New zero-emission cars in Ireland
Zero-emission cars made up 18.6% of new passenger cars registered in Ireland in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2013.
Ireland, 2025
18.6%
Change from 2024
+4.4percentage points
European Union, 2025
17.3%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
10.1%
Position in 2025
17th of 39
New zero-emission cars in Ireland 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 | Ireland | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18.6% | 17.3% |
| 2024 | 14.2% | 13.5% |
| 2023 | 18.5% | 14.5% |
| 2022 | 14.7% | 12.1% |
| 2021 | 8.5% | 9.0% |
| 2020 | 4.4% | 5.3% |
| 2019 | 2.9% | 1.9% |
| 2018 | 1.0% | 1.0% |
| 2017 | 0.5% | 0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.3% | 0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.4% | 0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.2% | 0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.1% | 0.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +4.4 percentage points from 14.2% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 0.4%, the figure has changed by +18.3 percentage points.
- Among the 39 countries with data for 2025, Ireland has the 17th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 17.3%.
More for Ireland
All statistics for Ireland
Car ownership
475i (Source flag i) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Car share of passenger transport
77.9%e (Estimated)
2024 · Eurostat
Road traffic deaths
3.2 per 100,000 people
2024 · Eurostat
Rail passenger transport
2,812 million passenger-km
2025 · Eurostat
Road share of inland freight transport
99.4%
2024 · Eurostat
Road traffic deaths
3.1 per 100,000 people
2019 · World Bank