Car statistics for Hungary

In 2024, 121,674 new passenger cars were registered in Hungary, of which 7.0% were electric. For comparison, the EV share in the EU was 13.5%.

New cars (2024)
121,674
EV share
7.0%
Total car fleet (2024)
4,263,067

EV share of new cars over time

Electric vehicle share of new passenger cars in Hungary per year
20130.0%
20140.0%
20150.1%
20160.2%
20170.6%
20181.0%
20191.2%
20202.4%
20213.5%
20224.2%
20235.4%
20247.0%

New passenger cars by fuel (2024)

New passenger car registrations in Hungary by fuel (2024)
Hybrid56,033 (46.1%)
Petrol36,320 (29.9%)
Diesel14,693 (12.1%)
Electric8,569 (7.0%)
Plug-in hybrid5,695 (4.7%)
Other363 (0.3%)
Hydrogen1 (0.0%)

New registrations per year

New passenger car registrations in Hungary per year
201356,510
201468,016
201577,414
201696,735
2017116,305
2018136,755
2019158,167
2020128,196
2021122,080
2022111,631
2023107,860
2024121,674

Car fleet by age (2024)

72.0% of passenger cars in Hungary are older than 10 years.

Passenger cars in Hungary by age (2024)
Under 2 years258,146 (6.1%)
2–5 years327,535 (7.7%)
5–10 years609,890 (14.3%)
10–20 years1,906,329 (44.7%)
Over 20 years1,161,167 (27.2%)

Car fleet by fuel (2024)

Of 4,263,067 registered passenger cars in Hungary, 65.9% run on petrol, 32.0% on diesel and 2.1% on other fuels (electric, hybrid and gas).

Car fleet in Hungary by fuel (2024)
Petrol2,807,501 (65.9%)
Diesel1,365,075 (32.0%)
Other (electric/hybrid/gas)90,491 (2.1%)

CO2 emissions of new cars (2024)

New passenger cars in Hungary emitted on average 123.7 g CO2/km in 2024. The EU average was 107.9 g/km, so Hungary is above the average.

Average CO2 emissions of new passenger cars in Hungary (g/km)
2010147.4 g
2011141.6 g
2012140.8 g
2013134.4 g
2014133 g
2015129.6 g
2016125.9 g
2017152.2 g
2018155 g
2019157.2 g
2020141.4 g
2021133.1 g
2022131.2 g
2023127.4 g
2024123.7 g

EV charging stations

Hungary has 1,589 public EV charging stations mapped in OpenStreetMap (about 16.7 per 100,000 inhabitants). See the EV charging ranking.

Road safety (2024)

Hungary recorded 5.2 road deaths per 100,000 inhabitants (497 in total) in 2024. The EU average was 4.4 per 100,000, so Hungary is above the EU average. See the road safety ranking.

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