Car statistics for Luxembourg

In 2025, 47,530 new passenger cars were registered in Luxembourg, of which 26.6% were electric. For comparison, the EV share in the EU was 17.3%.

New cars (2025)
47,530
EV share
26.6%
Total car fleet (2025)
461,762

EV share of new cars over time

Electric vehicle share of new passenger cars in Luxembourg per year
20130.3%
20140.6%
20150.2%
20160.3%
20170.7%
20180.8%
20191.8%
20205.5%
202110.5%
202215.2%
202322.5%
202427.4%
202526.6%

New passenger cars by fuel (2025)

New passenger car registrations in Luxembourg by fuel (2025)
Hybrid13,818 (28.9%)
Electric12,664 (26.5%)
Petrol12,258 (25.6%)
Diesel5,305 (11.1%)
Plug-in hybrid3,718 (7.8%)
Gas27 (0.1%)
Other7 (0.0%)
Hydrogen2 (0.0%)

New registrations per year

New passenger car registrations in Luxembourg per year
201346,624
201449,793
201546,473
201650,561
201752,775
201852,811
201955,008
202045,189
202144,372
202242,094
202349,155
202446,635
202547,530

Electric car adoption over time

Electric cars (battery-electric and plug-in hybrid) as a share of new car sales in Luxembourg, 2019–2025.

Electric car sales share in Luxembourg per year
20193.5%
202011%
202120%
202224%
202332%
202436%
202535%

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

Most registered car models in Luxembourg (2025)

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

#ModelRegistrations
1BMW BMW X1881
2Ford Ford Puma725
3Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz GL-Class (X164)708
4Å koda Å koda Kodiaq640
5Kia Kia EV3587
6Volkswagen Volkswagen Polo VI561
7Renault Renault 5502
8Tesla Tesla Model 3493
9BMW BMW iX492
10Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz EQA474
11BMW BMW iX1472
12BMW BMW X3470
13BMW BMW i4448
14Volkswagen Volkswagen T-Roc439
15Volvo Volvo XC40428

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

Car fleet by age (2025)

28.9% of passenger cars in Luxembourg are older than 10 years.

Passenger cars in Luxembourg by age (2025)
Under 2 years91,514 (19.8%)
2–5 years105,071 (22.8%)
5–10 years131,654 (28.5%)
10–20 years101,702 (22.0%)
Over 20 years31,821 (6.9%)

Car fleet by fuel (2025)

Of 461,762 registered passenger cars in Luxembourg, 55.0% run on petrol, 36.2% on diesel and 8.8% on other fuels (electric, hybrid and gas).

Car fleet in Luxembourg by fuel (2025)
Petrol254,018 (55.0%)
Diesel167,299 (36.2%)
Other (electric/hybrid/gas)40,445 (8.8%)

CO2 emissions of new cars (2024)

New passenger cars in Luxembourg emitted on average 99 g CO2/km in 2024. The EU average was 107.9 g/km, so Luxembourg is below the average.

Average CO2 emissions of new passenger cars in Luxembourg (g/km)
2010146 g
2011142.2 g
2012137 g
2013133.4 g
2014129.9 g
2015127.5 g
2016126.1 g
2017153.9 g
2018159.3 g
2019161.2 g
2020143.9 g
2021123.8 g
2022115.7 g
2023105.8 g
202499 g

EV charging stations

Luxembourg has 538 public EV charging stations mapped in OpenStreetMap (about 77.8 per 100,000 inhabitants). See the EV charging ranking.

Road safety (2024)

Luxembourg recorded 2.7 road deaths per 100,000 inhabitants (18 in total) in 2024. The EU average was 4.4 per 100,000, so Luxembourg is safer than the EU average. See the road safety ranking.

Safety recalls notified by Luxembourg

Luxembourg has notified 1 vehicle safety alert 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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