By country Country New cars Change Most registered model Germany 2,570,994 +1.6% Volkswagen Golf France 1,638,878 −7.8% Peugeot 208 United Kingdom (2020) 1,620,502 −29.7% Ford Fiesta Italy 1,312,627 −9.9% Fiat Panda Spain 851,105 −6.3% Citroen C3 Poland 416,075 −5.5% Toyota Corolla Belgium 366,557 −4.5% Dacia Sandero Netherlands 305,887 −3.0% Toyota Yaris Sweden 283,679 −4.0% Volvo XC40 Austria 214,394 −10.3% Tesla Model Y Czechia 185,836 −7.6% Škoda Fabia Norway 174,106 −1.0% Tesla Model Y Portugal 156,051 +6.8% Peugeot 2008 Denmark 143,747 −20.5% — Romania 129,072 +6.6% Dacia Logan Hungary 111,025 −3.7% Suzuki SX4 Ireland 105,499 +1.1% Hyundai Tucson Greece 105,231 +5.0% Toyota Yaris Finland 79,440 −16.5% Toyota Yaris Slovakia 78,404 +3.6% Hyundai i30 Slovenia 45,411 −12.5% Toyota Yaris Croatia 42,861 −6.5% Dacia Duster Luxembourg 38,480 −6.0% Peugeot 208 Bulgaria 28,244 +16.4% Toyota Corolla Lithuania 24,932 −19.4% Toyota RAV4 Estonia 20,251 −9.3% Toyota RAV4 Iceland 16,528 +33.8% Tesla Model Y Latvia 16,327 +15.2% Toyota RAV4 Cyprus 11,443 +9.2% SEAT Arona Malta 6,196 +25.0% Toyota Yaris
Latest year for each country (2022 unless shown). The United Kingdom is covered until 2020, when it left the EU's CO₂ monitoring.
New cars registered each year ’10 ’12 ’14 ’16 ’18 ’20 ’22 9,479,280 ’10 ’13 ’16 ’19 ’22 9,479,280 Year New cars Change Petrol Diesel Hybrid Electric CO₂ g/km 2022 9,479,280 −4.4% 54% 19% 9% 13% 108 2021 9,920,521 −15.5% 56% 23% 9% 10% 114 2020 11,741,748 −24.2% 58% 29% 5% 6% 130 2019 15,499,233 +1.5% 63% 32% 1% 2% 148 2018 15,267,163 +0.9% 60% 36% 1% 1% 149 2017 15,133,139 +2.8% 53% 45% 1% 1% 120* 2016 14,723,804 +6.8% 47% 50% 1% 0% — 2015 13,781,460 +9.8% 45% 52% 1% 0% — 2014 12,550,226 +5.9% 44% 53% 1% 0% — 2013 11,845,569 +3.7% 45% 52% 0% 0% — 2012 11,425,200 −8.2% 42% 56% 0% 0% — 2011 12,452,259 −5.4% 43% 56% 0% 0% — 2010 13,161,546 — 45% 51% 0% 0% —
Hybrid: petrol or diesel with an electric motor, plug-in or not. CO₂ is the average type-approval value: WLTP, or NEDC where marked * (the two tests are not comparable).
Most registered models in Europe, 2022 # Model New cars Share vs 2021 1 Toyota Yaris 263,941 2.8% +52.4% 2 Peugeot 208 199,533 2.1% +5.4% 3 Dacia Sandero 186,331 2.0% −1.3% 4 Citroen C3 159,570 1.7% +0.3% 5 Volkswagen T-Roc 157,033 1.7% −3.7% 6 Fiat 500 148,637 1.6% +1.7% 7 Volkswagen Golf 147,124 1.6% −15.0% 8 Renault Clio 146,683 1.5% −26.7% 9 Dacia Duster 139,050 1.5% +0.6% 10 Peugeot 2008 127,516 1.3% −28.5% 11 Opel Corsa 126,772 1.3% −9.3% 12 Renault Captur 125,143 1.3% −16.4% 13 Fiat Panda 123,650 1.3% −5.6% 14 Volkswagen Tiguan 123,165 1.3% −7.4% 15 Hyundai Tucson 120,434 1.3% −1.6% 16 Toyota Corolla 113,980 1.2% −10.5% 17 Kia Sportage 105,585 1.1% +72.3% 18 Volkswagen T-Cross 100,391 1.1% −15.0% 19 Ford Puma 99,969 1.1% −3.2% 20 Peugeot 3008 96,098 1.0% −25.0%
All models in 2022
Most registered makes in Europe, 2022 Make New cars Share vs 2021 Volkswagen 1,029,529 10.9% −6.2% Toyota 656,650 6.9% +8.6% Peugeot 586,833 6.2% −15.2% Renault 562,787 5.9% −15.4% Mercedes-Benz 539,633 5.7% +4.8% BMW 516,307 5.4% −5.2% Audi 484,141 5.1% +5.0% Škoda 462,366 4.9% −9.7% Dacia 445,885 4.7% +14.1% Kia 432,541 4.6% +4.7%
European Environment Agency, CO₂ emissions from new passenger cars (monitoring of every new car registered) · re-use permitted with acknowledgement · Europe: EU member states, Norway and Iceland, and the United Kingdom until 2020
How we count Every new passenger car registered in Europe is reported to the EEA with its make, name, fuel and CO₂. Names are matched to our models.
How we count