Car statistics for Greece

In 2025, 144,036 new passenger cars were registered in Greece, of which 6.2% were electric. For comparison, the EV share in the EU was 17.3%.

New cars (2025)
144,036
EV share
6.2%
Total car fleet (2025)
6,188,525

EV share of new cars over time

Electric vehicle share of new passenger cars in Greece per year
20130.0%
20140.1%
20150.0%
20160.0%
20170.0%
20180.1%
20190.2%
20200.9%
20212.2%
20222.7%
20234.7%
20246.4%
20256.2%

New passenger cars by fuel (2025)

New passenger car registrations in Greece by fuel (2025)
Hybrid73,125 (50.7%)
Petrol40,861 (28.3%)
Plug-in hybrid11,656 (8.1%)
Electric8,892 (6.2%)
Diesel4,950 (3.4%)
Gas4,715 (3.3%)

New registrations per year

New passenger car registrations in Greece per year
201358,659
201470,810
201575,497
201678,790
201788,001
2018103,322
2019114,007
202079,597
2021100,274
2022105,219
2023134,465
2024136,984
2025144,036

Electric car adoption over time

Electric cars (battery-electric and plug-in hybrid) as a share of new car sales in Greece, 2014โ€“2025.

Electric car sales share in Greece per year
20140.1%
20150.1%
20160.1%
20170.2%
20180.3%
20190.4%
20202.7%
20216.9%
20227.9%
202313%
202412%
202514%

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

Car fleet by fuel (2025)

Of 6,188,525 registered passenger cars in Greece, 0.0% run on petrol, 0.0% on diesel and 100.0% on other fuels (electric, hybrid and gas).

Car fleet in Greece by fuel (2025)
Petrol0 (0.0%)
Diesel0 (0.0%)
Other (electric/hybrid/gas)6,188,525 (100.0%)

CO2 emissions of new cars (2024)

New passenger cars in Greece emitted on average 108.8 g CO2/km in 2024. The EU average was 107.9 g/km, so Greece is above the average.

Average CO2 emissions of new passenger cars in Greece (g/km)
2010143.7 g
2011132.7 g
2012121.1 g
2013111.9 g
2014108.2 g
2015106.4 g
2016106.3 g
2017131.9 g
2018135 g
2019140.1 g
2020130.5 g
2021119.8 g
2022118 g
2023112.7 g
2024108.8 g

EV charging stations

Greece has 4,204 public EV charging stations mapped in OpenStreetMap (about 40.6 per 100,000 inhabitants). See the EV charging ranking.

Road safety (2024)

Greece recorded 6.4 road deaths per 100,000 inhabitants (665 in total) in 2024. The EU average was 4.4 per 100,000, so Greece is above the EU average. See the road safety ranking.

Safety recalls notified by Greece

Greece has notified 26 vehicle safety alerts to the EU Safety Gate rapid alert system, across 10 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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