Greece’s electric vehicle sales more than doubled in a single year, one of the sharpest shifts to battery power seen anywhere in Europe, according to Eurostat figures.
New battery-only electric car registrations in Greece climbed from roughly 2,800 in 2022 to more than 6,300 in 2023, a rise of about 126%. Electric models made up nearly 5% of all new car sales in Greece last year, up from under 3% the year before, Eurostat data show.
Total new car sales in Greece also grew that year, topping 134,000 vehicles, giving electric models more room to expand within a bigger market.
The jump builds on years of slow but steady progress. Greek registrations of battery-only electric cars stood at just 20 units in 2016. Growth stayed slow for years, then picked up sharply after 2020 as prices fell and more models reached Greek dealerships.
How Greece’s electric vehicle sales compare with the rest of the EU
The growth puts Greece among the region’s fastest-growing electric vehicle sales markets, though the country still trails the wider European Union.
Battery-only electric cars made up close to 15% of new car sales across the EU in 2023, roughly three times Greece’s share. The gap traces back to slower early adoption in Greece, where electric sales barely registered before 2020.
The shift toward electric cars is not limited to Greece. Across the EU, new battery-only electric registrations reached 1.89 million in 2025, a rebound of nearly 30% after sales fell 6% in 2024.
The total number of electric cars on EU roads climbed to 7.59 million in 2025, an increase of more than 31% from the year before, Eurostat figures show.
Greece still has ground to cover, but momentum is building
Other cleaner technologies gained ground too. Plug-in hybrid registrations rose 34.2%, reaching just over one million cars. Standard hybrids grew 13.4% to 3.62 million, remaining the most popular choice among new buyers.
Meanwhile, sales of diesel and petrol cars kept falling, dropping 22% to 1.07 million and 18.4% to 2.98 million, respectively, as buyers moved away from fossil fuel engines.
Greece’s rapid rise fits that larger pattern. The country still has ground to make up compared with its European neighbors. But the sharp jump in sales suggests its shift away from fossil fuel cars is now gathering real speed, even though it started later than in much of Europe.
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