Electric Car Share of New Car Sales by Country 2025

About This Dataset

This chart shows the share of electric cars in total new car sales by country in 2025, based on the IEA Global EV Outlook. Norway leads with 97% of new cars sold being electric, followed by China at 55% and Vietnam at 40%, while India remains under 5%.

✨ AI Insight

Norway is in a category of its own: at 97%, the combustion-engine car has effectively disappeared from its showrooms. China, the world's largest car market, crossed the majority threshold with 55%, meaning most new cars sold there are now electric. The most striking outlier is Vietnam at 40%, ahead of every established European market including the United Kingdom (34%) and Germany (30%). A clear three-tier pattern emerges: near-total adoption in Norway, majority adoption in China, and a broad middle tier of 20-40% across Europe and Southeast Asia. The United States lags the leaders at 10%, on par with South Korea (11%) and Brazil (9%), while India, the world's third-largest car market, sits at just 4% - suggesting the next decade of EV growth will be decided in Asia's price-sensitive markets.

Source: IEA Global EV Outlook 2026

Key Findings

Auto-computed highlights from this dataset

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Norway leads with 97 in 2025.

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Average value in 2025: 26 · median: 20.

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Gap in 2025: Norway is 24.3× larger than India.