Japan vs Mexico: Number of fully battery-electric and plug-in hybrid cars sold

Japan
41,000 cars
in 2025
Mexico
53,000 cars
in 2025
Japan rank
14th
Mexico rank
12th

Number of fully battery-electric and plug-in hybrid cars sold over time

  • Japan
  • Mexico
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How they compare

Mexico currently reports 53,000 cars against 41,000 cars in Japan, a difference of 12,000 cars.

That makes Mexico's figure about 1.3 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 11 shared years of data; in 2015 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 14th and Mexico ranks 12th of 54 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Number of fully battery-electric and plug-in hybrid cars sold
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
54 places, 638 data points, 2010–2025
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New fully battery-electric and plug-in hybrid sales each year.