Worldwide electric car sales
New electric car sales (BEV + PHEV), World, IEA. Explorer series (OWID, IEA origin), not the rounded “topped 20 million” headline.
| Year | Electric cars sold | Share of new cars |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 520,000 | 0.68% |
| 2016 | 780,000 | 0.95% |
| 2017 | 1,200,000 | 1.4% |
| 2018 | 2,050,000 | 2.4% |
| 2019 | 2,080,000 | 2.7% |
| 2020 | 2,980,000 | 4.4% |
| 2021 | 6,600,000 | 9.3% |
| 2022 | 10,200,000 | 15% |
| 2023 | 13,700,000 | 18% |
| 2024 | 17,500,000 | 21% |
| 2025 | 21,200,000 | 25% |
China, Europe, and the United States
IEA region labels from Global EV Outlook 2025. IEA Europe is not the same as EU-27 ACEA. For monthly European registrations by brand and model, use European EV registrations by brand and model.
Largest national markets
Eight countries with the highest IEA electric-car sales in 2025. Remaining IEA countries are not listed. These cells are IEA-origin only. ACEA and AFDC figures stay on the regional pages.
| Country | Electric cars sold | On the road | Share of new cars |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | 13,300,000 | 44,000,000 | 53% |
| United States | 1,530,000 | 7,800,000 | 10% |
| Germany | 860,000 | 3,100,000 | 30% |
| United Kingdom | 700,000 | 2,460,000 | 35% |
| France | 450,000 | 2,210,000 | 26% |
| Turkey | 237,000 | 421,000 | 22% |
| Spain | 230,000 | 630,000 | 20% |
| Netherlands | 228,000 | 1,200,000 | 58% |
Methods and definitions
Figures are from the Global EV Outlook 2026 (CC BY 4.0). IEA “electric cars” are battery-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles. They are not hybrids without a plug, and they are not China’s NEV category (which can include fuel-cell vehicles).
World sales and public-charger KPIs use IEA report headlines (topped 20 million sales; more than 7 million public points). Stock and the region and country series on this page come from the same outlook’s data product as published by Our World in Data, still IEA-origin. Public points are not charging stations. The outlook is annual, so these numbers lag monthly Europe and US pages.
Source: IEA 2026; Global EV Outlook 2026; https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2026; License: CC BY 4.0. Explore the full tables: IEA Global EV Data Explorer.
Journalist Data & Citation Hub
Copy a citation, markdown, or CSV of the cells shown on this page. Source is the IEA Global EV Outlook (CC BY 4.0), compiled here. This is not a full-country IEA download.
International Energy Agency. Global EV Outlook 2026. License: CC BY 4.0. Calendar year 2025 electric car (BEV + PHEV) figures. Compiled with attribution at https://evstats.org/statistics (updated May 2026).
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European EV registrations by brand and model
National registration data for up to 17 European countries, published within days of each month's end: Tesla vs BYD by country, Chinese brands' share since 2024, top and fastest-growing electric models. Free CSV.
Europe (fresher regional sources)
Monthly registrations and charging from ACEA and EAFO, not the IEA world totals above. IEA Europe is not the same as EU-27 ACEA.
United States (fresher regional sources)
AFDC and EIA figures for fleet and charging. Those vintages are not mixed into the IEA world KPIs.
Car statistics
Catalog model rankings: WLTP range, battery size, charging power, efficiency. Not sales-weighted.