New zero-emission cars in Iceland
Zero-emission cars made up 41.2% of new passenger cars registered in Iceland in 2025.
Iceland, 2025
41.2%
Change from 2024
+15.2percentage points
European Union, 2025
17.3%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
18.9%
Position in 2025
3rd of 39
New zero-emission cars in Iceland 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 | Iceland | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41.2% | 17.3% |
| 2024 | 26.0% | 13.5% |
| 2023 | 50.1% | 14.5% |
| 2022 | 33.4% | 12.1% |
| 2021 | 26.9% | 9.0% |
| 2020 | 24.0% | 5.3% |
| 2019 | 8.0% | 1.9% |
| 2018 | 3.8% | 1.0% |
| 2017 | 3.3% | 0.7% |
| 2016 | – | 0.4% |
| 2015 | – | 0.4% |
| 2014 | – | 0.3% |
| 2013 | – | 0.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +15.2 percentage points from 26.0% in 2024.
- Since 2017, when it was 3.3%, the figure has changed by +37.9 percentage points.
- Among the 39 countries with data for 2025, Iceland has the 3rd highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 17.3%.
More for Iceland
All statistics for Iceland
Car ownership
645i (Source flag i) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Car share of passenger transport
88.4%e (Estimated)
2024 · Eurostat
Road traffic deaths
3.4 per 100,000 people
2024 · Eurostat
Road traffic deaths
2.0 per 100,000 people
2019 · World Bank
Air passengers carried
4,342,331 passengers
2023 · World Bank