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Electric car sales by country

China, Europe and the US race to sell electric cars, from a few thousand in 2012 to millions.

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What the data shows

  • In 2025, China ranks #1 with 13.30M, ahead of United States (1.53M) and Germany (0.86M).
  • Back in 2012, United States was #1 with 0.05M.
  • The top spot changed hands once: China in 2015.
  • Biggest climber: Turkey, from #10 in 2022 to #6 in 2025.
  • Germany and United Kingdom weren't on the board in 2012 but are in the top 5 by 2025.

About this chart

Sales include battery-electric and plug-in hybrid cars, from the International Energy Agency's Global EV Outlook. China has been the largest EV market since 2015 and now sells more electric cars than the rest of the world combined.

Norway is too small to show up in this race, but it leads the world by share: almost every new car sold there is electric.

The data

Source: IEA Global EV Outlook via Our World in Data, new electric cars sold (battery-electric and plug-in hybrid), millions. Retrieved November 3, 2026.

Electric car sales by country, New electric cars sold, millions, 2012–2025
Date🇨🇳 China🇺🇸 United States🇩🇪 Germany🇬🇧 United Kingdom🇫🇷 France🇹🇷 Turkey🇪🇸 Spain🇳🇱 Netherlands🇸🇪 Sweden🇳🇴 Norway
20120.01M0.05M0.00M0.00M0.01M0.00M0.00M0.01M0.00M0.00M
20130.02M0.10M0.01M0.00M0.01M0.00M0.00M0.02M0.00M0.01M
20140.07M0.12M0.01M0.01M0.01M0.00M0.00M0.01M0.00M0.02M
20150.21M0.11M0.02M0.03M0.02M0.00M0.00M0.02M0.01M0.03M
20160.34M0.16M0.02M0.04M0.03M0.00M0.00M0.04M0.01M0.04M
20170.58M0.19M0.05M0.05M0.04M0.00M0.01M0.03M0.02M0.06M
20181.09M0.36M0.07M0.06M0.05M0.00M0.01M0.03M0.03M0.07M
20191.07M0.33M0.11M0.07M0.06M0.00M0.02M0.07M0.04M0.08M
20201.15M0.29M0.39M0.18M0.18M0.00M0.04M0.09M0.09M0.11M
20213.25M0.63M0.69M0.31M0.31M0.00M0.07M0.09M0.14M0.15M
20226.00M0.99M0.83M0.37M0.34M0.01M0.08M0.11M0.16M0.16M
20238.20M1.39M0.70M0.45M0.47M0.07M0.12M0.16M0.17M0.11M
202411.30M1.52M0.57M0.55M0.45M0.10M0.13M0.18M0.16M0.11M
202513.30M1.53M0.86M0.70M0.45M0.24M0.23M0.23M0.17M0.17M

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Which country sells the most electric cars?

In 2025, China ranks #1 with 13.30M, followed by United States (1.53M) and Germany (0.86M). Source: IEA Global EV Outlook via Our World in Data, new electric cars sold (battery-electric and plug-in hybrid), millions.

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IEA Global EV Outlook via Our World in Data, new electric cars sold (battery-electric and plug-in hybrid), millions. Retrieved November 3, 2026. You can download the full table as a CSV from this page.

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