Car statistics for Belgium

In 2025, 422,041 new passenger cars were registered in Belgium, of which 34.1% were electric. For comparison, the EV share in the EU was 17.3%.

New cars (2025)
422,041
EV share
34.1%
Total car fleet (2025)
6,136,034

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%
202534.1%

New passenger cars by fuel (2025)

New passenger car registrations in Belgium by fuel (2025)
Electric144,003 (34.1%)
Hybrid125,285 (29.7%)
Petrol96,912 (23.0%)
Plug-in hybrid38,184 (9.0%)
Diesel14,481 (3.4%)
Gas3,162 (0.7%)
Other12 (0.0%)
Hydrogen2 (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
2025422,041

Electric car adoption over time

Electric cars (battery-electric and plug-in hybrid) as a share of new car sales in Belgium, 2011–2025.

Electric car sales share in Belgium per year
20110.1%
20120.2%
20130.1%
20140.4%
20150.8%
20161.7%
20172.6%
20182.4%
20193.2%
202011%
202118%
202226%
202341%
202443%
202544%

Source: IEA, Global EV Data Explorer (CC BY 4.0).

Most registered car models in Belgium (2025)

The car models with the most new registrations in Belgium in 2025, by model.

#ModelRegistrations
1Dacia Dacia Sandero10,396
2BMW BMW iX19,145
3Dacia Dacia Duster6,561
4Peugeot Peugeot 20086,353
5Tesla Tesla Model Y6,124
6BMW BMW X16,013
7Audi Audi Q65,884
8BMW BMW i45,243
9Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz EQB5,180
10BMW BMW iX5,114
11Hyundai Hyundai Tucson5,094
12Peugeot Peugeot 2084,811
13Peugeot Peugeot 30084,600
14Å koda Å koda Enyaq4,573
15Kia Kia EV34,110

Source: EEA COâ‚‚ monitoring (CC BY 4.0). Catalog-matched models only.

Car fleet by age (2025)

36.4% of passenger cars in Belgium are older than 10 years.

Passenger cars in Belgium by age (2025)
Under 2 years914,761 (14.9%)
2–5 years1,157,271 (18.9%)
5–10 years1,830,565 (29.8%)
10–20 years1,684,069 (27.4%)
Over 20 years549,368 (9.0%)

Car fleet by fuel (2025)

Of 6,136,034 registered passenger cars in Belgium, 63.7% run on petrol, 28.9% on diesel and 7.4% on other fuels (electric, hybrid and gas).

Car fleet in Belgium by fuel (2025)
Petrol3,909,525 (63.7%)
Diesel1,772,885 (28.9%)
Other (electric/hybrid/gas)453,624 (7.4%)

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 5,723 public EV charging stations mapped in OpenStreetMap (about 47.8 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.

Safety recalls notified by Belgium

Belgium has notified 45 vehicle safety alerts to the EU Safety Gate rapid alert system, across 9 car brands. Member states notify the same defect independently, so a high count reflects both the size of the car fleet and how actively the country reports.

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