New zero-emission cars in Switzerland
Zero-emission cars made up 22.3% of new passenger cars registered in Switzerland in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2013.
Switzerland, 2025
22.3%
Change from 2024
+3.8percentage points
European Union, 2025
17.3%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
18.9%
Position in 2025
13th of 39
New zero-emission cars in Switzerland 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 | Switzerland | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22.3% | 17.3% |
| 2024 | 18.5% | 13.5% |
| 2023 | 20.1% | 14.5% |
| 2022 | 17.1% | 12.1% |
| 2021 | 12.8% | 9.0% |
| 2020 | 8.1% | 5.3% |
| 2019 | 4.2% | 1.9% |
| 2018 | 1.8% | 1.0% |
| 2017 | 1.5% | 0.7% |
| 2016 | 1.1% | 0.4% |
| 2015 | 1.2% | 0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.6% | 0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.4% | 0.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +3.8 percentage points from 18.5% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 1.2%, the figure has changed by +21.1 percentage points.
- Among the 39 countries with data for 2025, Switzerland has the 13th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 17.3%.
More for Switzerland
All statistics for Switzerland
Car ownership
543p (Provisional) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Car share of passenger transport
72.0%e (Estimated)
2024 · Eurostat
Road traffic deaths
2.8 per 100,000 people
2024 · Eurostat
Rail passenger transport
23,522 million passenger-km
2025 · Eurostat
Road share of inland freight transport
66.2%e (Estimated)
2024 · Eurostat
Road traffic deaths
2.2 per 100,000 people
2019 · World Bank