Car statistics for Croatia

In 2024, 47,806 new passenger cars were registered in Croatia, of which 1.8% were electric. For comparison, the EV share in the EU was 13.5%.

New cars (2024)
47,806
EV share
1.8%
Total car fleet (2024)
1,987,156

EV share of new cars over time

Electric vehicle share of new passenger cars in Croatia per year
20130.0%
20140.1%
20150.2%
20160.2%
20170.1%
20180.3%
20190.4%
20201.8%
20213.2%
20222.9%
20232.6%
20241.8%

New passenger cars by fuel (2024)

New passenger car registrations in Croatia by fuel (2024)
Petrol29,841 (62.4%)
Diesel10,691 (22.4%)
Hybrid5,248 (11.0%)
Electric882 (1.8%)
Other794 (1.7%)
Plug-in hybrid350 (0.7%)

New registrations per year

New passenger car registrations in Croatia per year
201327,802
201433,997
201534,820
201643,015
201750,412
201859,856
201962,975
202036,047
202135,246
202237,044
202343,866
202447,806

Car fleet by age (2024)

62.4% of passenger cars in Croatia are older than 10 years.

Passenger cars in Croatia by age (2024)
Under 2 years151,894 (7.6%)
2–5 years169,574 (8.5%)
5–10 years425,179 (21.4%)
10–20 years876,774 (44.1%)
Over 20 years363,735 (18.3%)

Car fleet by fuel (2024)

Of 1,987,156 registered passenger cars in Croatia, 40.8% run on petrol, 55.9% on diesel and 3.4% on other fuels (electric, hybrid and gas).

Car fleet in Croatia by fuel (2024)
Petrol810,143 (40.8%)
Diesel1,110,070 (55.9%)
Other (electric/hybrid/gas)66,943 (3.4%)

CO2 emissions of new cars (2024)

New passenger cars in Croatia emitted on average 125.6 g CO2/km in 2024. The EU average was 107.9 g/km, so Croatia is above the average.

Average CO2 emissions of new passenger cars in Croatia (g/km)
2013127.1 g
2014115.8 g
2015112.8 g
2016111.5 g
2017137.1 g
2018139.7 g
2019144.7 g
2020135.2 g
2021127.9 g
2022127.3 g
2023127.1 g
2024125.6 g

EV charging stations

Croatia has 542 public EV charging stations mapped in OpenStreetMap (about 14 per 100,000 inhabitants). See the EV charging ranking.

Road safety (2024)

Croatia recorded 6.2 road deaths per 100,000 inhabitants (239 in total) in 2024. The EU average was 4.4 per 100,000, so Croatia is above the EU average. See the road safety ranking.

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