Global EV Adoption

Methodology

Share is EV sales as a percentage of total new car sales, on the IEA Global EV Outlook definition — battery-electric plus plug-in hybrid, light-duty passenger cars only. Commercial vehicles and two/three-wheelers are excluded, which matters because including them raises the headline number substantially in some markets. The year-on-year change series is the IEA’s own published percentage-point deltas, not a difference computed from the level series — the two are consistent but the deltas are the cited figure. CAVEAT: successive Global EV Outlook editions restate prior years as national reporting is revised. Values here are taken from the most recent edition that publishes each year. Re-verified 2026-08-10.