Electric car stock — all countries

Electric car stock — OECD

Electric car stock in the OECD in 2025 — 27,326,700 vehicles. Since 2010, the indicator has risen by 81,275.5%.

2025 27.33M vehicles +24.16% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 27.33M vehicles2025
Period minimum 33,581 vehicles2010

Trend over time

2010–2025 · vehicles

Electric car stock — OECD, 2010–2025010M20M30M2010201220142016201820202022202420252010: 33,581 vehicles2011: 83,339 vehicles2012: 193,720 vehicles2013: 376,992 vehicles2014: 633,920 vehicles2015: 958,231 vehicles2016: 1,364,106 vehicles2017: 1,901,292 vehicles2018: 2,733,810 vehicles2019: 3,695,750 vehicles2020: 5,508,260 vehicles2021: 8,437,560 vehicles2022: 11,874,910 vehicles2023: 17,380,440 vehicles2024: 22,009,310 vehicles2025: 27,326,700 vehicles
Change over the period: +27.29M (+81,275.48%) Average annual rate: 56.33 %

Comparison, 2025

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

OECD 27.33M vehicles
World 76M vehicles
Electric car stock — OECD, by year OECD All countries CSV XLSX
Year vehicles Change Change, %
2025 27.33M +5.32M +24.16%
2024 22.01M +4.63M +26.63%
2023 17.38M +5.51M +46.36%
2022 11.87M +3.44M +40.74%
2021 8.44M +2.93M +53.18%
2020 5.51M +1.81M +49.04%
2019 3.7M +961,940 +35.19%
2018 2.73M +832,518 +43.79%
2017 1.9M +537,186 +39.38%
2016 1.36M +405,875 +42.36%
2015 958,231 +324,311 +51.16%
2014 633,920 +256,928 +68.15%
2013 376,992 +183,272 +94.61%
2012 193,720 +110,381 +132.45%
2011 83,339 +49,758 +148.17%
2010 33,581

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.