EU countries by battery electric share of cars on the road

Denmark had the highest battery electric share of cars on the road of 26 EU countries in 2023, at 7.08%. Poland had the lowest, at 0.24%. The median was 1.02%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest7.08Denmark

Lowest0.24Poland

Median1.0226 EU countries

Map of EU countries, 2023

Under 0.37
0.37 to 0.67
0.67 to 1.9
1.9 to 3
3 and over
No data

%, 2023. 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, 2023

%. 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

Rank	EU countries	2023 (%)	Change on 2022
1	Denmark	7.08	n/a
2	Sweden	5.86	+1.89 pts
3	Luxembourg	5.13	+2 pts
4	Netherlands	4.9	+1.2 pts
5	Austria	3	+0.86 pts
5	Belgium	3	+1.49 pts
7	Germany	2.87	+0.79 pts
8	Ireland	2.4	+0.86 pts
9	Finland	2.31	+1.04 pts
10	France	2.21	+0.68 pts
11	Portugal	1.89	+0.72 pts
12	Malta	1.35	+0.47 pts
13	Slovenia	1.04	+0.38 pts
14	Hungary	0.99	+0.26 pts
15	Latvia	0.81	+0.31 pts
16	Estonia	0.67	+0.26 pts
16	Lithuania	0.67	+0.23 pts
18	Spain	0.56	+0.2 pts
19	Italy	0.54	+0.15 pts
20	Romania	0.48	+0.17 pts
21	Croatia	0.37	+0.11 pts
22	Czechia	0.34	n/a
23	Slovakia	0.31	+0.08 pts
24	Cyprus	0.29	+0.15 pts
25	Greece	0.24	+0.11 pts
25	Poland	0.24	+0.1 pts

Other periods

2024
2023
2022
2021
2020

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. 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, 2023) [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, 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-share-of-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, percentage of all passenger cars (tran_r_elvehst). EU countries by battery electric share of 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-share-of-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, percentage of all passenger cars (tran_r_elvehst), EU countries by battery electric share of 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-share-of-cars-on-the-road/eu-countries?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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Which EU country has the highest battery electric share of cars on the road?

Denmark, with 7.08% in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Poland, with 0.24% 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, percentage of all passenger cars (tran_r_elvehst). Retrieved 2026-10-12.