New zero-emission cars in United Kingdom
Zero-emission cars made up 19.2% of new passenger cars registered in United Kingdom in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2015.
United Kingdom, 2024
19.2%
Change from 2023
+3.0percentage points
European Union, 2024
13.5%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024
14.2%
New zero-emission cars in United Kingdom 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 | United Kingdom | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 17.3% |
| 2024 | 19.2% | 13.5% |
| 2023 | 16.3% | 14.5% |
| 2022 | 16.3% | 12.1% |
| 2021 | 11.5% | 9.0% |
| 2020 | – | 5.3% |
| 2019 | – | 1.9% |
| 2018 | 0.7% | 1.0% |
| 2017 | 0.5% | 0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.4% | 0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.4% | 0.4% |
| 2014 | – | 0.3% |
| 2013 | – | 0.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +3.0 percentage points from 16.3% in 2023.
- Since 2015, when it was 0.4%, the figure has changed by +18.8 percentage points.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 13.5%.
More for United Kingdom
All statistics for United Kingdom
Car ownership
474 per 1,000 people
2024 · Eurostat
Car share of passenger transport
86.9%e (Estimated)
2019 · Eurostat
Road traffic deaths
2.8 per 100,000 people
2018 · Eurostat
Rail passenger transport
71,823 million passenger-km
2019 · Eurostat
Road share of inland freight transport
90.8%
2019 · Eurostat
Road traffic deaths
3.2 per 100,000 people
2019 · World Bank