Car statistics for Poland

In 2024, 554,248 new passenger cars were registered in Poland, of which 3.0% were electric. For comparison, the EV share in the EU was 13.5%.

New cars (2024)
554,248
EV share
3.0%
Total car fleet (2024)
22,951,213

EV share of new cars over time

Electric vehicle share of new passenger cars in Poland per year
20130.0%
20140.0%
20150.0%
20160.0%
20170.1%
20180.1%
20190.3%
20200.9%
20211.6%
20222.7%
20233.6%
20243.0%

New passenger cars by fuel (2024)

New passenger car registrations in Poland by fuel (2024)
Petrol312,024 (56.3%)
Hybrid121,598 (21.9%)
Diesel72,510 (13.1%)
Electric16,564 (3.0%)
Gas16,550 (3.0%)
Plug-in hybrid14,990 (2.7%)
Hydrogen12 (0.0%)

New registrations per year

New passenger car registrations in Poland per year
2013290,983
2014327,709
2015356,337
2016418,058
2017490,651
2018540,396
2019561,153
2020432,394
2021450,831
2022421,565
2023477,258
2024554,248

Car fleet by age (2024)

75.8% of passenger cars in Poland are older than 10 years.

Passenger cars in Poland by age (2024)
Under 2 years1,098,084 (4.8%)
2–5 years1,399,645 (6.1%)
5–10 years3,060,709 (13.3%)
10–20 years9,328,756 (40.6%)
Over 20 years8,064,019 (35.1%)

Car fleet by fuel (2024)

Of 22,951,213 registered passenger cars in Poland, 0.0% run on petrol, 0.0% on diesel and 100.0% on other fuels (electric, hybrid and gas).

Car fleet in Poland by fuel (2024)
Petrol0 (0.0%)
Diesel0 (0.0%)
Other (electric/hybrid/gas)22,951,213 (100.0%)

CO2 emissions of new cars (2024)

New passenger cars in Poland emitted on average 133.4 g CO2/km in 2024. The EU average was 107.9 g/km, so Poland is above the average.

Average CO2 emissions of new passenger cars in Poland (g/km)
2010146.2 g
2011144.5 g
2012141.3 g
2013138.1 g
2014132.9 g
2015129.3 g
2016125.8 g
2017154.7 g
2018157.3 g
2019158 g
2020146 g
2021137.6 g
2022135.7 g
2023132.7 g
2024133.4 g

EV charging stations

Poland has 2,905 public EV charging stations mapped in OpenStreetMap (about 8 per 100,000 inhabitants). See the EV charging ranking.

Road safety (2024)

Poland recorded 5.2 road deaths per 100,000 inhabitants (1,896 in total) in 2024. The EU average was 4.4 per 100,000, so Poland is above the EU average. See the road safety ranking.

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