Non-electric car sales — all countries

Non-electric car sales — South Africa

Non-electric car sales in South Africa in 2025 — 428,018 vehicles. Ranked 22 in the world out of 59. Since 2013, the indicator has fallen by 5.6%.

2025 428,018 vehicles +19.79% vs 2024
World rank 22of 59
Period maximum 453,299 vehicles2013
Period minimum 246,697 vehicles2020

Trend over time

2013–2025 · vehicles

Non-electric car sales — South Africa, 2013–2025200,000300,000400,000500,00020132015201720192021202320252013: 453,299 vehicles2014: 441,161 vehicles2015: 413,553 vehicles2016: 379,620 vehicles2017: 373,387 vehicles2018: 360,828 vehicles2019: 362,268 vehicles2020: 246,697 vehicles2021: 307,684 vehicles2022: 364,086 vehicles2023: 358,920 vehicles2024: 357,319 vehicles2025: 428,018 vehicles
Change over the period: −25,281 (−5.58%) Average annual rate: -0.48 %

Comparison, 2025

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

South Africa 428,018 vehicles
World 63.6M vehicles
Southern Africa computed 428,018 vehicles
Upper-middle-income countries computed 18.2M vehicles
Non-electric car sales — South Africa, by year South Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year vehicles Change Change, %
2025 428,018 +70,699 +19.79%
2024 357,319 −1,601 −0.45%
2023 358,920 −5,166 −1.42%
2022 364,086 +56,402 +18.33%
2021 307,684 +60,987 +24.72%
2020 246,697 −115,571 −31.9%
2019 362,268 +1,440 +0.4%
2018 360,828 −12,559 −3.36%
2017 373,387 −6,233 −1.64%
2016 379,620 −33,933 −8.21%
2015 413,553 −27,608 −6.26%
2014 441,161 −12,138 −2.68%
2013 453,299

About the indicator

The number of passenger cars with an internal combustion engine sold over the year, ordinary hybrids without charging included. The series is useful precisely in a pair with electric car sales: the two together give the whole market, and their movement shows whether substitution is under way or electric cars are so far simply adding to the earlier volume. The world peak in sales of internal combustion cars has passed, and the series has been falling since.

Important: Together with electric car sales it makes up the entire passenger car market: the IEA has no separate series for total sales, and it is obtained by adding these two.

Source: Global EV Outlook (IEA), license CC BY 4.0.