Passenger car registrations by country
Looking at the major European markets, total passenger car registrations in Belgium and the Netherlands fell 8% compared with February 2024, while registrations in Spain increased 12%. Combined BEV and PHEV market shares averaged 23% in Europe in February 2025, down 1 percentage point from January. Norway (97%), Denmark (67%), Sweden (56%), and the Netherlands (51%) all had shares above 50%, and Belgium (41%), Ireland (29%), and Germany (26%) also recorded combined BEV and PHEV market shares above the average for Europe. Among the largest markets, the highest increases in BEV registrations occurred in Czechia and Spain, where shares increased 66% and 61%, respectively, in February 2025 compared with February 2024. Nearly 36,000 BEVs were registered last month in Germany, Europe’s largest market, and that was up 31% over February 2024. Over the same period, PHEV registration shares increased the most in Belgium (+67%) and HEV shares increased the most in Spain (+56%). Additionally, MHEVs are gaining popularity in France, where sales reached 23% in February 2025, up 86% from February 2024.
Figure 3. Share of plug-in hybrid and battery electric passenger cars by country, including information on market size (total new car registrations)
Note: “Other” includes EEA countries not individually highlighted in the figure, except for Bulgaria, Liechtenstein, and Malta. Data for Portugal, which is categorized under “Other,” is for January 2025 only.
