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Based on a comparison of 30 countries in 2020, Czech Republic ranked the highest in petrol-fuelled as a share of new cars sold with 64.6% followed by Poland and Slovakia. On the other end of the scale was Norway with 7.99%, Iceland with 22.8% and Sweden with 35.2%.
Data for more countries are available at Petrol-Fuelled Cars (As % of New Cars Sold) indicator page.
| 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 |
| Bulgaria | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 48.9% | 50.1% | 60.0% | 84.7% | ||
| Croatia | % | 21.2% | ... | ... | 61.0% | 55.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Cyprus | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 62.9% | ... | ... | 55.7% | 55.7% | |||||||||||
| Czechia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 58.5% | 67.0% | 69.6% | 60.4% | |||||||||
| Denmark | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 61.2% | 60.8% | 64.9% | 56.2% | |||||||||||
| Estonia | % | 72.1% | 72.6% | 71.4% | 57.8% | 55.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Greece | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 52.3% | 59.3% | 65.1% | 53.2% | ||||||||||
| Latvia | % | 55.9% | 54.1% | 59.8% | 66.0% | 46.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Lithuania | % | 25.9% | 61.9% | 68.1% | 79.9% | 60.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | % | 79.6% | 75.0% | 75.4% | 71.0% | 57.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | % | 52.8% | 66.4% | 69.2% | 71.0% | 61.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Romania | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 45.0% | 47.0% | 55.7% | 66.7% | 52.3% | ||||||||||
| Slovakia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 59.3% | 66.5% | 69.9% | 61.9% | ||
| Slovenia | % | ... | ... | ... | 48.4% | 61.1% | 74.0% | 68.5% | 60.1% | |||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 52.2% | 53.4% | 61.9% | 64.8% | 55.4% |
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