New zero-emission cars in Portugal
Zero-emission cars made up 23.3% of new passenger cars registered in Portugal in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2013.
Portugal, 2025
23.3%
Change from 2024
+3.5percentage points
European Union, 2025
17.3%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
10.1%
Position in 2025
12th of 39
New zero-emission cars in Portugal 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 | Portugal | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23.3% | 17.3% |
| 2024 | 19.9% | 13.5% |
| 2023 | 18.2% | 14.5% |
| 2022 | 11.6% | 12.1% |
| 2021 | 9.2% | 9.0% |
| 2020 | 5.4% | 5.3% |
| 2019 | 3.1% | 1.9% |
| 2018 | 2.0% | 1.0% |
| 2017 | 0.9% | 0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.4% | 0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.4% | 0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.1% | 0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.2% | 0.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +3.5 percentage points from 19.9% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 0.4%, the figure has changed by +22.9 percentage points.
- Among the 39 countries with data for 2025, Portugal has the 12th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 17.3%.
More for Portugal
All statistics for Portugal
Car ownership
561p (Provisional) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Car share of passenger transport
87.3%e (Estimated)
2024 · Eurostat
Road traffic deaths
5.5 per 100,000 people
2024 · Eurostat
Rail passenger transport
6,848 million passenger-km
2025 · Eurostat
Road share of inland freight transport
86.3%
2024 · Eurostat
Road traffic deaths
8.2 per 100,000 people
2019 · World Bank