New zero-emission cars in Latvia
Zero-emission cars made up 7.1% of new passenger cars registered in Latvia in 2025.
Latvia, 2025
7.1%
Change from 2024
−0.2percentage points
European Union, 2025
17.3%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
10.1%
Position in 2025
26th of 39
New zero-emission cars in Latvia 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 | Latvia | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.1% | 17.3% |
| 2024 | 7.4% | 13.5% |
| 2023 | 8.8% | 14.5% |
| 2022 | 6.4% | 12.1% |
| 2021 | 3.3% | 9.0% |
| 2020 | 2.6% | 5.3% |
| 2019 | 0.6% | 1.9% |
| 2018 | 0.5% | 1.0% |
| 2017 | 0.2% | 0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.1% | 0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.1% | 0.4% |
| 2014 | 1.3% | 0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0% | 0.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 7.4% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 0.1%, the figure has changed by +7.0 percentage points.
- Among the 39 countries with data for 2025, Latvia has the 26th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 17.3%.
More for Latvia
All statistics for Latvia
Car ownership
435 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Car share of passenger transport
83.5%
2024 · Eurostat
Road traffic deaths
6.0 per 100,000 people
2024 · Eurostat
Rail passenger transport
746 million passenger-km
2025 · Eurostat
Road share of inland freight transport
64.9%
2024 · Eurostat
Road traffic deaths
8.1 per 100,000 people
2019 · World Bank