China vs United States: Electric car stocks

China
44.00 million cars
in 2025
United States
7.80 million cars
in 2025
China rank
1st
United States rank
2nd

Electric car stocks over time

  • China
  • United States
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How they compare

China currently reports 44.00 million cars against 7.80 million cars in United States, a difference of 36.20 million cars.

That makes China's figure about 5.6 times United States's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 16 shared years of data; in 2010 it was United States ahead.

China ranks 1st and United States ranks 2nd of 43 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Electric car stocks
Unit
cars
Source
International Energy Agency. Global EV Outlook 2025. – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
43 places, 604 data points, 2010–2025
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Car stocks represent the number of cars that are in use. It is the balance of cumulative sales over time and the number of cars that have been retired or taken off the road. Electric cars include fully battery-electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids.