Ranking · Energy and resources
Electric car sales by country
China sold 13 million electric cars in 2025, more than the rest of the world combined out of 21 million sold worldwide. The United States was second with 1.5 million. Germany, the United Kingdom and France rounded out the top five. One in four new cars sold in 2025 was electric, up from one in 23 in 2020.
- Under 5%
- 5%–15%
- 15%–30%
- 30%–50%
- Over 50%
- Not in this ranking
- Under 10,000
- 10,000–50,000
- 50,000–200,000
- 200,000–1 million
- Over 1 million
- Not in this ranking
- Under 5%
- 5%–15%
- 15%–30%
- 30%–50%
- Over 50%
- Not in this ranking
| # | Country | Share | Sold | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Norway |
97% | 170,000 | 75% |
| 2 |  Denmark |
71% | 130,000 | 16% |
| 3 |  Nepal |
68% | 13,000 | · |
| 4 |  Iceland |
62% | 10,000 | 52% |
| 5 |  Sweden |
61% | 170,000 | 32% |
| 6 |  Netherlands |
58% | 230,000 | 25% |
| 7 |  Finland |
57% | 41,000 | 18% |
| 8 |  China |
53% | 13,000,000 | 5.7% |
| 9 |  Belgium |
44% | 180,000 | 11% |
| 10 |  Singapore |
40% | 21,000 | 2.4% |
| 11 |  Vietnam |
40% | 180,000 | · |
| 12 |  Portugal |
38% | 86,000 | 13% |
| 13 |  Laos |
36% | 6,100 | · |
| 14 |  Luxembourg |
35% | 16,000 | 11% |
| 15 |  United Kingdom |
35% | 700,000 | 11% |
| 16 |  Ireland |
34% | 43,000 | 7.4% |
| 17 |  Switzerland |
34% | 80,000 | 14% |
| 18 |  Austria |
31% | 89,000 | 9.5% |
| 19 |  Germany |
30% | 860,000 | 14% |
| 20 |  Uruguay |
28% | 14,000 | 0.3% |
| 21 |  France |
26% | 450,000 | 11% |
| 22 |  Thailand |
23% | 140,000 | 1.1% |
| 23 |  Turkey |
22% | 240,000 | 0.2% |
| 24 |  Israel |
21% | 89,000 | 2.6% |
| 25 |  Spain |
20% | 230,000 | 4.5% |
| 26 |  Latvia |
19% | 4,300 | 2.6% |
| 27 |  Lithuania |
18% | 7,600 | 1.1% |
| 28 |  Costa Rica |
17% | 12,000 | 2.5% |
| 29 |  Estonia |
17% | 2,300 | 1.8% |
| 30 |  Australia |
15% | 140,000 | 1% |
| 31 |  Cyprus |
15% | 2,200 | 1.4% |
| 32 |  Indonesia |
15% | 110,000 | 0.1% |
| 33 |  Slovenia |
15% | 8,400 | 3.1% |
| 34 |  Greece |
14% | 21,000 | 2.7% |
| 35 |  Hungary |
14% | 18,000 | 4.7% |
| 36 |  Poland |
14% | 84,000 | 1.9% |
| 37 |  Italy |
13% | 190,000 | 4.2% |
| 38 |  Jordan |
12% | 2,900 | 2.4% |
| 39 |  New Zealand |
12% | 12,000 | 6.6% |
| 40 |  Canada |
11% | 170,000 | 4.2% |
| 41 |  South Korea |
11% | 220,000 | 2.5% |
| 42 |  Colombia |
10% | 21,000 | 0.8% |
| 43 |  Czechia |
10% | 25,000 | 2.5% |
| 44 |  Philippines |
10% | 30,000 | 0.2% |
| 45 |  United States |
10% | 1,500,000 | 2.3% |
| 46 |  Slovakia |
9.1% | 8,500 | 2.3% |
| 47 |  Brazil |
9% | 180,000 | 0.2% |
| 48 |  United Arab Emirates |
9% | 37,000 | 0.4% |
| 49 |  Malaysia |
7% | 54,000 | 0.1% |
| 50 |  Mexico |
7% | 90,000 | 0.5% |
| 51 |  Bulgaria |
6% | 3,000 | · |
| 52 |  Uzbekistan |
6% | 30,000 | · |
| 53 |  Romania |
5.6% | 8,800 | 3.1% |
| 54 |  Croatia |
5.4% | 3,800 | 1.9% |
| 55 |  Cambodia |
5% | 4,300 | · |
| 56 |  Chile |
4% | 8,800 | 0.2% |
| 57 |  India |
4% | 170,000 | 0.1% |
| 58 |  Japan |
3% | 100,000 | 0.8% |
| 59 |  Russia |
2% | 32,000 | 0.1% |
| 60 |  South Africa |
0.9% | 3,800 | 0.1% |
| # | Country | Sold | Share | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China |
13,000,000 | 53% | 5.7% |
| 2 | United States |
1,500,000 | 10% | 2.3% |
| 3 | Germany |
860,000 | 30% | 14% |
| 4 | United Kingdom |
700,000 | 35% | 11% |
| 5 | France |
450,000 | 26% | 11% |
| 6 | Turkey |
240,000 | 22% | 0.2% |
| 7 | Netherlands |
230,000 | 58% | 25% |
| 8 | Spain |
230,000 | 20% | 4.5% |
| 9 | South Korea |
220,000 | 11% | 2.5% |
| 10 | Italy |
190,000 | 13% | 4.2% |
| 11 | Belgium |
180,000 | 44% | 11% |
| 12 | Vietnam |
180,000 | 40% | · |
| 13 | Brazil |
180,000 | 9% | 0.2% |
| 14 | Norway |
170,000 | 97% | 75% |
| 15 | Sweden |
170,000 | 61% | 32% |
| 16 | Canada |
170,000 | 11% | 4.2% |
| 17 | India |
170,000 | 4% | 0.1% |
| 18 | Thailand |
140,000 | 23% | 1.1% |
| 19 | Australia |
140,000 | 15% | 1% |
| 20 | Denmark |
130,000 | 71% | 16% |
| 21 | Indonesia |
110,000 | 15% | 0.1% |
| 22 | Japan |
100,000 | 3% | 0.8% |
| 23 | Mexico |
90,000 | 7% | 0.5% |
| 24 | Austria |
89,000 | 31% | 9.5% |
| 25 | Israel |
89,000 | 21% | 2.6% |
| 26 | Portugal |
86,000 | 38% | 13% |
| 27 | Poland |
84,000 | 14% | 1.9% |
| 28 | Switzerland |
80,000 | 34% | 14% |
| 29 | Malaysia |
54,000 | 7% | 0.1% |
| 30 | Ireland |
43,000 | 34% | 7.4% |
| 31 | Finland |
41,000 | 57% | 18% |
| 32 | United Arab Emirates |
37,000 | 9% | 0.4% |
| 33 | Russia |
32,000 | 2% | 0.1% |
| 34 | Philippines |
30,000 | 10% | 0.2% |
| 35 | Uzbekistan |
30,000 | 6% | · |
| 36 | Czechia |
25,000 | 10% | 2.5% |
| 37 | Singapore |
21,000 | 40% | 2.4% |
| 38 | Greece |
21,000 | 14% | 2.7% |
| 39 | Colombia |
21,000 | 10% | 0.8% |
| 40 | Hungary |
18,000 | 14% | 4.7% |
| 41 | Luxembourg |
16,000 | 35% | 11% |
| 42 | Uruguay |
14,000 | 28% | 0.3% |
| 43 | Nepal |
13,000 | 68% | · |
| 44 | Costa Rica |
12,000 | 17% | 2.5% |
| 45 | New Zealand |
12,000 | 12% | 6.6% |
| 46 | Iceland |
10,000 | 62% | 52% |
| 47 | Romania |
8,800 | 5.6% | 3.1% |
| 48 | Chile |
8,800 | 4% | 0.2% |
| 49 | Slovakia |
8,500 | 9.1% | 2.3% |
| 50 | Slovenia |
8,400 | 15% | 3.1% |
| 51 | Lithuania |
7,600 | 18% | 1.1% |
| 52 | Laos |
6,100 | 36% | · |
| 53 | Latvia |
4,300 | 19% | 2.6% |
| 54 | Cambodia |
4,300 | 5% | · |
| 55 | Croatia |
3,800 | 5.4% | 1.9% |
| 56 | South Africa |
3,800 | 0.9% | 0.1% |
| 57 | Bulgaria |
3,000 | 6% | · |
| 58 | Jordan |
2,900 | 12% | 2.4% |
| 59 | Estonia |
2,300 | 17% | 1.8% |
| 60 | Cyprus |
2,200 | 15% | 1.4% |
| # | Country | 2020 | Share | Sold |
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| 1 | Norway |
75% | 97% | 170,000 |
| 2 | Iceland |
52% | 62% | 10,000 |
| 3 | Sweden |
32% | 61% | 170,000 |
| 4 | Netherlands |
25% | 58% | 230,000 |
| 5 | Finland |
18% | 57% | 41,000 |
| 6 | Denmark |
16% | 71% | 130,000 |
| 7 | Switzerland |
14% | 34% | 80,000 |
| 8 | Germany |
14% | 30% | 860,000 |
| 9 | Portugal |
13% | 38% | 86,000 |
| 10 | Belgium |
11% | 44% | 180,000 |
| 11 | Luxembourg |
11% | 35% | 16,000 |
| 12 | United Kingdom |
11% | 35% | 700,000 |
| 13 | France |
11% | 26% | 450,000 |
| 14 | Austria |
9.5% | 31% | 89,000 |
| 15 | Ireland |
7.4% | 34% | 43,000 |
| 16 | New Zealand |
6.6% | 12% | 12,000 |
| 17 | China |
5.7% | 53% | 13,000,000 |
| 18 | Hungary |
4.7% | 14% | 18,000 |
| 19 | Spain |
4.5% | 20% | 230,000 |
| 20 | Italy |
4.2% | 13% | 190,000 |
| 21 | Canada |
4.2% | 11% | 170,000 |
| 22 |  Seychelles |
3.3% | · | · |
| 23 | Slovenia |
3.1% | 15% | 8,400 |
| 24 | Romania |
3.1% | 5.6% | 8,800 |
| 25 | Greece |
2.7% | 14% | 21,000 |
| 26 | Israel |
2.6% | 21% | 89,000 |
| 27 | Latvia |
2.6% | 19% | 4,300 |
| 28 | Costa Rica |
2.5% | 17% | 12,000 |
| 29 | South Korea |
2.5% | 11% | 220,000 |
| 30 | Czechia |
2.5% | 10% | 25,000 |
| 31 | Singapore |
2.4% | 40% | 21,000 |
| 32 | Jordan |
2.4% | 12% | 2,900 |
| 33 | United States |
2.3% | 10% | 1,500,000 |
| 34 | Slovakia |
2.3% | 9.1% | 8,500 |
| 35 | Poland |
1.9% | 14% | 84,000 |
| 36 | Croatia |
1.9% | 5.4% | 3,800 |
| 37 | Estonia |
1.8% | 17% | 2,300 |
| 38 | Cyprus |
1.4% | 15% | 2,200 |
| 39 | Thailand |
1.1% | 23% | 140,000 |
| 40 | Lithuania |
1.1% | 18% | 7,600 |
| 41 | Australia |
1% | 15% | 140,000 |
| 42 | Colombia |
0.8% | 10% | 21,000 |
| 43 | Japan |
0.8% | 3% | 100,000 |
| 44 | Mexico |
0.5% | 7% | 90,000 |
| 45 | United Arab Emirates |
0.4% | 9% | 37,000 |
| 46 | Uruguay |
0.3% | 28% | 14,000 |
| 47 | Turkey |
0.2% | 22% | 240,000 |
| 48 | Philippines |
0.2% | 10% | 30,000 |
| 49 | Brazil |
0.2% | 9% | 180,000 |
| 50 | Chile |
0.2% | 4% | 8,800 |
| 51 | Indonesia |
0.1% | 15% | 110,000 |
| 52 | Malaysia |
0.1% | 7% | 54,000 |
| 53 | India |
0.1% | 4% | 170,000 |
| 54 | Russia |
0.1% | 2% | 32,000 |
| 55 | South Africa |
0.1% | 0.9% | 3,800 |
Why they rank where they do
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Norway
Norway charges heavy import and registration taxes on petrol and diesel cars, and electric cars are exempt. The share of electric cars reached 97.6% in December 2025, as buyers rushed to beat a cut in the VAT exemption on January 1, 2026.
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Nepal
Taxes on petrol and diesel cars in Nepal add an estimated 248% to 317% to their price. Nepal cut customs duty on electric cars to between 10% and 40% in 2021, and cheap Chinese electric cars took over the market. Nepal's budget in May 2026 added a new fee that falls hardest on expensive electric cars.
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China
BYD sold about 2.25 million fully electric cars in 2025 and passed Tesla, with 1.64 million, for the first full year. Chinese carmakers made about 60% of all electric cars sold in the world.
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Vietnam
VinFast, a Vietnamese carmaker, delivered 175,099 electric cars in Vietnam in 2025, most of the country's electric car market.
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Germany
Germany ended its purchase subsidy suddenly on December 17, 2023, after a constitutional court ruling on the federal budget. A new subsidy of up to 6,000 euros for households with lower incomes opened on May 19, 2026.
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Turkey
Togg, a Turkish carmaker founded with state backing, delivered 39,020 electric cars in 2025. BYD is building a $1 billion factory in Manisa, in western Turkey, for 150,000 cars a year.
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United States
The IEA counts plug-in hybrids, so its US figure is higher than counts of fully electric cars alone: Cox Automotive counted 1.27 million fully electric cars sold in 2025.
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Japan
Toyota and other Japanese carmakers have focused on hybrids, which have a petrol engine and cannot be plugged in. The IEA does not count them as electric cars.
Which country sells the most electric cars?
China sold 13 million electric cars in 2025, more than the rest of the world together. The next nine countries together sold about 4.6 million. China's exports of electric cars doubled in 2025 to more than 2.5 million, according to the IEA. In December 2025 electric cars made up 60.4% of new car sales in China. On January 1, 2026, China began charging a 5% purchase tax on electric cars, which had been exempt, and sales in the first eleven days of January fell 38% from a year earlier.
China13,000,000
The next nine countries together4,620,000
United States, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Turkey, Netherlands, Spain, South Korea and Italy
How much have electric car sales grown since 2020?
Electric cars went from 4.4% of new car sales worldwide in 2020 to 25% in 2025. Norway led in both years, rising from 75% to 97%. China's share rose from 5.7% to 53%. Turkey's rose from 0.2% to 22%. Europe sold 4.2 million electric cars in 2025, 28% of its market. The IEA expects 23 million electric car sales in 2026, 28% of new cars. Some countries in the 2025 data, such as Nepal and Vietnam, have no 2020 figure.
- Norway75%
- Iceland52%
- Sweden32%
- Netherlands25%
- Finland18%
- Denmark16%
- Switzerland14%
- Germany14%
- Portugal13%
- Belgium11%
- Norway97%
- Denmark71%
- Nepal68%
- Iceland62%
- Sweden61%
- Netherlands58%
- Finland57%
- China53%
- Belgium44%
- Singapore40%
Moves up the ranking
Why does Norway buy so many electric cars?
Norway taxes petrol and diesel cars heavily when they are imported and registered. Electric cars are exempt from those taxes, and until 2022 they paid no VAT at all. That makes an electric car cheaper than a similar petrol car in Norway, unlike in most countries. Norway set a goal that all new cars sold in 2025 should be zero-emission, and fully electric cars reached 95.9% that year. On January 1, 2026, the VAT-free part of an electric car's price was cut from 500,000 to 300,000 kroner, and it is due to shrink further.
Why do Americans buy fewer electric cars?
Electric cars made up just under 10% of new car sales in the United States in 2025, according to the IEA. The federal tax credit of up to $7,500 for electric car buyers ended on September 30, 2025, and sales dropped at once. Electric cars reached 10.5% of the market in the third quarter of 2025. In the fourth quarter, sales fell 46% from the third, to about 234,000 cars, or 5.8% of the market. Sales in the second quarter of 2026 were 247,226, still below a year earlier.
