EU countries by battery electric cars on the road

Germany had the highest battery electric cars on the road of 26 EU countries in 2023, at 1.41 million. Cyprus had the lowest, at 1,800. The median was 46,288. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest1,408,681Germany

Lowest1,800Cyprus

Median46,28826 EU countries

Map of EU countries, 2023

Under 10K
10K to 20K
20K to 90K
90K to 200K
200K and over
No data

count, 2023. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: Eurostat, Stock of electric vehicles by category and NUTS 2 region, passenger cars, number (tran_r_elvehst). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, 2023

count. Source: Eurostat, Stock of electric vehicles by category and NUTS 2 region, passenger cars, number (tran_r_elvehst). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	EU countries	2023 count	Change on 2022
1	Germany	1,408,681	+39.1%
2	France	868,138	+45.7%
3	Netherlands	444,669	+34.7%
4	Sweden	291,678	+47.5%
5	Italy	219,540	+38.8%
6	Denmark	200,108	n/a
7	Belgium	181,447	+102%
8	Austria	155,490	+41.1%
9	Spain	150,282	+57.2%
10	Portugal	110,649	+64.3%
11	Finland	86,530	+84.3%
12	Ireland	57,730	+60.4%
13	Poland	51,364	+66.5%
14	Hungary	41,212	+38.1%
15	Romania	39,271	+59%
16	Luxembourg	23,267	+67.3%
17	Czechia	22,441	n/a
18	Greece	14,312	+96.1%
19	Slovenia	12,743	+59.7%
20	Lithuania	11,424	+56.4%
21	Slovakia	8,299	+44.2%
22	Croatia	7,058	+47%
23	Latvia	6,369	+66.2%
24	Estonia	5,796	+67.5%
25	Malta	4,364	+55.7%
26	Cyprus	1,800	+116.9%

Other periods

2024
2023
2022
2021
2020

About this ranking

Passenger cars powered only by electricity registered at the end of the year (the stock, not new registrations).

Counts cars on the register on 31 December, as reported by national vehicle registers to Eurostat. Plug-in hybrids, other hybrids and hydrogen cars are not included. Germany counts its register on 1 January of the following year, so its 2024 value is the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) figure for 1 January 2025. Regions use NUTS 2024 codes; a few countries report no regional breakdown.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the EU countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Eurostat. Stock of electric vehicles by category and NUTS 2 region, passenger cars, number (tran_r_elvehst). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tran_r_elvehst/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Stock of electric vehicles by category and NUTS 2 region, passenger cars, number (tran_r_elvehst) (EU countries by battery electric cars on the road, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tran_r_elvehst/default/table

MLA 9

Stock of electric vehicles by category and NUTS 2 region, passenger cars, number (tran_r_elvehst), EU countries by battery electric cars on the road, 2023. Eurostat, European Commission, 31 Aug. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tran_r_elvehst/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/battery-electric-cars-on-the-road/eu-countries?period=2023. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Stock of electric vehicles by category and NUTS 2 region, passenger cars, number (tran_r_elvehst). EU countries by battery electric cars on the road, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tran_r_elvehst/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/battery-electric-cars-on-the-road/eu-countries?period=2023.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Stock of electric vehicles by category and NUTS 2 region, passenger cars, number (tran_r_elvehst), EU countries by battery electric cars on the road, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tran_r_elvehst/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/battery-electric-cars-on-the-road/eu-countries?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{eurostat_eu_countries_by_battery_2023,
  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{Stock of electric vehicles by category and NUTS 2 region, passenger cars, number (tran\_r\_elvehst): EU countries by battery electric cars on the road, 2023}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tran_r_elvehst/default/table},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/battery-electric-cars-on-the-road/eu-countries?period=2023. Publisher attribution: Eurostat. Stock of electric vehicles by category and NUTS 2 region, passenger cars, number (tran\_r\_elvehst). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tran\_r\_elvehst/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

RIS

TY  - DATA
AU  - Eurostat, European Commission
TI  - Stock of electric vehicles by category and NUTS 2 region, passenger cars, number (tran_r_elvehst): EU countries by battery electric cars on the road, 2023
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/08/31
PB  - Eurostat, European Commission
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tran_r_elvehst/default/table
L2  - https://invokely.ai/rankings/battery-electric-cars-on-the-road/eu-countries?period=2023
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/battery-electric-cars-on-the-road/eu-countries?period=2023.
N1  - Publisher attribution: Eurostat. Stock of electric vehicles by category and NUTS 2 region, passenger cars, number (tran_r_elvehst). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tran_r_elvehst/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
ER  -

Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Embed code

<iframe src="https://invokely.ai/embed/rankings/battery-electric-cars-on-the-road/eu-countries?period=2023" width="760" height="500" title="EU countries by battery electric cars on the road, 2023, chart from Invokely" loading="lazy" style="border:0;width:100%;max-width:760px" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin"></iframe>

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

Rank EU countries by battery electric cars on the road using official data, and cite the source.

rank_places {"indicator":"battery_electric_cars_in_use","level":"country","within":"European Union (27)","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=battery_electric_cars_in_use&level=country&within=European%20Union%20(27)&limit=10

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

Which EU country has the highest battery electric cars on the road?

Germany, with 1.41 million in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which EU country has the lowest battery electric cars on the road?

Cyprus, with 1,800 in 2023.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Stock of electric vehicles by category and NUTS 2 region, passenger cars, number (tran_r_elvehst). Retrieved 2026-10-12.