Japan vs South Korea: Electric car stocks

Japan
720,000 cars
in 2025
South Korea
834,000 cars
in 2025
Japan rank
12th
South Korea rank
9th

Electric car stocks over time

  • Japan
  • South Korea
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How they compare

South Korea currently reports 834,000 cars against 720,000 cars in Japan, a difference of 114,000 cars.

That makes South Korea's figure about 1.2 times Japan's.

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

Japan ranks 12th and South Korea ranks 9th 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.