That dollar amount reflects an 319.2% acceleration from $34.6 billion worth of electric cars imported five years earlier during 2020.
Year over year, the value of globally imported electric cars slowed by -4.6% compared to $152.3 billion for 2023.
Imported electric cars represent 14.8% of all global purchases for all types of imported cars for 2024, compared to 15.6% for 2023 and 5.3% five years earlier in 2020.
From a continental perspective, buyers in European countries spent the most on imported electric cars during 2024 with purchases costing $85.3 billion or approaching three-fifths (58.7%) of the global total. In second place were importers in North America at 21.9% while another 14.5% of electric cars imported worldwide was delivered to Asia.
Smaller percentages went to customers in Oceania (2.5%) led by Australia and New Zealand, Latin America plus the Caribbean (2%), then Africa (0.4%).
For research purposes, the 6-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix for electric cars is 870380.
Electric Cars Imports by Country
Below are the 15 countries that imported the highest dollar value worth of electric cars during 2024.
- United States: US$23 billion (15.8% of total imported electric cars)
- United Kingdom: $14.9 billion (10.3%)
- Belgium: $14.4 billion (9.9%)
- Germany: $8.6 billion (5.9%)
- France: $8.2 billion (5.6%)
- Canada: $7.5 billion (5.1%)
- Norway: $4.8 billion (3.3%)
- Denmark: $4.6 billion (3.2%)
- Sweden: $4.4 billion (3%)
- Netherlands: $3.9 billion (2.7%)
- Australia: $3.42 billion (2.4%)
- Spain: $3.39 billion (2.3%)
- Italy: $3.1 billion (2.2%)
- Türkiye: $2.7 billion (1.9%)
- Switzerland: $2.3 billion (1.6%)
By value, the listed 15 countries purchased three-quarters (75.3%) of all electric cars imported in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing markets for electric cars since 2023 were: Denmark (up 38.8%), United States of America (up 21.1%), Canada (up 15.7%) and Belgium (up 9.1%).
Those countries that posted declines in their imported electric cars purchases were led by: Germany (down -44.5% from 2023), Spain (down -29.1%), Switzerland (down -23%) and France (down -19.1%).
Searchable List of Electric Cars Importers
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| Rank | Importer | Electric Car Imports | 2023-4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | United States | $23,021,212,000 | +21.1% |
| 2. | United Kingdom | $14,925,708,000 | +0.9% |
| 3. | Belgium | $14,385,027,000 | +9.1% |
| 4. | Germany | $8,618,684,000 | -44.5% |
| 5. | France | $8,177,318,000 | -19.1% |
| 6. | Canada | $7,476,008,000 | +15.7% |
| 7. | Norway | $4,811,636,000 | -4.8% |
| 8. | Denmark | $4,638,941,000 | +38.8% |
| 9. | Sweden | $4,380,115,000 | -13.5% |
| 10. | Netherlands | $3,926,971,000 | -14.3% |
| 11. | Australia | $3,416,916,000 | -4.6% |
| 12. | Spain | $3,390,422,000 | -29.1% |
| 13. | Italy | $3,136,620,000 | -3% |
| 14. | Türkiye | $2,748,000,000 | +5.7% |
| 15. | Switzerland | $2,309,182,000 | -23% |
| 16. | Israel | $2,058,980,000 | -2.4% |
| 17. | Austria | $2,058,467,000 | +2.1% |
| 18. | United Arab Emirates | $1,992,471,000 | +20.8% |
| 19. | South Korea | $1,895,227,000 | -17.3% |
| 20. | Taiwan | $1,731,960,000 | +21.3% |
| 21. | Thailand | $1,662,669,000 | -39.6% |
| 22. | Portugal | $1,640,227,000 | -0.7% |
| 23. | Brazil | $1,593,397,000 | +107.7% |
| 24. | Finland | $1,416,238,000 | -18.8% |
| 25. | Ukraine | $1,328,536,000 | +18.2% |
| 26. | Japan | $1,293,918,000 | -26.7% |
| 27. | Slovenia | $1,286,205,000 | +6.5% |
| 28. | Mexico | $1,248,452,000 | +155.8% |
| 29. | Hong Kong | $1,190,779,000 | -20.1% |
| 30. | Indonesia | $1,035,141,000 | +94.9% |
| 31. | mainland China | $968,156,000 | -56.5% |
| 32. | Malaysia | $968,145,000 | +30.7% |
| 33. | Poland | $962,330,000 | -17.1% |
| 34. | Ireland | $645,400,000 | -40.3% |
| 35. | Luxembourg | $539,935,000 | +10.6% |
| 36. | Singapore | $524,659,000 | +140% |
| 37. | Uzbekistan | $485,510,000 | +11.4% |
| 38. | Czech Republic | $420,496,000 | +33.7% |
| 39. | Hungary | $384,530,000 | -2.6% |
| 40. | Colombia | $342,563,000 | +61.5% |
| 41. | Costa Rica | $331,612,000 | +56.6% |
| 42. | Slovakia | $277,352,000 | +5.2% |
| 43. | Philippines | $271,564,000 | +217% |
| 44. | Romania | $270,036,000 | -48.8% |
| 45. | New Zealand | $265,178,000 | -66% |
| 46. | Nepal | $252,171,000 | +66.4% |
| 47. | Kyrgyzstan | $241,235,000 | -44.3% |
| 48. | Jordan | $234,801,000 | -76.1% |
| 49. | Tajikistan | $234,699,000 | 0% |
| 50. | Belarus | $220,488,000 | -28.2% |
| 51. | India | $211,622,000 | -8.1% |
| 52. | Greece | $202,891,000 | -30.4% |
| 53. | Russia | $154,421,000 | -54.1% |
| 54. | Chile | $150,473,000 | +145.3% |
| 55. | Egypt | $139,147,000 | +3.3% |
| 56. | Uruguay | $127,199,000 | +122.2% |
| 57. | Qatar | $122,363,000 | +905.4% |
| 58. | Azerbaijan | $121,606,000 | -2.9% |
| 59. | Djibouti | $113,434,000 | 0% |
| 60. | Estonia | $113,434,000 | -17.7% |
| 61. | Iceland | $103,449,000 | -78.2% |
| 62. | Lithuania | $103,434,000 | -37.2% |
| 63. | Myanmar | $91,106,000 | +78% |
| 64. | Macao | $90,101,000 | +21.2% |
| 65. | Croatia | $89,639,000 | -17.7% |
| 66. | Laos | $88,242,000 | +107.4% |
| 67. | Cambodia | $84,959,000 | +474.2% |
| 68. | Mauritius | $81,706,000 | +52.7% |
| 69. | Pakistan | $80,807,000 | +137.3% |
| 70. | Ecuador | $79,832,000 | -7.7% |
| 71. | Malta | $75,454,000 | +16.3% |
| 72. | Armenia | $72,697,000 | +29.7% |
| 73. | Albania | $70,267,000 | +14.3% |
| 74. | Latvia | $66,027,000 | -44% |
| 75. | Bulgaria | $64,805,000 | -40.6% |
| 76. | Kazakhstan | $59,686,000 | +26.6% |
| 77. | Morocco | $49,227,000 | +22.8% |
| 78. | Vietnam | $46,771,000 | +143.3% |
| 79. | Cyprus | $46,425,000 | +4.7% |
| 80. | Bangladesh | $40,292,000 | -2.3% |
| 81. | Sri Lanka | $36,992,000 | +299.8% |
| 82. | Panama | $35,533,000 | +34.4% |
| 83. | South Africa | $34,389,000 | -52.6% |
| 84. | Ethiopia | $34,115,000 | -78.7% |
| 85. | Barbados | $33,518,000 | +4.4% |
| 86. | Kuwait | $29,477,000 | +35.2% |
| 87. | Moldova | $25,215,000 | +28.7% |
| 88. | Oman | $24,306,000 | +61.9% |
| 89. | Dominican Republic | $23,343,000 | -19.6% |
| 90. | Argentina | $22,651,000 | +84.6% |
| 91. | Guatemala | $22,516,000 | +35.3% |
| 92. | Lebanon | $21,146,000 | -61.3% |
| 93. | Palestine | $19,739,000 | 0% |
| 94. | Paraguay | $19,509,000 | +135% |
| 95. | Saudi Arabia | $16,706,000 | -84.2% |
| 96. | Peru | $15,637,000 | +3.4% |
| 97. | Faroe Islands | $14,555,000 | +4.5% |
| 98. | Bahrain | $13,999,000 | +8.1% |
| 99. | Mongolia | $13,557,000 | +14.4% |
| 100. | Bahamas | $12,620,000 | +55.4% |
Widening the scope to the top 100 importers of electric cars, the fastest growing markets are Qatar (up 905.4% from 2023), Cambodia (up 474.2%), Sri Lanka (up 299.8%), Philippines (up 217%), Mexico (up 155.8%), Chile (up 145.3%) and Vietnam (up 143.3%).
Note that an entry of 0% in the above table’s right-most column means that 2023 data was unavailable.
Electric Cars Imported into the United States
The United States of America’s global purchases of imported electric cars totaled US$23 billion in 2024. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which the US imported the highest dollar value worth of electric cars during 2024.
- Mexico: US$8.2 billion (up 119.2% from 2023)
- Germany: $5.7 billion (up 1.5%)
- South Korea: $4.6 billion (up 1.9%)
- Japan: $2.6 billion (up 21.6%)
- Austria: $435.7 million (up 25.1%)
- Belgium: $389.9 million (down -73.8%)
- Hungary: $377.5 million (down -36.1%)
- United Kingdom: $291.2 million (up 99.7%)
- Vietnam: $128.9 million (up 198.6%)
- mainland China: $113.5 million (down -70%)
- Canada: $100.2 million (up 2350.4%)
- Italy: $72.6 million (up 1263.3%)
- Singapore: $12.7 million (up 322.5%)
- Croatia: $7.3 million (down -39.8%)
- Slovakia: $4 million (up 877.4%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.97% of the United States of America’s electric cars imported in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of electric cars to the US since 2023 were: Canada (up 2,350%), Italy (up 1,263%), Slovakia (up 877.4%) and Singapore (up 322.5%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their electric cars supplied to American importers included: Belgium (down -73.8%), mainland China (down -70%), Croatia (down -39.8%) and Hungary (down -36.1%).
Overall, the value of United States’s electric cars imports went up by an average 21.1% from all supplying countries since 2023 when electric cars purchases were valued at $19 billion.
Electric Cars Imported into the United Kingdom
Britain’s global purchases of imported electric cars totaled US$14.9 billion in 2024. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Great Britain imported the highest dollar value worth of electric cars during 2024.
- Germany: US$5.6 billion (up 4.9% from 2023)
- mainland China: $3.7 billion (down -20%)
- South Korea: $1.1 billion (down -15.6%)
- Japan: $937.9 million (up 54.4%)
- Czech Republic: $933 million (up 147.8%)
- France: $817.1 million (up 74.6%)
- Spain: $438.4 million (up 35.5%)
- Belgium: $391.7 million (down -52.9%)
- Hungary: $304.2 million (up 51.3%)
- Austria: $251.4 million (down -12.6%)
- Mexico: $172.2 million (up 12.8%)
- Italy: $167.4 million (up 74%)
- United States: $68.6 million (down -40.1%)
- Türkiye: $29.2 million (up 1409.7%)
- Slovakia: $4.9 million (down -91.9%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.95% of the United Kingdom’s electric cars imported in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of electric cars to the UK since 2023 were: Türkiye (up 1,410%), Czech Republic (up 147.8%), France (up 74.6%) and Italy (up 74%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their electric cars supplied to UK importers included: Slovakia (down -91.9%), Belgium (down -52.9%), United States of America (down -40.1%) and mainland China (down -19.7%).
Overall, the value of United Kingdom’s electric cars imports flatlined via an average 0.9% gain from all supplying countries since 2023 when electric cars purchases were valued at $14.8 billion.
Electric Cars Imported into Belgium
Belgium’s global purchases of imported electric cars totaled US$14.4 billion in 2024. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Belgium imported the highest dollar value worth of electric cars during 2024.
- mainland China: US$5.3 billion (up 41.3% from 2023)
- Germany: $4.2 billion (down -8.8%)
- Netherlands: $1.1 billion (down -19.5%)
- Spain: $845.4 million (up 16.5%)
- France: $714.1 million (up 117%)
- Japan: $396.1 million (down -24.4%)
- United States: $339.6 million (up 55%)
- Mexico: $316.9 million (down -58%)
- Czech Republic: $249.1 million (up 7.8%)
- South Korea: $242.2 million (up 23.5%)
- Italy: $204.6 million (down -24.4%)
- United Kingdom: $199.5 million (up 3,022%)
- Romania: $40.2 million (up 253%)
- Türkiye: $36.7 million (up 4,572%)
- Morocco: $23.8 million (down -1.7%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.7% of Belgium’s electric cars imported in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of electric cars to Belgium since 2023 were: Türkiye (up 4,572%), United Kingdom (up 3,022%), Romania (up 253%) and France (up 117%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their electric cars supplied to Belgian importers included: Mexico (down -58%), Japan (down -24.4%), Italy (down -24.4%) and the Netherlands (down -19.5%).
Overall, the value of Belgium’s electric cars imports rose by an average 9.1% from all supplying countries since 2023 when electric cars purchases were valued at $13.2 billion.
Electric Cars Imported into Germany
Germany’s global purchases of imported electric cars totaled US$8.6 billion in 2024. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Germany imported the highest dollar value worth of electric cars during 2024.
- mainland China: US$2.4 billion (down -37% from 2023)
- Czech Republic: $1.4 billion (down -11.8%)
- United States: $1.2 billion (down -24.3%)
- South Korea: $774.5 million (down -57.6%)
- Spain: $621.1 million (down -15.2%)
- Belgium: $603 million (down -50.7%)
- France: $330.4 million (down -67.1%)
- Hungary: $308.5 million (down -14.4%)
- Japan: $274.6 million (down -33.8%)
- United Kingdom: $242.3 million (down -79.2%)
- Slovakia: $96.9 million (down -76.1%)
- Italy: $86.5 million (down -92.7%)
- Netherlands: $79.9 million (up 131.3%)
- Türkiye: $74.2 million (up 2,920%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.3% of Germany’s electric cars imported in 2024.
Among the above countries, there were only two growing suppliers of electric cars to Germany since 2023 namely Türkiye (up 2,920%) and the Netherlands (up 131.3%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their electric cars supplied to German importers included: Italy (down -92.7%), United Kingdom (down -79.2%) and Slovakia (down -76.1%).
Overall, the value of Germany’s electric cars imports shrank by an average -44.5% from all supplying countries since 2023 when electric cars purchases were valued at $15.5 billion.
Best-Selling Electric Car Models
Listed below are the world’s most popular plug-in electric car models based on annual sales according to hybridCARS.com, an online reviewer of cars. Shown within brackets is the automobile manufacturer for each electric car model.
- Leaf (Nissan)
- Model S (Tesla)
- Volt/Ampera (General Motors)
- Outlander PHEV (Mitsubishi)
- Prius PHV (Toyota)
- Qin (BYD)
- Zoe (Renault)
- i3 BEV and Rex (BMW)
- i-MiEV (Mitsubishi)
- Tang (BYD)
See also Electric Cars Exports by Country, Cars Exports by Country, Cars Imports by Country and US Exported & Imported Cars by State
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hybridCARS, Global 10 Best-Selling Plug-In Cars Are Accelerating Forward. Accessed on May 31, 2025
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on May 31, 2025
Trade Map, International Trade Centre. Accessed on May 31, 2025
Wikipedia, List of electric cars currently available. Accessed on May 31, 2025