Car statistics for Belgium

In 2024, 456,303 new passenger cars were registered in Belgium, of which 28.0% were electric. For comparison, the EV share in the EU was 13.5%.

New cars (2024)
456,303
EV share
28.0%
Total car fleet (2024)
6,099,089

EV share of new cars over time

Electric vehicle share of new passenger cars in Belgium per year
20130.1%
20140.2%
20150.3%
20160.4%
20170.5%
20180.7%
20191.6%
20203.4%
20215.8%
202210.1%
202319.3%
202428.0%

New passenger cars by fuel (2024)

New passenger car registrations in Belgium by fuel (2024)
Petrol128,583 (28.2%)
Electric127,915 (28.0%)
Hybrid105,706 (23.2%)
Plug-in hybrid67,034 (14.7%)
Diesel23,547 (5.2%)
Other3,502 (0.8%)
Gas11 (0.0%)
Hydrogen4 (0.0%)
Biofuel1 (0.0%)

New registrations per year

New passenger car registrations in Belgium per year
2013490,369
2014487,711
2015506,284
2016546,142
2017553,692
2018557,487
2019558,003
2020439,038
2021392,769
2022374,597
2023484,639
2024456,303

Car fleet by age (2024)

35.7% of passenger cars in Belgium are older than 10 years.

Passenger cars in Belgium by age (2024)
Under 2 years917,142 (15.0%)
2–5 years1,182,695 (19.4%)
5–10 years1,819,251 (29.8%)
10–20 years1,663,151 (27.3%)
Over 20 years516,850 (8.5%)

Car fleet by fuel (2024)

Of 6,099,089 registered passenger cars in Belgium, 62.5% run on petrol, 31.5% on diesel and 5.9% on other fuels (electric, hybrid and gas).

Car fleet in Belgium by fuel (2024)
Petrol3,814,082 (62.5%)
Diesel1,923,183 (31.5%)
Other (electric/hybrid/gas)361,824 (5.9%)

CO2 emissions of new cars (2024)

New passenger cars in Belgium emitted on average 78.8 g CO2/km in 2024. The EU average was 107.9 g/km, so Belgium is below the average.

Average CO2 emissions of new passenger cars in Belgium (g/km)
2010133.4 g
2011127.2 g
2012128 g
2013124 g
2014121.3 g
2015117.9 g
2016115.9 g
2017140.5 g
2018144.7 g
2019147.3 g
2020130.6 g
2021117 g
2022104.5 g
202385.3 g
202478.8 g

EV charging stations

Belgium has 5,633 public EV charging stations mapped in OpenStreetMap (about 47.4 per 100,000 inhabitants). See the EV charging ranking.

Road safety (2024)

Belgium recorded 4 road deaths per 100,000 inhabitants (470 in total) in 2024. The EU average was 4.4 per 100,000, so Belgium is safer than the EU average. See the road safety ranking.

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