Car statistics for Iceland
In 2024, 10,233 new passenger cars were registered in Iceland, of which 26.0% were electric. For comparison, the EV share in the EU was 13.5%.
EV share of new cars over time
New passenger cars by fuel (2024)
New registrations per year
Car fleet by age (2021)
50.9% of passenger cars in Iceland are older than 10 years.
Car fleet by fuel (2024)
Of 249,032 registered passenger cars in Iceland, 54.9% run on petrol, 32.4% on diesel and 12.8% on other fuels (electric, hybrid and gas).
CO2 emissions of new cars (2024)
New passenger cars in Iceland emitted on average 92.5 g CO2/km in 2024. The EU average was 107.9 g/km, so Iceland is below the average.
EV charging stations
Iceland has 368 public EV charging stations mapped in OpenStreetMap (about 94.4 per 100,000 inhabitants). See the EV charging ranking.
Road safety (2024)
Iceland recorded 3.4 road deaths per 100,000 inhabitants (13 in total) in 2024. The EU average was 4.4 per 100,000, so Iceland is safer than the EU average. See the road safety ranking.