The Daily Populous Wednesday August 6th, 2025 evening edition
Authored by ourworldindata.org and submitted by cgiattino

As someone who studies the transition to low-carbon energy, I am always on the lookout for electric cars in everyday life. I like to see how common they are, and it has been exciting to see their prominence grow on the roads in the UK.

Last year, more than one in five new cars sold globally were electric. But how does this vary worldwide? This share is shown across a selection of countries in the chart (more are available here).

Norway leads the world by a long way, with almost all new cars there being electric. China is another standout, with nearly half of new sales.

At the bottom, you can see that electric cars are still relatively rare in countries like Japan, Brazil, and India.

In most countries, greenhouse gas emissions from transport have either grown or, at best, stagnated in the last decade. Accelerating the transition to electric vehicles will be crucial to pushing emissions downwards.

Note that “electric” here includes fully-electric and plug-in hybrid cars; you can see the contribution of each here.

Explore data on electric car sales and stocks across countries in our latest update →

New_Zorgo39 on August 6th, 2025 at 13:09 UTC »

I was born in 85’ and even if it was during the 90’s, using homofobic swear words was common amongst some. I remember that a boy in my class was a professional dancer at the time, and other boys mocked him for it. Dancing was seen as bit “girlie” other word for “gay”. I remember that I wanted to become a librarian, which I did, yet got told by a mailman that i “should find a proper job for a man”. Again, another word for it being “kind of gay”.

Noedel on August 6th, 2025 at 12:06 UTC »

I've seen some detailed analysis from the last few years and it appears that, unfortunately, this trend is reversing, in particular with younger genZ males. At least, in my home country of the Netherlands...

CMDR_omnicognate on August 6th, 2025 at 11:36 UTC »

kinda amazes me how most people had negative opinions of homosexuality in the 80's given how insanely campy everything was then