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Petrol-fuelled as a share of new cars sold fell 9.08% to 36.9% in Ireland in 2020, according to ACEA.
Historically, petrol-fuelled as a share of new cars sold in Ireland reached an all time high of 89.9% in 2000 and an all time low of 23.0% in 2012.
Ireland has been ranked 26th within the group of 29 countries we follow in terms of petrol-fuelled as a share of new cars sold, 6 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Petrol-Fuelled Cars (As % of New Cars Sold) | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Australia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Belgium | % | 46.9% | 48.2% | 58.6% | 61.6% | 51.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Denmark | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 61.2% | 60.8% | 64.9% | 56.2% | |||||||||||
| France | % | 46.8% | 47.6% | 54.7% | 57.9% | 46.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 53.1% | 57.7% | 62.4% | 59.2% | 46.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iceland | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 41.3% | 42.6% | 22.9% | ||||||||||
| Ireland | % | 27.5% | 30.7% | 38.6% | 40.6% | 36.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | % | ... | ... | ... | 31.9% | 35.5% | 44.5% | 37.8% | ||||||||||||||
| Mexico | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Norway | % | 50.4% | 24.7% | 22.0% | 16.7% | 7.98% | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | % | 41.4% | 46.2% | 56.0% | 60.1% | 49.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | % | 45.9% | 39.4% | 46.9% | 46.1% | 36.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| United Kingdom | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 52.2% | 53.4% | 61.9% | 64.8% | 55.4% |
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