Electric Car Sales by Country (2025)

Electric vehicle (EV) sales continued to grow in 2025, with electric cars accounting for one in four new cars sold globally¹. China remained the largest EV market², and Europe and the United States also made up large shares of global electric car sales.

Approximately 21 million electric cars were sold worldwide in 2025³.

• Electric cars made up 25% of new car sales globally in 2025, up from 21% in 2024³.
• China sold 13 million electric cars in 2025², Europe 4.2 million and the United States 1.5 million.
• Chinese automakers supplied 60% of electric cars sold worldwide in 2025, while European and North American automakers each supplied about 15%¹.

Note: In IEA data, “electric cars” refers to battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Conventional hybrid vehicles are not included unless separately stated.

Norway has the highest EV market share in the world: 97% of new cars sold there in 2025 were electric².

• Nepal (68%) and Iceland (62%) were also above 50%⁴.
• China followed at 53%³, ahead of Vietnam at 41%⁴ and the United Kingdom at 35%.

About 75 million electric cars were on the world's roads at the end of 2025, up from 56 million in 2024³, and about 5% of all cars on the world's roads are now electric⁴.

• China has the most electric cars on the road: an estimated 44 million at the end of 2025, around 13% of its total car stock⁴.
• Europe had about 17 million electric cars on the road in 2025, up from 13 million in 2024³, or about 5% of its car fleet⁴.
• Norway leads on share: more than a third of its cars are electric⁴, about 1.1 million in 2025³.
• Within the European Union, only Denmark has an electric share of the car stock above 20%⁴.

Note: The number of electric cars on the road (the car stock) is not the same as yearly sales.

Outside China, Europe and the United States, about 2 million electric cars were sold in 2025, more than half of them in countries where electric cars now make up over 10% of new car sales⁴.

• In Southeast Asia, electric car sales more than doubled in 2025 to over 500,000⁴, nearly 20% of new car sales, led by Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand.
• Latin America sold more than 350,000 electric cars in 2025, up 75% from 2024⁴, led by Brazil and Mexico.
• The Middle East sold around 75,000 electric cars in 2025, up more than 40% year-on-year⁴.
• In Africa, electric car sales grew from around 4,000 in 2023 to about 25,000 in 2025, led by Egypt (7,900), Morocco (5,500) and South Africa (3,800)⁴.

Global electric car sales fell 8% to about 3.9 million in the first quarter of 2026, compared with the same period of 2025. It was the first year-on-year drop in first-quarter sales since 2020⁴.

• Europe sold around 1.2 million electric cars in the first quarter of 2026, up almost 30% year-on-year⁴.
• In the United States, first-quarter electric car sales were a third lower than a year earlier, after federal tax credits ended in the third quarter of 2025⁴.
• In China, domestic electric car sales fell, while exports more than doubled year-on-year⁴.
• Across the rest of the world, first-quarter sales reached more than 650,000, up almost 70%⁴; Asia Pacific countries other than China sold around 450,000, up 80%.

Note: First-quarter figures cover January to March only, not the full year.

Global electric car sales are expected to keep growing in 2026, though at a slower pace than the strongest post-pandemic growth years.

• The IEA expects electric car sales to reach 23 million in 2026¹, accounting for 28% of all cars sold worldwide⁴.
• The estimate is based on market trends through the first quarter of 2026².
• Europe is expected to see the largest growth among major markets in 2026, with electric car sales up close to 20% to around 5 million, or one in three new cars sold⁴.
• In China, electric cars are expected to reach almost 60% of new car sales in 2026⁴.
• In the United States, electric car sales are expected to fall by more than 20% to around 1.2 million in 2026, about 8% of new car sales, down from close to 10% in 2025⁴.
• Sales in Asia Pacific countries other than China are expected to grow by over 50% in 2026, and sales in Latin America by 45%⁴.

Note: The 2026 figure is an IEA near-term estimate, not a completed full-year sales total.