What we count
Worldwide sales of battery-electric and plug-in hybrid passenger cars.
Electric cars sold this year
How many electric cars have been sold worldwide this year, which vehicle types are included and how the figure relates to IEA's 2025 data.
Continuously calculated
WORLDRelated numbers in context
59,810,676cars produced this year
1,147,641,370crude steel produced this year
2,358,082,192cement produced this year
What lies behind this number
Worldwide sales of battery-electric and plug-in hybrid passenger cars.
How the source derives it
IEA combines national registrations, industry databases and market submissions into a global total.
What one number cannot show
The indicator excludes many electric two-wheelers and trucks and is not the same as the number of EVs on the road.
Source value
The calculation uses the annual value published by IEA Global EV Outlook 2026 for 2025. It is the latest value published by this source.
How the value is used: The running number shows the share corresponding to time elapsed since the start of the year.
Annual value21,000,000vehicles
- Period
- 2025
- Status
- published
- Primary data source
- IEA Global EV Outlook 2026
How the number is calculated
We distribute the latest published annual value evenly across the elapsed share of the calendar year.
Formula used
V(t) = Vyear × elapsed share of the yearAnnual reference value21,000,0002025 · vehicles
Average per day57,496even annual distribution
Calculation interval0.1 sContinuously calculated
Source value
IEA Global EV Outlook 2026 reports the latest published value used by the calculation for 2025.
Elapsed share
We calculate the share corresponding to time elapsed since the start of the year. The counter restarts at the beginning of the next calendar year.
Smooth display
The result is recalculated on screen every 0.1 seconds.
Where the data comes from
The source value comes from IEA Global EV Outlook 2026 and refers to 2025. We use it because it is the latest value published by this source. IEA combines national registrations, industry databases and market submissions into a global total.
Latest published and verified source value
- Publisher
- IEA Global EV Outlook 2026
- Data period
- 2025
- Verified
- 12 August 2026
- Coverage
- Worldwide
- Use
- Even time-based calculation