Car statistics for Hungary

In 2025, 129,440 new passenger cars were registered in Hungary, of which 8.5% were electric. For comparison, the EV share in the EU was 17.3%.

New cars (2025)
129,440
EV share
8.5%
Total car fleet (2025)
4,374,763

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%
20258.5%

New passenger cars by fuel (2025)

New passenger car registrations in Hungary by fuel (2025)
Hybrid65,369 (50.5%)
Petrol30,920 (23.9%)
Diesel14,374 (11.1%)
Electric11,002 (8.5%)
Plug-in hybrid7,136 (5.5%)
Other639 (0.5%)

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
2025129,440

Electric car adoption over time

Electric cars (battery-electric and plug-in hybrid) as a share of new car sales in Hungary, 2015–2025.

Electric car sales share in Hungary per year
20150.2%
20160.4%
20171%
20181.5%
20191.9%
20204.7%
20217%
20228.6%
202311%
202412%
202514%

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

Most registered car models in Hungary (2025)

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

#ModelRegistrations
1Å koda Å koda Octavia5,451
2Suzuki Suzuki Vitara5,400
3Toyota Toyota Corolla Cross4,104
4Dacia Dacia Duster3,118
5Toyota Toyota Yaris Cross2,864
6Ford Ford Tourneo2,782
7Toyota Toyota C-HR2,356
8Kia Kia Sportage2,102
9Hyundai Hyundai Tucson1,953
10Suzuki Suzuki Swift1,901
11Ford Ford Kuga1,670
12Ford Ford Puma1,592
13Å koda Å koda Superb1,386
14Å koda Å koda Kodiaq1,352
15Toyota Toyota RAV41,144

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

Car fleet by age (2025)

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

Passenger cars in Hungary by age (2025)
Under 2 years262,659 (6.0%)
2–5 years299,890 (6.9%)
5–10 years661,741 (15.1%)
10–20 years1,797,473 (41.1%)
Over 20 years1,353,000 (30.9%)

Car fleet by fuel (2025)

Of 4,374,763 registered passenger cars in Hungary, 65.4% run on petrol, 31.9% on diesel and 2.7% on other fuels (electric, hybrid and gas).

Car fleet in Hungary by fuel (2025)
Petrol2,862,459 (65.4%)
Diesel1,396,159 (31.9%)
Other (electric/hybrid/gas)116,145 (2.7%)

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 1,601 public EV charging stations mapped in OpenStreetMap (about 16.9 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.

Safety recalls notified by Hungary

Hungary has notified 5 vehicle safety alerts to the EU Safety Gate rapid alert system, across 1 car brand. 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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