Electric car sales vs Electric cars as a share of new car sales
In 2025, electric car sales worldwide was 20 million; electric cars as a share of new car sales was 25%.
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Global, annual figures, spaced by time from 2024 to 2026 . Different units, drawn on separate scales and clipped to the years both series publish; earlier history stays on each indicator’s own page. Read the values, not the heights.
Electric car sales
Unit: million · 3 observations
Forecast: dashed line, hollow markers, shaded band
Electric cars as a share of new car sales
Unit: % · 3 observations
Forecast: dashed line, hollow markers, shaded band
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| Period | Electric car sales | Electric cars as a share of new car sales |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17 million IEA | 20% IEA |
| 2025 | 20 million IEA | 25% IEA |
| 2026 both forecasts | 23 million IEA | 28% IEA |
Provenance
Where these numbers come from
Electric car sales
New battery-electric and plug-in hybrid electric passenger cars sold in the region during the calendar year.
3 observations charted in Global · source organisations: IEA
Electric cars as a share of new car sales
Battery-electric and plug-in hybrid passenger cars as a percentage of all new passenger car sales in the region during the calendar year.
3 observations charted in Global (of 5 annual records) · source organisations: IEA
Data published under CC BY 4.0. Series A as JSON · Series B as JSON
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