Share of global electric car sales
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66%
China · 2024
Share of global electric car sales in China stood at 66% in 2024 (IEA).
- Publisher
- IEA
- Authority tier
- T1 Official
- Report
- Global EV Outlook 2025
- Locator
- Trends in electric car markets
- Retrieved
- 14 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
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In 2021, China accounted for half of global electric car sales; this share grew to almost two-thirds in 2024.
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- International Energy Agency. (2025). Global EV Outlook 2025. Retrieved September 14, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2025/trends-in-electric-car-markets-2. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T5X1WY6BSAM226AB0CM
- MLA
- International Energy Agency. "Global EV Outlook 2025." 2025, https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2025/trends-in-electric-car-markets-2. Accessed 14 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T5X1WY6BSAM226AB0CM.
- Chicago
- International Energy Agency. "Global EV Outlook 2025." 2025. https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2025/trends-in-electric-car-markets-2. Accessed September 14, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T5X1WY6BSAM226AB0CM.
- BibTeX
- @misc{iea2025china6ab0cm, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Global EV Outlook 2025}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T5X1WY6BSAM226AB0CM}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2025/trends-in-electric-car-markets-2. Accessed September 14, 2026.} }
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Primary Source
- Publisher
- International Energy Agency · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
- Report
- Global EV Outlook 2025
- Type
- Report
- Published
- 14 May 2025
- Locator
- Trends in electric car markets
- Retrieved
- 14 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- Proprietary report; figure taken from its public summary
Verification & Integrity
- Audit status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- migration:0018-ev-pending-actuals
- Checked on
- 17 September 2026
- Last revision
- 17 September 2026
- Archival URI
- /stat/stat_01M2HY9T5X1WY6BSAM226AB0CM