Electric car stock — all countries

Electric car stock — Northern Europe

Electric car stock in Northern Europe in 2025 — 5,404,000 vehicles. Since 2010, the indicator has risen by 124,330.1%.

2025 5.4M vehicles +21.19% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 5.4M vehicles2025
Period minimum 4,343 vehicles2010

Trend over time

2010–2025 · vehicles

Electric car stock — Northern Europe, 2010–202502M4M6M2010201220142016201820202022202420252010: 4,343 vehicles2011: 7,281 vehicles2012: 16,174 vehicles2013: 28,586 vehicles2014: 68,322 vehicles2015: 142,360 vehicles2016: 240,100 vehicles2017: 373,600 vehicles2018: 537,600 vehicles2019: 744,600 vehicles2020: 1,208,700 vehicles2021: 1,906,500 vehicles2022: 2,568,000 vehicles2023: 3,618,000 vehicles2024: 4,459,000 vehicles2025: 5,404,000 vehicles
Change over the period: +5.4M (+124,330.12%) Average annual rate: 60.82 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Northern Europe 5.4M vehicles
World 76M vehicles
Electric car stock — Northern Europe, by year Northern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year vehicles Change Change, %
2025 5.4M +945,000 +21.19%
2024 4.46M +841,000 +23.24%
2023 3.62M +1.05M +40.89%
2022 2.57M +661,500 +34.7%
2021 1.91M +697,800 +57.73%
2020 1.21M +464,100 +62.33%
2019 744,600 +207,000 +38.5%
2018 537,600 +164,000 +43.9%
2017 373,600 +133,500 +55.6%
2016 240,100 +97,740 +68.66%
2015 142,360 +74,038 +108.37%
2014 68,322 +39,736 +139.01%
2013 28,586 +12,412 +76.74%
2012 16,174 +8,893 +122.14%
2011 7,281 +2,938 +67.65%
2010 4,343

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.