Electric car stock — all countries

Electric car stock — China

Electric car stock in China in 2025 — 44,000,000 vehicles. Ranked 1 in the world out of 45. Since 2010, the indicator has risen by 2,267,941.2%.

2025 44M vehicles +37.5% vs 2024
World rank 1of 45
Period maximum 44M vehicles2025
Period minimum 1,940 vehicles2010

Trend over time

2010–2025 · vehicles

Electric car stock — China, 2010–2025020M40M60M2010201220142016201820202022202420252010: 1,940 vehicles2011: 6,960 vehicles2012: 16,920 vehicles2013: 32,600 vehicles2014: 86,000 vehicles2015: 297,000 vehicles2016: 640,000 vehicles2017: 1,220,000 vehicles2018: 2,240,000 vehicles2019: 3,360,000 vehicles2020: 4,470,000 vehicles2021: 7,700,000 vehicles2022: 13,000,000 vehicles2023: 21,500,000 vehicles2024: 32,000,000 vehicles2025: 44,000,000 vehicles
Change over the period: +44M (+2,267,941.24%) Average annual rate: 95.15 %

Comparison, 2025

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

China 44M vehicles
World 76M vehicles
East Asia & Pacific computed 47.16M vehicles
Eastern Asia computed 45.55M vehicles
Upper-middle-income countries computed 45.72M vehicles
Electric car stock — China, by year China All countries CSV XLSX
Year vehicles Change Change, %
2025 44M +12M +37.5%
2024 32M +10.5M +48.84%
2023 21.5M +8.5M +65.38%
2022 13M +5.3M +68.83%
2021 7.7M +3.23M +72.26%
2020 4.47M +1.11M +33.04%
2019 3.36M +1.12M +50%
2018 2.24M +1.02M +83.61%
2017 1.22M +580,000 +90.63%
2016 640,000 +343,000 +115.49%
2015 297,000 +211,000 +245.35%
2014 86,000 +53,400 +163.8%
2013 32,600 +15,680 +92.67%
2012 16,920 +9,960 +143.1%
2011 6,960 +5,020 +258.76%
2010 1,940

Eastern Asia, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

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.

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