Electric car stock — all countries

Electric car stock — Southern Africa

Electric car stock in Southern Africa in 2025 — 9,200 vehicles. Since 2013, the indicator has risen by 26,958.8%.

2025 9,200 vehicles +80.39% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 9,200 vehicles2025
Period minimum 34 vehicles2013

Trend over time

2013–2025 · vehicles

Electric car stock — Southern Africa, 2013–202502,5005,0007,50010,00020132015201720192021202320252013: 34 vehicles2014: 49 vehicles2015: 280 vehicles2016: 660 vehicles2017: 860 vehicles2018: 1,010 vehicles2019: 1,240 vehicles2020: 1,470 vehicles2021: 1,740 vehicles2022: 2,220 vehicles2023: 3,500 vehicles2024: 5,100 vehicles2025: 9,200 vehicles
Change over the period: +9,166 (+26,958.82%) Average annual rate: 59.47 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Southern Africa 9,200 vehicles
World 76M vehicles
Electric car stock — Southern Africa, by year Southern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year vehicles Change Change, %
2025 9,200 +4,100 +80.39%
2024 5,100 +1,600 +45.71%
2023 3,500 +1,280 +57.66%
2022 2,220 +480 +27.59%
2021 1,740 +270 +18.37%
2020 1,470 +230 +18.55%
2019 1,240 +230 +22.77%
2018 1,010 +150 +17.44%
2017 860 +200 +30.3%
2016 660 +380 +135.71%
2015 280 +231 +471.43%
2014 49 +15 +44.12%
2013 34

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.