Car statistics for Lithuania

In 2025, 36,063 new passenger cars were registered in Lithuania, of which 8.9% were electric. For comparison, the EV share in the EU was 17.3%.

New cars (2025)
36,063
EV share
8.9%
Total car fleet (2025)
1,816,856

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%
20258.9%

New passenger cars by fuel (2025)

New passenger car registrations in Lithuania by fuel (2025)
Hybrid17,353 (48.1%)
Petrol7,161 (19.9%)
Plug-in hybrid4,353 (12.1%)
Diesel3,325 (9.2%)
Electric3,227 (8.9%)
Other643 (1.8%)
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
202536,063

Electric car adoption over time

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

Electric car sales share in Lithuania per year
20150.2%
20160.3%
20170.2%
20190.3%
20201.1%
20215%
20227.9%
202311%
202412%
202518%

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

Most registered car models in Lithuania (2025)

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

#ModelRegistrations
1Toyota Toyota Yaris Cross2,101
2Toyota Toyota Corolla Cross1,955
3Å koda Å koda Octavia1,897
4Toyota Toyota RAV41,878
5Å koda Å koda Kodiaq1,419
6Kia Kia Sportage1,344
7Toyota Toyota C-HR1,012
8Hyundai Hyundai Tucson929
9Å koda Å koda Fabia R5814
10Å koda Å koda Kamiq732
11Dacia Dacia Duster726
12Toyota Toyota Yaris722
13Å koda Å koda Karoq532
14Peugeot Peugeot 308481
15Tesla Tesla Model Y437

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

Car fleet by age (2025)

75.3% of passenger cars in Lithuania are older than 10 years.

Passenger cars in Lithuania by age (2025)
Under 2 years93,578 (5.2%)
2–5 years97,911 (5.4%)
5–10 years257,358 (14.2%)
10–20 years832,953 (45.8%)
Over 20 years535,056 (29.4%)

Car fleet by fuel (2025)

Of 1,816,856 registered passenger cars in Lithuania, 28.7% run on petrol, 63.9% on diesel and 7.4% on other fuels (electric, hybrid and gas).

Car fleet in Lithuania by fuel (2025)
Petrol520,901 (28.7%)
Diesel1,161,793 (63.9%)
Other (electric/hybrid/gas)134,162 (7.4%)

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 436 public EV charging stations mapped in OpenStreetMap (about 15.1 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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