Electric cars as a share of new car sales

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nearly55%

China · 2025

Electric cars as a share of new car sales in China were nearly 55% in 2025 (IEA).

Original source

Electric car sales in China: every year, the rank and how it is measured

Publisher: IEA
Authority tier: T1 Official
Report: Global EV Outlook 2026
Locator: Trends in electric cars
Retrieved: 14 Sep 2026
Status: Verified

What the source says

This lifted the electric car sales share to almost 55%.
International Energy Agency, Global EV Outlook 2026, Trends in electric cars

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International Energy Agency. (2026). Global EV Outlook 2026. Retrieved September 14, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2026/trends-in-electric-cars. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T5X1WY6BSAM226AB0CJ

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MLA: International Energy Agency. "Global EV Outlook 2026." 2026, https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2026/trends-in-electric-cars. Accessed 14 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T5X1WY6BSAM226AB0CJ.
Chicago: International Energy Agency. "Global EV Outlook 2026." 2026. https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2026/trends-in-electric-cars. Accessed September 14, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T5X1WY6BSAM226AB0CJ.
BibTeX: @misc{iea2026sales6ab0cj, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Global EV Outlook 2026}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T5X1WY6BSAM226AB0CJ}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2026/trends-in-electric-cars. Accessed September 14, 2026.} }

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Other sources disagree

1 record reports a different value for this same indicator, region and period. We keep both rather than choosing or averaging. The disagreement is itself information.

Value	Divergence	Source organisation	Document	Locator	Details
60%	+5.0 pp	IEA	Global EV Outlook 2025	Executive summary	Open record

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Primary source

Publisher: International Energy Agency · homepage ↗
Authority tier: Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report: Global EV Outlook 2026
Type: Report
Published: 20 May 2026
Locator: Trends in electric cars
Retrieved: 14 September 2026
Link status: Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence: CC by 4.0

Verification

Status: Verified
Review protocol: Editorial review
Checked on: 15 September 2026
Last revision: 15 September 2026
Permanent URL: /stat/stat_01M2HY9T5X1WY6BSAM226AB0CJ

Same indicator, other countries

2025 figures for the same indicator, ranked highest first.

Country or region	Value	Source	Details
Germany	30%	IEA	Open record
European Union	28%	IEA	Open record
Global	25%	IEA	Open record
France	25%	IEA	Open record
Global	25%	IEA	Open record
Korea, Republic of	11%	IEA	Open record
Japan	3%	IEA	Open record

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Record last modified 15 September 2026. Value type: actual. Update cadence: annual. This page is permanently addressable at statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T5X1WY6BSAM226AB0CJ.