Car statistics for Lithuania

In 2024, 27,857 new passenger cars were registered in Lithuania, of which 6.7% were electric. For comparison, the EV share in the EU was 13.5%.

New cars (2024)
27,857
EV share
6.7%
Total car fleet (2024)
1,729,713

EV share of new cars over time

Electric vehicle share of new passenger cars in Lithuania per year
20130.0%
20140.1%
20150.2%
20160.4%
20170.2%
20180.7%
20190.7%
20201.2%
20214.5%
20226.2%
20238.2%
20246.7%

New passenger cars by fuel (2024)

New passenger car registrations in Lithuania by fuel (2024)
Hybrid13,119 (47.1%)
Petrol6,743 (24.2%)
Diesel3,868 (13.9%)
Electric1,877 (6.7%)
Plug-in hybrid1,674 (6.0%)
Other575 (2.1%)
Gas1 (0.0%)

New registrations per year

New passenger car registrations in Lithuania per year
201312,257
201411,699
201513,757
201616,402
201719,083
201821,678
201925,609
202040,878
202128,209
202224,115
202326,866
202427,857

Car fleet by age (2024)

76.3% of passenger cars in Lithuania are older than 10 years.

Passenger cars in Lithuania by age (2024)
Under 2 years81,136 (4.7%)
2–5 years94,677 (5.5%)
5–10 years233,929 (13.5%)
10–20 years842,574 (48.7%)
Over 20 years477,397 (27.6%)

Car fleet by fuel (2024)

Of 1,729,713 registered passenger cars in Lithuania, 27.4% run on petrol, 65.4% on diesel and 7.2% on other fuels (electric, hybrid and gas).

Car fleet in Lithuania by fuel (2024)
Petrol473,657 (27.4%)
Diesel1,130,750 (65.4%)
Other (electric/hybrid/gas)125,306 (7.2%)

CO2 emissions of new cars (2024)

New passenger cars in Lithuania emitted on average 128.2 g CO2/km in 2024. The EU average was 107.9 g/km, so Lithuania is above the average.

Average CO2 emissions of new passenger cars in Lithuania (g/km)
2010150.9 g
2011144.4 g
2012144.2 g
2013139.8 g
2014135.8 g
2015130 g
2016126.2 g
2017154.4 g
2018155.9 g
2019160 g
2020146.2 g
2021135.7 g
2022135.9 g
2023129.9 g
2024128.2 g

EV charging stations

Lithuania has 433 public EV charging stations mapped in OpenStreetMap (about 15 per 100,000 inhabitants). See the EV charging ranking.

Road safety (2024)

Lithuania recorded 4.3 road deaths per 100,000 inhabitants (124 in total) in 2024. The EU average was 4.4 per 100,000, so Lithuania is safer than the EU average. See the road safety ranking.

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