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EU countries by battery electric share of cars on the road

The Netherlands had the highest battery electric share of cars on the road of 24 EU countries in 2020, at 2%. Greece had the lowest, at 0.03%. The median was 0.28%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest2Netherlands
Lowest0.03Greece
Median0.2824 EU countries

Map of EU countries, 2020

Austria: 0.87 %Belgium: 0.54 %Cyprus: 0.04 %Germany: 0.64 %Estonia: 0.22 %Spain: 0.17 %Finland: 0.28 %France: 0.64 %Greece: 0.03 %Croatia: 0.08 %Hungary: 0.28 %Ireland: 0.55 %Italy: 0.13 %Lithuania: 0.16 %Luxembourg: 1.03 %Latvia: 0.16 %Malta: 0.42 %Netherlands: 2 %Poland: 0.05 %Portugal: 0.48 %Romania: 0.08 %Sweden: 1.13 %Slovenia: 0.31 %Slovakia: 0.09 %
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%, 2020. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: Eurostat, Stock of electric vehicles by category and NUTS 2 region, passenger cars, percentage of all passenger cars (tran_r_elvehst). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, 2020

Netherlands: 2 %Netherlands2Sweden: 1.13 %Sweden1.13Luxembourg: 1.03 %Luxembourg1.03Austria: 0.87 %Austria0.87France: 0.64 %France0.64Germany: 0.64 %Germany0.64Ireland: 0.55 %Ireland0.55Belgium: 0.54 %Belgium0.54Portugal: 0.48 %Portugal0.48Malta: 0.42 %Malta0.42Slovenia: 0.31 %Slovenia0.31Finland: 0.28 %Finland0.28Hungary: 0.28 %Hungary0.28Estonia: 0.22 %Estonia0.22Spain: 0.17 %Spain0.17Latvia: 0.16 %Latvia0.16Lithuania: 0.16 %Lithuania0.16Italy: 0.13 %Italy0.13Slovakia: 0.09 %Slovakia0.09Croatia: 0.08 %Croatia0.08Romania: 0.08 %Romania0.08Poland: 0.05 %Poland0.05Cyprus: 0.04 %Cyprus0.04Greece: 0.03 %Greece0.03Netherlands: 2 %Netherlands2Sweden: 1.13 %Sweden1.13Luxembourg: 1.03 %Luxembourg1.03Austria: 0.87 %Austria0.87France: 0.64 %France0.64Germany: 0.64 %Germany0.64Ireland: 0.55 %Ireland0.55Belgium: 0.54 %Belgium0.54Portugal: 0.48 %Portugal0.48Malta: 0.42 %Malta0.42Slovenia: 0.31 %Slovenia0.31Finland: 0.28 %Finland0.28Hungary: 0.28 %Hungary0.28Estonia: 0.22 %Estonia0.22Spain: 0.17 %Spain0.17Latvia: 0.16 %Latvia0.16Lithuania: 0.16 %Lithuania0.16Italy: 0.13 %Italy0.13Slovakia: 0.09 %Slovakia0.09Croatia: 0.08 %Croatia0.08Romania: 0.08 %Romania0.08Poland: 0.05 %Poland0.05Cyprus: 0.04 %Cyprus0.04Greece: 0.03 %Greece0.03
%. Source: Eurostat, Stock of electric vehicles by category and NUTS 2 region, passenger cars, percentage of all passenger cars (tran_r_elvehst). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankEU countries2020 (%)Change on 2019
1Netherlands2+0.76 pts
2Sweden1.13+0.51 pts
3Luxembourg1.03+0.52 pts
4Austria0.87+0.28 pts
5France0.64+0.27 pts
5Germany0.64+0.35 pts
7Ireland0.55+0.17 pts
8Belgium0.54+0.28 pts
9Portugal0.48+0.15 pts
10Malta0.42+0.1 pts
11Slovenia0.31+0.14 pts
12Finland0.28n/a
12Hungary0.28+0.11 pts
14Estonia0.22+0.05 pts
15Spain0.17+0.07 pts
16Latvia0.16+0.07 pts
16Lithuania0.16+0.07 pts
18Italy0.13+0.07 pts
19Slovakia0.09+0.04 pts
20Croatia0.08+0.04 pts
20Romania0.08n/a
22Poland0.05+0.02 pts
23Cyprus0.04+0.01 pts
24Greece0.03+0.02 pts

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About this ranking

Battery electric passenger cars as a percentage of all passenger cars registered at the end of the year.

Published by Eurostat with the stock it divides. Not the same as battery_electric_new_car_share, which counts new registrations during the year and runs well ahead of the fleet share. 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. 2 EU countries with data in other periods have no value for 2020 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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

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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Stock of electric vehicles by category and NUTS 2 region, passenger cars, percentage of all passenger cars (tran_r_elvehst) (EU countries by battery electric share of cars on the road, 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tran_r_elvehst/default/table

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Stock of electric vehicles by category and NUTS 2 region, passenger cars, percentage of all passenger cars (tran_r_elvehst), EU countries by battery electric share of cars on the road, 2020. 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-share-of-cars-on-the-road/eu-countries?period=2020. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Stock of electric vehicles by category and NUTS 2 region, passenger cars, percentage of all passenger cars (tran_r_elvehst). EU countries by battery electric share of cars on the road, 2020. 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-share-of-cars-on-the-road/eu-countries?period=2020.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Stock of electric vehicles by category and NUTS 2 region, passenger cars, percentage of all passenger cars (tran_r_elvehst), EU countries by battery electric share of cars on the road, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tran_r_elvehst/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/battery-electric-share-of-cars-on-the-road/eu-countries?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

The Netherlands, with 2% in 2020, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Greece, with 0.03% in 2020.

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, percentage of all passenger cars (tran_r_elvehst). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 2 EU countries have no value for 2020 and are not ranked.

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