Electric cars made up only 2 percent of all automobile sales in the United States in 2020, but 4.6 percent of global car sales. Norway led the world by far at almost 75 percent.
Source: “Global EV Data Explorer,” International Energy Agency, April 29, 2021, https://tinyurl.com/2evc6pjz
Data for the graphic are as follows:
| Country | Percentage of Electric Car Sales |
| Norway | 74.8% |
| Iceland | 52.4% |
| Sweden | 32.3% |
| Germany | 13.5% |
| France | 11.3% |
| United Kingdom | 11.3% |
| China | 5.7% |
| World | 4.6% |
| Canada | 4.2% |
| South Korea | 2.9% |
| United States | 2.0% |
| Japan | 0.6% |
| Mexico | 0.3% |
| Brazil | 0.1% |
| India | 0.1% |