New zero-emission cars in Bulgaria
Zero-emission cars made up 4.9% of new passenger cars registered in Bulgaria in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2013.
Bulgaria, 2025
4.9%
Change from 2024
+1.0percentage points
European Union, 2025
17.3%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
10.1%
Position in 2025
32nd of 39
New zero-emission cars in Bulgaria over time
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% of newly registered passenger cars. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Bulgaria | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.9% | 17.3% |
| 2024 | 3.9% | 13.5% |
| 2023 | 4.7% | 14.5% |
| 2022 | 3.6% | 12.1% |
| 2021 | 1.3% | 9.0% |
| 2020 | 0.7% | 5.3% |
| 2019 | 0.6% | 1.9% |
| 2018 | 0.5% | 1.0% |
| 2017 | 0.1% | 0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.1% | 0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.1% | 0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.0% | 0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0% | 0.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +1.0 percentage points from 3.9% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 0.1%, the figure has changed by +4.9 percentage points.
- Among the 39 countries with data for 2025, Bulgaria has the 32nd highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 17.3%.
More for Bulgaria
All statistics for Bulgaria
Car ownership
507 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Car share of passenger transport
88.8%e (Estimated)
2024 · Eurostat
Road traffic deaths
7.4 per 100,000 people
2024 · Eurostat
Rail passenger transport
1,456 million passenger-km
2025 · Eurostat
Road share of inland freight transport
60.1%
2024 · Eurostat
Road traffic deaths
9.2 per 100,000 people
2019 · World Bank