New zero-emission cars in Romania

Zero-emission cars made up 5.6% of new passenger cars registered in Romania in 2025.

Measure: Zero-emission share of new passenger cars Unit: % of newly registered passenger cars Data: 2013 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Romania, 2025 5.6% % of newly registered passenger cars
Change from 2024 −0.8percentage points 2024: 6.5%
European Union, 2025 17.3% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 10.1% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 31st of 39 See the full ranking

New zero-emission cars in Romania 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.

Zero-emission share of new passenger cars (% of newly registered passenger cars), 2013 to 2025
Period RomaniaEuropean Union
2025 5.6% 17.3%
2024 6.5% 13.5%
2023 10.6% 14.5%
2022 9.0% 12.1%
2021 5.2% 9.0%
2020 2.3% 5.3%
2019 0.9% 1.9%
2018 0.5% 1.0%
2017 0.2% 0.7%
2016 0.1% 0.4%
2015 0.0% 0.4%
2014 0.0% 0.3%
2013 0.1% 0.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.8 percentage points from 6.5% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 0.0%, the figure has changed by +5.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 39 countries with data for 2025, Romania has the 31st highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 17.3%.

Source and dates

Original producer
Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
road_eqr_zev · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A unit=PC mot_nrg=TOTAL vehicle=CAR
Observation period
2013 to 2025 for Romania
Provider update
6 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat