Electric cars as a share of the car fleet vs Electric car sales

Electric cars as a share of the car fleet (multi-month) and Electric car sales (annual) worldwide. They are published at different intervals, so each is drawn on its own rather than matched period by period.

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Global. Electric cars as a share of the car fleet is published as multi-month figures and electric car sales as annual ones, so they are drawn on separate charts, clipped to 2024–2025, and no period is matched between them. Read each on its own.

Electric cars as a share of the car fleet

Unit: % · 2 observations

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Electric cars as a share of the car fleetElectric cars as a share of the car fleet. 2 observations from 2024 to 2025, ranging from 4% to 5%. Latest value 5% (2025). % 0 1 2 3 4 5 2024 2025 4% 5%
Electric cars as a share of the car fleetElectric cars as a share of the car fleet. 2 observations from 2024 to 2025, ranging from 4% to 5%. Latest value 5% (2025). % 0 2 4 6 2024 2025 4% 5%
Electric cars as a share of the car fleetElectric cars as a share of the car fleet. 2 observations from 2024 to 2025, ranging from 4% to 5%. Latest value 5% (2025). % 0 2 4 6 2024 2025 4% 5%
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Electric cars as a share of the car fleet
Period Type Value
2024 Actual 4%
2025 Actual 5%
Source: IEA · CC BY 4.0 · Full series

Electric car sales

Unit: million · 2 observations

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Electric car salesElectric car sales. 2 observations from 2024 to 2025, ranging from 17 million to 20 million. Latest value 20 million (2025). million 0 5 10 15 20 2024 2025 17 20
Electric car salesElectric car sales. 2 observations from 2024 to 2025, ranging from 17 million to 20 million. Latest value 20 million (2025). million 0 5 10 15 20 2024 2025 17 20
Electric car salesElectric car sales. 2 observations from 2024 to 2025, ranging from 17 million to 20 million. Latest value 20 million (2025). million 0 5 10 15 20 2024 2025 17 20
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Electric car sales
Period Type Value
2024 Actual 17 million
2025 Actual 20 million
Source: IEA · CC BY 4.0 · Full series

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No period lines up: electric cars as a share of the car fleet is multi-month and electric car sales is annual. A month and a year are not the same measurement window, so no row pairs them.

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Electric cars as a share of the car fleet

Battery-electric and plug-in hybrid cars as a percentage of the total passenger car stock in the region at the end of the period.

2 observations charted in Global · source organisations: IEA

Electric car sales

New battery-electric and plug-in hybrid electric passenger cars sold in the region during the calendar year.

2 observations charted in Global (of 3 annual records) · source organisations: IEA

Data published under CC BY 4.0. Series A as JSON · Series B as JSON

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