Electric car stock — all countries

Electric car stock — European Union

Electric car stock in the European Union in 2025 — 11,404,000 vehicles. Since 2010, the indicator has risen by 51,823.7%.

2025 11.4M vehicles +22.85% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 11.4M vehicles2025
Period minimum 21,963 vehicles2010

Trend over time

2010–2025 · vehicles

Electric car stock — European Union, 2010–202505M10M15M2010201220142016201820202022202420252010: 21,963 vehicles2011: 37,276 vehicles2012: 58,694 vehicles2013: 100,494 vehicles2014: 152,738 vehicles2015: 265,199 vehicles2016: 374,158 vehicles2017: 511,110 vehicles2018: 724,420 vehicles2019: 1,047,400 vehicles2020: 2,025,700 vehicles2021: 3,683,300 vehicles2022: 5,414,400 vehicles2023: 7,640,000 vehicles2024: 9,283,000 vehicles2025: 11,404,000 vehicles
Change over the period: +11.38M (+51,823.69%) Average annual rate: 51.71 %

Comparison, 2025

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

European Union 11.4M vehicles
World 76M vehicles
Electric car stock — European Union, by year European Union All countries CSV XLSX
Year vehicles Change Change, %
2025 11.4M +2.12M +22.85%
2024 9.28M +1.64M +21.51%
2023 7.64M +2.23M +41.11%
2022 5.41M +1.73M +47%
2021 3.68M +1.66M +81.83%
2020 2.03M +978,300 +93.4%
2019 1.05M +322,980 +44.58%
2018 724,420 +213,310 +41.73%
2017 511,110 +136,952 +36.6%
2016 374,158 +108,959 +41.09%
2015 265,199 +112,461 +73.63%
2014 152,738 +52,244 +51.99%
2013 100,494 +41,800 +71.22%
2012 58,694 +21,418 +57.46%
2011 37,276 +15,313 +69.72%
2010 21,963

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.