Car statistics for Denmark

In 2025, 186,631 new passenger cars were registered in Denmark, of which 67.8% were electric. For comparison, the EV share in the EU was 17.3%.

New cars (2025)
186,631
EV share
67.8%
Total car fleet (2025)
3,018,026

EV share of new cars over time

Electric vehicle share of new passenger cars in Denmark per year
20130.3%
20140.8%
20150.6%
20160.6%
20170.3%
20180.7%
20192.4%
20207.1%
202113.3%
202220.6%
202336.1%
202451.3%
202567.8%

New passenger cars by fuel (2025)

New passenger car registrations in Denmark by fuel (2025)
Electric126,444 (67.8%)
Hybrid25,883 (13.9%)
Petrol23,477 (12.6%)
Diesel5,972 (3.2%)
Plug-in hybrid4,827 (2.6%)
Hydrogen28 (0.0%)

New registrations per year

New passenger car registrations in Denmark per year
2013180,642
2014188,406
2015206,653
2016222,469
2017221,473
2018218,475
2019225,620
2020198,979
2021186,592
2022149,285
2023173,374
2024173,461
2025186,631

Electric car adoption over time

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

Electric car sales share in Denmark per year
20110.3%
20120.3%
20130.3%
20140.9%
20152.3%
20160.9%
20170.6%
20182.1%
20194.2%
202016%
202135%
202238%
202346%
202456%
202571%

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

Most registered car models in Denmark (2025)

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

#ModelRegistrations
1Volkswagen Volkswagen ID.48,572
2Tesla Tesla Model Y7,675
3Å koda Å koda Enyaq6,007
4Volkswagen Volkswagen ID.35,090
5Audi Audi Q4 e-tron4,393
6Volkswagen Volkswagen T-Roc3,689
7Kia Kia EV33,069
8Renault Renault 53,050
9Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz EQA3,035
10BMW BMW iX12,940
11Volkswagen Volkswagen ID.72,926
12Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz EQB2,779
13Toyota Toyota bZ4X2,665
14Xpeng Xpeng G62,433
15BMW BMW X12,137

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

Car fleet by age (2025)

43.0% of passenger cars in Denmark are older than 10 years.

Passenger cars in Denmark by age (2025)
Under 2 years305,353 (10.1%)
2–5 years514,590 (17.1%)
5–10 years901,344 (29.9%)
10–20 years1,054,607 (34.9%)
Over 20 years242,132 (8.0%)

Car fleet by fuel (2025)

Of 3,018,026 registered passenger cars in Denmark, 59.2% run on petrol, 22.8% on diesel and 17.9% on other fuels (electric, hybrid and gas).

Car fleet in Denmark by fuel (2025)
Petrol1,787,533 (59.2%)
Diesel689,409 (22.8%)
Other (electric/hybrid/gas)541,084 (17.9%)

CO2 emissions of new cars (2024)

New passenger cars in Denmark emitted on average 59.4 g CO2/km in 2024. The EU average was 107.9 g/km, so Denmark is below the average.

Average CO2 emissions of new passenger cars in Denmark (g/km)
2010126.2 g
2011125 g
2012117 g
2013112.7 g
2014110.2 g
2015106.2 g
2016106 g
2017129.8 g
2018132.8 g
2019135.6 g
2020116.4 g
202192.3 g
202286.3 g
202372.8 g
202459.4 g

EV charging stations

Denmark has 3,008 public EV charging stations mapped in OpenStreetMap (about 49.9 per 100,000 inhabitants). See the EV charging ranking.

Road safety (2024)

Denmark recorded 2.4 road deaths per 100,000 inhabitants (145 in total) in 2024. The EU average was 4.4 per 100,000, so Denmark is safer than the EU average. See the road safety ranking.

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