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

Electric cars as a share of the car fleet (multi-month) and Electric cars as a share of new 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 cars as a share of new 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 cars as a share of new car sales

Unit: % · 2 observations

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Electric cars as a share of new car salesElectric cars as a share of new car sales. 2 observations from 2024 to 2025, ranging from 20% to 25%. Latest value 25% (2025). % 0 5 10 15 20 25 2024 2025 20% 25%
Electric cars as a share of new car salesElectric cars as a share of new car sales. 2 observations from 2024 to 2025, ranging from 20% to 25%. Latest value 25% (2025). % 0 10 20 30 2024 2025 20% 25%
Electric cars as a share of new car salesElectric cars as a share of new car sales. 2 observations from 2024 to 2025, ranging from 20% to 25%. Latest value 25% (2025). % 0 10 20 30 2024 2025 20% 25%
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Electric cars as a share of new car sales
Period Type Value
2024 Actual 20%
2025 Actual 25%
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 cars as a share of new 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 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.

2 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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