Electric car sales — all countries

Electric car sales — South Africa

Electric car sales in South Africa in 2025 — 3,800 vehicles. Ranked 54 in the world out of 59. Since 2013, the indicator has risen by 11,076.5%.

2025 3,800 vehicles +95.88% vs 2024
World rank 54of 59
Period maximum 3,800 vehicles2025
Period minimum 15 vehicles2014

Trend over time

2013–2025 · vehicles

Electric car sales — South Africa, 2013–202501,0002,0003,0004,00020132015201720192021202320252013: 34 vehicles2014: 15 vehicles2015: 240 vehicles2016: 380 vehicles2017: 198 vehicles2018: 148 vehicles2019: 232 vehicles2020: 242 vehicles2021: 271 vehicles2022: 620 vehicles2023: 1,080 vehicles2024: 1,940 vehicles2025: 3,800 vehicles
Change over the period: +3,766 (+11,076.47%) Average annual rate: 48.15 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South Africa

South Africa 3,800 vehicles
World 21.2M vehicles
Southern Africa computed 3,800 vehicles
Upper-middle-income countries computed 14.15M vehicles
Electric car sales — South Africa, by year South Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year vehicles Change Change, %
2025 3,800 +1,860 +95.88%
2024 1,940 +860 +79.63%
2023 1,080 +460 +74.19%
2022 620 +349 +128.78%
2021 271 +29 +11.98%
2020 242 +10 +4.31%
2019 232 +84 +56.76%
2018 148 −50 −25.25%
2017 198 −182 −47.89%
2016 380 +140 +58.33%
2015 240 +225 +1,500%
2014 15 −19 −55.88%
2013 34

About the indicator

The number of electric passenger cars sold over the year, per International Energy Agency data. The concept covers both fully electric cars and hybrids that can be charged from the grid; ordinary hybrids without charging are left out. The growth of this series is among the fastest in the whole of the statistics: over ten years sales have risen roughly a hundredfold, and more than half of the world total is China.

Important: The IEA tracks about sixty of the largest markets, which together account for nearly the entire world total. In the remaining countries sales are not zero but are negligibly small, so aggregates are computed at a lowered coverage threshold.

Source: Global EV Outlook (IEA), license CC BY 4.0.