How many electric cars there are on the country's roads in total — a cumulative stock, not sales for the year.
The ranking uses the latest available value for each country. For all of them that is 2025.
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The scale does not start at zero — the values lie in a narrow range, and starting from zero the bars would be indistinguishable. The axis ticks are labeled.
| # | Year | Subregion | World rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
China
|
44M | 2025 | 1 | |
| 2 |
United States
|
7.8M | 2025 | 2 | |
| 3 |
Germany
|
3.1M | 2025 | 3 | |
| 4 |
United Kingdom
|
2.46M | 2025 | 4 | |
| 5 |
France
|
2.21M | 2025 | 5 | |
| 6 |
Netherlands
|
1.2M | 2025 | 6 | |
| 7 |
Norway
|
1.06M | 2025 | 7 | |
| 8 |
Canada
|
1.03M | 2025 | 8 | |
| 9 |
South Korea
|
834,000 | 2025 | 9 | |
| 10 |
Sweden
|
800,000 | 2025 | 10 | |
| 11 |
Belgium
|
770,000 | 2025 | 11 | |
| 12 |
Japan
|
720,000 | 2025 | 12 | |
| 13 |
Italy
|
690,000 | 2025 | 13 | |
| 14 |
Denmark
|
670,000 | 2025 | 14 | |
| 15 |
Spain
|
630,000 | 2025 | 15 | |
| 16 |
Australia
|
434,000 | 2025 | 16 | |
| 17 |
Türkiye
|
421,000 | 2025 | 17 | |
| 18 |
India
|
410,000 | 2025 | 18 | |
| 19 |
Switzerland
|
400,000 | 2025 | 19 | |
| 20 |
Brazil
|
390,000 | 2025 | 20 | |
| 21 |
Thailand
|
364,000 | 2025 | 21 | |
| 22 |
Austria
|
355,000 | 2025 | 22 | |
| 23 |
Finland
|
350,000 | 2025 | 23 | |
| 24 |
Portugal
|
330,000 | 2025 | 24 | |
| 25 |
Israel
|
310,000 | 2025 | 25 | |
| 26 |
Vietnam
|
280,240 | 2025 | 26 | |
| 27 |
Poland
|
240,000 | 2025 | 27 | |
| 28 |
United Arab Emirates
|
196,000 | 2025 | 28 | |
| 29 |
Indonesia
|
185,800 | 2025 | 29 | |
| 30 |
Mexico
|
158,000 | 2025 | 30 | |
| 31 |
New Zealand
|
128,000 | 2025 | 31 | |
| 32 |
Malaysia
|
113,000 | 2025 | 32 | |
| 33 |
Russia
|
84,000 | 2025 | 33 | |
| 34 |
Iceland
|
64,000 | 2025 | 34 | |
| 35 |
Uzbekistan
|
63,000 | 2025 | 35 | |
| 36 |
Greece
|
59,000 | 2025 | 36 | |
| 37 |
Singapore
|
49,600 | 2025 | 37 | |
| 38 |
Colombia
|
49,000 | 2025 | 38 | |
| 39 |
Philippines
|
35,000 | 2025 | 39 | |
| 40 |
Costa Rica
|
34,700 | 2025 | 40 | |
| 41 |
Chile
|
20,000 | 2025 | 41 | |
| 42 |
Jordan
|
14,820 | 2025 | 42 | |
| 43 |
Laos
|
9,480 | 2025 | 43 | |
| 44 |
South Africa
|
9,200 | 2025 | 44 | |
| 45 |
Cambodia
|
7,340 | 2025 | 45 |
The number of electric cars in use — the accumulated stock, not sales for the year. The difference between a stock and a flow is fundamental here: the share of electric cars in sales can be above half while their share of the stock stays small, because cars serve for some fifteen years and the fleet turns over slowly. It is this series, not sales, that shows when the transition will begin to tell on fuel consumption.
Important: A stock, not a flow: it cannot be compared with sales for the year directly. The stock is smaller than the sum of sales in past years — some of the cars have already been retired.
How many electric cars were sold over the year — fully electric ones and plug-in hybrids.
Vehicles 2010–2025 Electric car share of salesWhat share of the cars sold over the year are electric.
Emissions 1750–2024 CO2 emissions from oilHow much carbon dioxide comes from burning petroleum products — mostly in transport.
Vehicles 2010–2025 Non-electric car salesHow many gasoline and diesel cars were sold — a series that has been falling in recent years.