South Korea vs Thailand: Number of fully battery-electric and plug-in hybrid cars sold

South Korea
17,000 cars
in 2025
Thailand
18,000 cars
in 2025
South Korea rank
25th
Thailand rank
24th

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

  • South Korea
  • Thailand
05.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k201420192025

How they compare

Thailand currently reports 18,000 cars against 17,000 cars in South Korea, a difference of 1,000 cars.

That makes Thailand's figure about 1.1 times South Korea's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 11 shared years of data; in 2015 it was South Korea ahead.

South Korea ranks 25th and Thailand ranks 24th 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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