Car Statistics

Electric car adoption by country in Europe

Norway leads Europe on electric cars: about 87.9% of its new passenger cars (2024) are fully electric. Adoption depends heavily on taxes, incentives and charging infrastructure, so the spread between countries is large.

Highest EV share
Norway
87.9%
Countries ranked
42
Latest year
2024

Highest electric car share (top 15)

Electric share of new car registrations by country
Norway87.9%
Denmark51.3%
Malta37.7%
Sweden34.9%
Netherlands34.6%
Finland29.5%
Belgium28.0%
Luxembourg27.4%
Iceland26.0%
Liechtenstein23.1%
Portugal19.9%
United Kingdom19.2%
Switzerland18.5%
Austria17.6%
France16.6%

Full ranking

Electric vehicle share of new car registrations by country
#CountryEV share of new carsNew carsYear
1Norway87.9%130,6532024
2Denmark51.3%173,4612024
3Malta37.7%7,6832024
4Sweden34.9%270,7442024
5Netherlands34.6%381,5292024
6Finland29.5%74,0752024
7Belgium28.0%456,3032024
8Luxembourg27.4%46,6352024
9Iceland26.0%10,2332024
10Liechtenstein23.1%1,5672024
11Portugal19.9%210,4112024
12United Kingdom19.2%1,950,3412024
13Switzerland18.5%252,5472024
14Austria17.6%253,7892024
15France16.6%1,781,5802024
16Ukraine14.9%68,7572024
17Ireland14.2%125,1382024
18Germany13.5%2,817,3312024
19Turkey10.2%1,014,8302024
20Cyprus7.9%15,0612024
21Latvia7.4%17,1352024
22Hungary7.0%121,6742024
23Lithuania6.7%27,8572024
24Romania6.5%151,1052024
25Greece6.4%136,9842024
26Georgia6.1%8,4732024
27Slovenia6.0%52,5332024
28Spain5.6%1,067,1722024
29Estonia5.1%25,7442024
30Czechia5.0%217,5202024
31Italy4.2%1,592,0982024
32Bulgaria3.9%42,7992024
33Albania3.4%82,9312024
34Moldova3.1%53,2262024
35Poland3.0%554,2482024
36Slovakia2.4%91,5442024
37Montenegro2.3%7,1362024
38Croatia1.8%47,8062024
39Serbia1.2%49,2822024
40Bosnia and Herzegovina1.0%9,1502024
41Kosovo0.1%27,1712021
42North Macedonia0.0%44,1512024