Car statistics for Finland

In 2024, 74,075 new passenger cars were registered in Finland, of which 29.5% were electric. For comparison, the EV share in the EU was 13.5%.

New cars (2024)
74,075
EV share
29.5%
Total car fleet (2024)
3,755,842

EV share of new cars over time

Electric vehicle share of new passenger cars in Finland per year
20130.0%
20140.2%
20150.2%
20160.2%
20170.4%
20180.6%
20191.7%
20204.4%
202110.3%
202217.8%
202333.8%
202429.5%

New passenger cars by fuel (2024)

New passenger car registrations in Finland by fuel (2024)
Hybrid22,525 (30.4%)
Electric21,870 (29.5%)
Plug-in hybrid14,863 (20.1%)
Petrol11,258 (15.2%)
Diesel3,401 (4.6%)
Gas114 (0.2%)
Biofuel43 (0.1%)

New registrations per year

New passenger car registrations in Finland per year
2013103,450
2014106,235
2015108,819
2016119,000
2017118,587
2018120,505
2019114,202
202096,418
202198,485
202281,700
202387,509
202474,075

Car fleet by age (2024)

68.1% of passenger cars in Finland are older than 10 years.

Passenger cars in Finland by age (2024)
Under 2 years166,776 (4.4%)
2–5 years338,943 (9.0%)
5–10 years691,798 (18.4%)
10–20 years1,274,912 (33.9%)
Over 20 years1,283,413 (34.2%)

Car fleet by fuel (2024)

Of 3,755,842 registered passenger cars in Finland, 72.0% run on petrol, 24.2% on diesel and 3.8% on other fuels (electric, hybrid and gas).

Car fleet in Finland by fuel (2024)
Petrol2,703,162 (72.0%)
Diesel908,124 (24.2%)
Other (electric/hybrid/gas)144,556 (3.8%)

CO2 emissions of new cars (2024)

New passenger cars in Finland emitted on average 64.6 g CO2/km in 2024. The EU average was 107.9 g/km, so Finland is below the average.

Average CO2 emissions of new passenger cars in Finland (g/km)
2010149 g
2011144 g
2012139.1 g
2013131.8 g
2014127.4 g
2015123 g
2016120 g
2017143.3 g
2018141.4 g
2019139.7 g
2020120 g
202198.3 g
202285.3 g
202360.9 g
202464.6 g

EV charging stations

Finland has 1,334 public EV charging stations mapped in OpenStreetMap (about 23.7 per 100,000 inhabitants). See the EV charging ranking.

Road safety (2024)

Finland recorded 3.2 road deaths per 100,000 inhabitants (181 in total) in 2024. The EU average was 4.4 per 100,000, so Finland is safer than the EU average. See the road safety ranking.

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