Article: Electric car use by country

Question: Does any country have greater than  5% Plug-in passenger cars on the road?
Answer: Norway has 10.7% Plug-in passenger cars on the road as of 2018, with 55.9 Plug-in cars per 1000 people.
Evidence table:
Country
PEV stock/cumulative sales(1)
PEV stock/cumulative sales(1)
Annual sales(1)
Annual sales(1)
Population 2018 (millions)
Plug-in cars per 1000 people (2018)
% Plug-in passenger cars on the road(7)
Country
2018
2017
2018
2017
Population 2018 (millions)
Plug-in cars per 1000 people (2018)
% Plug-in passenger cars on the road(7)
China(2)(9)
2,243,772
1,227,770
1,016,002
579,000
1,394.2
1.6
0.94% (2018)
USA(2)
1,126,000
764,666
361,307
199,818
328.5
3.4
0.45% (2018)
Norway(3)(9)
296,215
209,122
86,290
71,737
5.3
55.9
10.7% (2018)
Japan(2)(4)(9)
257,363
205,350
52,013
54,100
126.3
2.0
N/A
UK
212,000
137,000
59,911(2)
49,182(2)
66.0
3.2
0.2% (2016)
France
204,617
149,797
53,745
42,799
67.0
3.1
0.2% (2016)
Germany(2)
196,750
129,246
67,504
54,492
82.9
2.4
0.1% (2016)
Netherlands(9)
145,882
121,540
29,187
11,085
17.3
8.4
1.7% (2018)
Canada(2)
81,435(8)
45,950
33,879(8)
18,746
37.3
2.2(8)
N/A
Sweden(9)
79,579
49,670
29,909
19,793
10.2
7.8
0.6% (2016)
Global Total(2)
5,127,297
3,109,050
2,018,247
1,148,700
7,700
0.7
0.4% (2018)
Light-duty plug-in cumulative registrations in selected regional markets
Light-duty plug-in cumulative registrations in selected regional markets
Light-duty plug-in cumulative registrations in selected regional markets
Light-duty plug-in cumulative registrations in selected regional markets
Light-duty plug-in cumulative registrations in selected regional markets
Light-duty plug-in cumulative registrations in selected regional markets
Light-duty plug-in cumulative registrations in selected regional markets
Light-duty plug-in cumulative registrations in selected regional markets
Europe(5)
1,346,435
940,383
406,052
302,383
526.7
2.6
0.5% (2018)
California(2)
526,199
368,540
157,659
98,540
39.6
13.3
2.1% (2018)
Plug-in vehicle cumulative sales for all class segments in China
Plug-in vehicle cumulative sales for all class segments in China
Plug-in vehicle cumulative sales for all class segments in China
Plug-in vehicle cumulative sales for all class segments in China
Plug-in vehicle cumulative sales for all class segments in China
Plug-in vehicle cumulative sales for all class segments in China
Plug-in vehicle cumulative sales for all class segments in China
Plug-in vehicle cumulative sales for all class segments in China
China(6) (all class segments)
2,984,447
1,728,447
1,256,000
777,000
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Notes (1) Includes sales or registrations of highway legal light-duty vehicles except where noted. (2) Only includes plug-in electric passenger cars.
Notes (1) Includes sales or registrations of highway legal light-duty vehicles except where noted. (2) Only includes plug-in electric passenger cars.
Notes (1) Includes sales or registrations of highway legal light-duty vehicles except where noted. (2) Only includes plug-in electric passenger cars.
Notes (1) Includes sales or registrations of highway legal light-duty vehicles except where noted. (2) Only includes plug-in electric passenger cars.
Notes (1) Includes sales or registrations of highway legal light-duty vehicles except where noted. (2) Only includes plug-in electric passenger cars.
Notes (1) Includes sales or registrations of highway legal light-duty vehicles except where noted. (2) Only includes plug-in electric passenger cars.
Notes (1) Includes sales or registrations of highway legal light-duty vehicles except where noted. (2) Only includes plug-in electric passenger cars.
Notes (1) Includes sales or registrations of highway legal light-duty vehicles except where noted. (2) Only includes plug-in electric passenger cars.