Germany vs United Kingdom: Electric car stocks

Germany
3.10 million cars
in 2025
United Kingdom
2.46 million cars
in 2025
Germany rank
3rd
United Kingdom rank
4th

Electric car stocks over time

  • Germany
  • United Kingdom
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How they compare

Germany currently reports 3.10 million cars against 2.46 million cars in United Kingdom, a difference of 640,000 cars.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.3 times United Kingdom's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 16 shared years of data; in 2010 it was United Kingdom ahead.

Germany ranks 3rd and United Kingdom ranks 4th 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.