Car Statistics

Car statistics for Turkey

In 2025, 1,120,427 new passenger cars were registered in Turkey, of which 16.7% were electric. For comparison, the EV share in the EU was 17.3%.

New cars (2025)
1,120,427
EV share
16.7%
Total car fleet (2025)
17,373,581

EV share of new cars over time

Electric vehicle share of new passenger cars in Turkey per year
20130.0%
20140.0%
20150.0%
20160.0%
20170.0%
20180.0%
20190.1%
20200.3%
20210.6%
20221.5%
20236.9%
202410.2%
202516.7%

New passenger cars by fuel (2025)

New passenger car registrations in Turkey by fuel (2025)
Petrol520,412 (63.9%)
Electric186,979 (23.0%)
Diesel94,916 (11.7%)
Gas12,079 (1.5%)

New registrations per year

New passenger car registrations in Turkey per year
2013654,905
2014585,814
2015746,395
2016746,074
2017741,902
2018526,235
2019386,748
2020601,525
2021614,037
2022566,280
2023945,768
20241,014,830
20251,120,427

Electric car adoption over time

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

Electric car sales share in Turkey per year
20190.1%
20200.2%
20210.6%
20221.3%
20237.2%
202411%
202522%

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

Car fleet by age (2025)

55.0% of passenger cars in Turkey are older than 10 years.

Passenger cars in Turkey by age (2025)
Under 2 years2,942,027 (16.9%)
2–5 years1,810,182 (10.4%)
5–10 years3,074,575 (17.7%)
10–20 years4,962,112 (28.6%)
Over 20 years4,584,685 (26.4%)

Car fleet by fuel (2025)

Of 17,373,581 registered passenger cars in Turkey, 34.7% run on petrol, 32.8% on diesel and 32.5% on other fuels (electric, hybrid and gas).

Car fleet in Turkey by fuel (2025)
Petrol6,035,094 (34.7%)
Diesel5,700,429 (32.8%)
Other (electric/hybrid/gas)5,638,058 (32.5%)

EV charging stations

Turkey has 688 public EV charging stations mapped in OpenStreetMap (about 0.8 per 100,000 inhabitants). See the EV charging ranking.

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