EU countries by new battery electric car registrations

Germany had the highest new battery electric car registrations of 27 EU countries in 2018, at 36,062. Cyprus had the lowest, at 5. The median was 731 and the figure for the European Union (27) was 134,444. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest36,062Germany

Lowest5Cyprus

Median73127 EU countries

European Union (27)134,444History

Map of EU countries, 2018

Under 200
200 to 600
600 to 1,300
1,300 to 6,000
6,000 and over

count, 2018. Source: Eurostat, New passenger cars by type of motor energy, electricity (road_eqr_carpda). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, 2018

count. Source: Eurostat, New passenger cars by type of motor energy, electricity (road_eqr_carpda). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	EU countries	2018 count	Change on 2017
1	Germany	36,062	+43.9%
2	France	31,687	+24.9%
3	Netherlands	23,985	+201.4%
4	Sweden	7,147	+64%
5	Austria	6,757	+24.4%
6	Spain	6,238	+54.5%
7	Italy	5,198	+146.5%
8	Portugal	4,458	+133.2%
9	Belgium	3,763	+38.5%
10	Denmark	1,544	+123.4%
11	Hungary	1,300	+73.6%
12	Ireland	1,252	+98.4%
13	Finland	776	+54.6%
14	Czechia	731	+94.4%
15	Poland	694	+36.6%
16	Romania	604	+160.3%
17	Slovenia	521	+75.4%
18	Luxembourg	430	+11.4%
19	Slovakia	301	+40.7%
20	Malta	285	+1,087.5%
21	Croatia	182	+230.9%
22	Bulgaria	145	+1,015.4%
23	Lithuania	141	+227.9%
24	Estonia	83	+219.2%
25	Latvia	78	+90.2%
26	Greece	77	+108.1%
27	Cyprus	5	-72.2%

Other periods

About this ranking

Passenger cars powered only by electricity registered for the first time in the year.

New registrations reported by national vehicle registers to Eurostat. Battery electric cars run only on electricity; plug-in hybrids are counted separately by Eurostat and are not included here.

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.

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Eurostat. New passenger cars by type of motor energy, electricity (road_eqr_carpda). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_eqr_carpda/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). New passenger cars by type of motor energy, electricity (road_eqr_carpda) (EU countries by new battery electric car registrations, 2018) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_eqr_carpda/default/table

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New passenger cars by type of motor energy, electricity (road_eqr_carpda), EU countries by new battery electric car registrations, 2018. Eurostat, European Commission, 6 Oct. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_eqr_carpda/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/new-battery-electric-car-registrations/eu-countries?period=2018. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. New passenger cars by type of motor energy, electricity (road_eqr_carpda). EU countries by new battery electric car registrations, 2018. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_eqr_carpda/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/new-battery-electric-car-registrations/eu-countries?period=2018.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) New passenger cars by type of motor energy, electricity (road_eqr_carpda), EU countries by new battery electric car registrations, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_eqr_carpda/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/new-battery-electric-car-registrations/eu-countries?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{eurostat_eu_countries_by_new_2018,
  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{New passenger cars by type of motor energy, electricity (road\_eqr\_carpda): EU countries by new battery electric car registrations, 2018}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road_eqr_carpda/default/table},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/new-battery-electric-car-registrations/eu-countries?period=2018. Publisher attribution: Eurostat. New passenger cars by type of motor energy, electricity (road\_eqr\_carpda). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/road\_eqr\_carpda/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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Which EU country has the highest new battery electric car registrations?

Germany, with 36,062 in 2018, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which EU country has the lowest new battery electric car registrations?

Cyprus, with 5 in 2018.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, New passenger cars by type of motor energy, electricity (road_eqr_carpda). Retrieved 2026-10-12.