Electric car adoption across markets
Battery-electric share of passenger-car registrations, Lithuania, Germany, Estonia, Latvia, Finland, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Spain, Poland, Ireland, Czechia, Romania, Luxembourg, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, France, Italy, Portugal and Slovenia, latest three years
The battery-electric share is the simplest single number for how fast a car market is electrifying: the number of cars with no combustion engine registered in a month, divided by all cars registered in that month. This page puts the share for every country on the site that publishes a fuel type on one chart and in one table, using exactly the figures shown on the countries' own monthly pages. Plug-in hybrids are listed separately and are not part of the battery-electric share.
| Market | Latest period | BEV share | 12 months earlier | 24 months earlier | Change, 12 months | PHEV share | Counts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | September 2026 | 88.6% | 73.1% | 57.1% | +15.5 points | 0.1% | New cars |
| Finland | September 2026 | 60.2% | 46.9% | 38.1% | +13.3 points | 10.5% | New cars and used imports |
| Sweden | September 2026 | 49.0% | 38.2% | 44.8% | +10.8 points | 21.9% | New cars |
| Portugal | September 2026 | 47.7% | 29.3% | 26.9% | +18.4 points | 15.4% | New cars |
| France | September 2026 | 41.1% | 22.1% | 20.1% | +19.0 points | 6.4% | New cars |
| Netherlands | September 2026 | 36.6% | 22.9% | 25.9% | +13.7 points | 23.8% | New cars and used imports |
| Switzerland | September 2026 | 35.7% | 25.9% | 22.6% | +9.8 points | 11.5% | New cars |
| Germany | September 2026 | 34.5% | 19.3% | 16.5% | +15.2 points | 10.8% | New cars |
| Slovenia | August 2026 | 33.3% | 10.6% | – | +22.7 points | 4.7% | New cars |
| United Kingdom | Q2 2026 | 27.3% | 22.2% | 17.5% | +5.1 points | 12.7% | New cars and used imports |
| Ireland | September 2026 | 26.6% | 18.0% | 11.2% | +8.6 points | 15.1% | New cars and used imports |
| Luxembourg | September 2026 | 26.5% | 23.7% | 22.7% | +2.8 points | 5.9% | New cars and used imports |
| Belgium | December 2025 | 17.5% | 12.8% | 10.2% | +4.7 points | 7.2% | New cars and used cars |
| Spain | September 2026 | 16.8% | 11.0% | 8.0% | +5.8 points | 14.1% | New cars and used imports |
| Latvia | September 2026 | 14.6% | 8.5% | 6.2% | +6.1 points | 9.1% | New cars and used imports |
| Austria | September 2026 | 14.5% | 9.0% | 7.9% | +5.5 points | 5.9% | New cars and used cars |
| Estonia | September 2026 | 11.3% | 9.1% | 5.3% | +2.2 points | 9.3% | New cars and used imports |
| Czechia | September 2026 | 11.2% | 6.4% | 8.0% | +4.8 points | 4.8% | New cars |
| Italy | September 2026 | 7.6% | 5.6% | 5.2% | +2.0 points | 11.1% | New cars |
| Lithuania | September 2026 | 6.8% | 7.3% | 4.1% | −0.5 points | 7.0% | New cars and used imports |
| Poland | October 2026 | 3.6% | 4.1% | – | −0.5 points | – | New cars and used imports |
| Romania | September 2026 | 3.5% | 2.5% | 1.9% | +1.0 points | – | New cars and used imports |
Where the markets stand
In the latest period available for each country, Denmark has the highest battery-electric share at 88.6% of registrations (September 2026) and Romania the lowest at 3.5% (September 2026). In between come Finland (60.2%), Sweden (49.0%), Portugal (47.7%), France (41.1%), the Netherlands (36.6%), Switzerland (35.7%), Germany (34.5%), Slovenia (33.3%), the United Kingdom (27.3%), Ireland (26.6%), Luxembourg (26.5%), Belgium (17.5%), Spain (16.8%), Latvia (14.6%), Austria (14.5%), Estonia (11.3%), Czechia (11.2%), Italy (7.6%), Lithuania (6.8%) and Poland (3.6%). Counting new cars only, Finland's share is 62.1%, the Netherlands' share is 52.9%, Ireland's share is 42.0%, Luxembourg's share is 37.4%, Belgium's share is 39.1%, Spain's share is 18.7%, Austria's share is 33.6%, Poland's share is 6.3% and Romania's share is 7.9%.
Over the last twelve months the share rose fastest in Slovenia, +22.7 points from 10.6% to 33.3%, while it fell in Lithuania (−0.5 points). The longer view is steadier than any single month: in Denmark the share was 57.1% two years ago, 73.1% a year ago and 88.6% now.