	Uzbekistan	0.1%
124	Venezuela	0.1%
125	Argentina	0.1%
126	Bermuda	0.1%
127	Bolivia	0.1%
128	Burundi	0.0%
129	Cayman Islands	0.0%
130	Chad	0.0%
131	Republic of the Congo	0.0%
132	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.0%
133	Dominica	0.0%
134	Ethiopia	0.0%
135	Eritrea	0.0%
136	Djibouti	0.0%
137	Gabon	0.0%
138	Republic of The Gambia	0.0%
139	State of Palestine	0.0%
140	Guinea	0.0%
141	Guyana	0.0%
142	Haiti	0.0%
143	Cote d'Ivoire	0.0%
144	Jamaica	0.0%
145	Lesotho	0.0%
146	Liberia	0.0%
147	Madagascar	0.0%
148	Malawi	0.0%
149	Malta	0.0%
150	Mauritania	0.0%
151	Namibia	0.0%
152	New Caledonia	0.0%
153	Niger	0.0%
154	Papua New Guinea	0.0%
155	Rwanda	0.0%
156	Senegal	0.0%
157	Seychelles	0.0%
158	Sierra Leone	0.0%
159	Somalia	0.0%
160	Zimbabwe	0.0%
161	South Sudan	0.0%
162	Sudan	0.0%
163	Suriname	0.0%
164	Eswatini	0.0%
165	Tajikistan	0.0%
166	Togo	0.0%
167	Tonga	0.0%
168	Trinidad and Tobago	0.0%
169	United Republic of Tanzania	0.0%
170	Yemen	0.0%
171	Zambia	0.0%

Showing 171 of 171 countries

Topics

#statistic-of-the-day #ai-generated #electric vehicles #transport #energy transition #car market #registrations #BEV #PHEV

Data Source

This data comes from International Energy Agency (IEA) (2023).

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