Car statistics for Netherlands

In 2024, 381,529 new passenger cars were registered in Netherlands, of which 34.6% were electric. For comparison, the EV share in the EU was 13.5%.

New cars (2024)
381,529
EV share
34.6%
Total car fleet (2024)
9,247,810

EV share of new cars over time

Electric vehicle share of new passenger cars in Netherlands per year
20130.6%
20140.8%
20150.7%
20161.0%
20171.9%
20185.4%
201913.8%
202020.5%
202119.8%
202223.5%
202330.8%
202434.6%

New passenger cars by fuel (2024)

New passenger car registrations in Netherlands by fuel (2024)
Hybrid160,173 (42.0%)
Electric132,167 (34.6%)
Petrol83,235 (21.8%)
Diesel3,765 (1.0%)
Gas2,189 (0.6%)

New registrations per year

New passenger car registrations in Netherlands per year
2013416,717
2014387,568
2015448,906
2016382,512
2017414,306
2018443,529
2019445,218
2020355,432
2021322,318
2022312,070
2023369,634
2024381,529

Car fleet by age (2024)

47.2% of passenger cars in Netherlands are older than 10 years.

Passenger cars in Netherlands by age (2024)
Under 2 years1,162,653 (12.6%)
2–5 years1,407,895 (15.2%)
5–10 years2,310,446 (25.0%)
10–20 years3,532,555 (38.2%)
Over 20 years834,261 (9.0%)

Car fleet by fuel (2024)

Of 9,247,810 registered passenger cars in Netherlands, 85.4% run on petrol, 7.4% on diesel and 7.2% on other fuels (electric, hybrid and gas).

Car fleet in Netherlands by fuel (2024)
Petrol7,895,129 (85.4%)
Diesel683,003 (7.4%)
Other (electric/hybrid/gas)669,678 (7.2%)

CO2 emissions of new cars (2024)

New passenger cars in Netherlands emitted on average 65.3 g CO2/km in 2024. The EU average was 107.9 g/km, so Netherlands is below the average.

Average CO2 emissions of new passenger cars in Netherlands (g/km)
2010135.8 g
2011126.1 g
2012118.6 g
2013109.1 g
2014107.3 g
2015101.2 g
2016105.9 g
2017131.3 g
2018127.9 g
2019119.3 g
2020104.4 g
202195.1 g
202286.8 g
202374.2 g
202465.3 g

EV charging stations

Netherlands has 20,976 public EV charging stations mapped in OpenStreetMap (about 116.4 per 100,000 inhabitants). See the EV charging ranking.

Road safety (2024)

Netherlands recorded 3.1 road deaths per 100,000 inhabitants (566 in total) in 2024. The EU average was 4.4 per 100,000, so Netherlands is safer than the EU average. See the road safety ranking.

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