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Electric car stock — NATO

Electric car stock in NATO in 2025 — 23,884,000 vehicles. Since 2010, the indicator has risen by 80,453.1%.

2025 23.88M vehicles +23.1% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 23.88M vehicles2025
Period minimum 29,650 vehicles2010

Trend over time

2010–2025 · vehicles

Electric car stock — NATO, 2010–2025010M20M30M2010201220142016201820202022202420252010: 29,650 vehicles2011: 65,381 vehicles2012: 148,054 vehicles2013: 299,716 vehicles2014: 506,810 vehicles2015: 794,379 vehicles2016: 1,162,948 vehicles2017: 1,612,850 vehicles2018: 2,346,650 vehicles2019: 3,189,240 vehicles2020: 4,836,600 vehicles2021: 7,467,400 vehicles2022: 10,471,700 vehicles2023: 15,377,700 vehicles2024: 19,402,000 vehicles2025: 23,884,000 vehicles
Change over the period: +23.85M (+80,453.12%) Average annual rate: 56.22 %

Comparison, 2025

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

NATO 23.88M vehicles
World 76M vehicles
Electric car stock — NATO, by year NATO All countries CSV XLSX
Year vehicles Change Change, %
2025 23.88M +4.48M +23.1%
2024 19.4M +4.02M +26.17%
2023 15.38M +4.91M +46.85%
2022 10.47M +3M +40.23%
2021 7.47M +2.63M +54.39%
2020 4.84M +1.65M +51.65%
2019 3.19M +842,590 +35.91%
2018 2.35M +733,800 +45.5%
2017 1.61M +449,902 +38.69%
2016 1.16M +368,569 +46.4%
2015 794,379 +287,569 +56.74%
2014 506,810 +207,094 +69.1%
2013 299,716 +151,662 +102.44%
2012 148,054 +82,673 +126.45%
2011 65,381 +35,731 +120.51%
2010 29,650

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.