Non-electric car sales — all countries

Non-electric car sales — United Kingdom

Non-electric car sales in the United Kingdom in 2025 — 1,300,000 vehicles. Ranked 10 in the world out of 59. Since 2010, the indicator has fallen by 35.2%.

2025 1.3M vehicles −12.58% vs 2024
World rank 10of 59
Period maximum 2.75M vehicles2016
Period minimum 1.3M vehicles2025

Trend over time

2010–2025 · vehicles

Non-electric car sales — United Kingdom, 2010–20251M1.5M2M2.5M3M2010201220142016201820202022202420252010: 2,007,431 vehicles2011: 1,945,567 vehicles2012: 1,974,353 vehicles2013: 2,308,800 vehicles2014: 2,443,127 vehicles2015: 2,607,364 vehicles2016: 2,746,714 vehicles2017: 2,529,947 vehicles2018: 2,322,615 vehicles2019: 2,268,750 vehicles2020: 1,440,182 vehicles2021: 1,412,222 vehicles2022: 1,311,818 vehicles2023: 1,506,522 vehicles2024: 1,487,037 vehicles2025: 1,300,000 vehicles
Change over the period: −707,431 (−35.24%) Average annual rate: -2.86 %

Comparison, 2025

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

United Kingdom 1.3M vehicles
World 63.6M vehicles
Europe & Central Asia computed 12.29M vehicles
Northern Europe computed 1.66M vehicles
High-income countries computed 32.91M vehicles
Non-electric car sales — United Kingdom, by year United Kingdom All countries CSV XLSX
Year vehicles Change Change, %
2025 1.3M −187,037 −12.58%
2024 1.49M −19,485 −1.29%
2023 1.51M +194,704 +14.84%
2022 1.31M −100,404 −7.11%
2021 1.41M −27,960 −1.94%
2020 1.44M −828,568 −36.52%
2019 2.27M −53,865 −2.32%
2018 2.32M −207,332 −8.2%
2017 2.53M −216,767 −7.89%
2016 2.75M +139,350 +5.34%
2015 2.61M +164,237 +6.72%
2014 2.44M +134,327 +5.82%
2013 2.31M +334,447 +16.94%
2012 1.97M +28,786 +1.48%
2011 1.95M −61,864 −3.08%
2010 2.01M

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.