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Based on a comparison of 31 countries in 2020, Turkey ranked the highest in diesel-fuelled as a share of new cars sold with 65.9% followed by Estonia and Bulgaria. On the other end of the scale was Netherlands with 3.62%, Norway with 8.60% and Finland with 13.3%.
Data for more countries are available at Diesel-Fuelled Cars (As % of New Cars Sold) indicator page.
| Diesel-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 |
| Austria | % | 57.3% | 49.7% | 41.1% | 39.4% | 36.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | % | 52.0% | 46.5% | 35.5% | 31.4% | 32.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Bulgaria | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 59.1% | 52.5% | 44.4% | 11.8% | |||||||||||
| Croatia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 77.2% | 141% | 162% | 37.0% | 35.8% | |||||||||||
| Cyprus | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 37.0% | 118% | 138% | 34.9% | 28.4% | |||||||||||
| Czechia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 37.8% | 30.2% | 27.7% | 29.4% | |||||||||
| Estonia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 27.8% | 46.3% | 46.1% | 35.3% | 24.7% | |||||||||||
| France | % | 52.1% | 47.3% | 38.9% | 34.1% | 30.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ireland | % | 70.0% | 65.2% | 54.5% | 46.6% | 43.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | % | 57.0% | 56.3% | 51.2% | 39.8% | 32.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Latvia | % | 43.5% | 51.7% | 39.3% | 39.9% | 33.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | % | 65.0% | 54.0% | ... | 41.9% | 36.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Portugal | % | 65.1% | 61.5% | 53.3% | 40.0% | 32.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | % | ... | ... | ... | 50.2% | 49.4% | 34.2% | 29.0% | 33.2% | |||||||||||||
| Turkey | % | 61.8% | 63.2% | 65.9% | ... | ... | ... | ... |
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