What was Portugal's automotive market in 2025?

Valerie Charoux
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Automotive News Europe – Here are Portugal's automotive market statistics for 2025, including the growth rate of Portugal’s automotive market and the share of Portugal’s automotive sales by type of energy for passenger cars, according to ACAP:

1 - What was the growth rate of Portugal’s automotive market in 2025?

Portugal’s automotive market registered a growth rate of around 6.2 percent in 2025.

2 – What is the share of Portugal’s automotive sales by type of energy for passenger cars in 2025?

1 – Renewable energy passenger cars

Renewable energy ranked No. 1 in Portugal’s automotive sales by type of energy for passenger cars for the year 2025 with a share of 69.7% of total automotive sales.

Portugal’s automotive sales by type of renewable energy for passenger cars in 2025 were:

i – Electric vehicles – BEV – represented 23.2% of automotive sales by type of renewable energy for passenger cars in 2025.

ii – Hybrid Electric Vehicles – HEV - represented 22.3% of automotive sales by type of renewable energy for passenger cars in 2025.

iii - Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles – PHEV - represented 15.2% of automotive sales by type of renewable energy for passenger cars in 2025.

iv – Other types of alternative energy vehicles represented 9% of automotive sales by type of renewable energy for passenger cars in 2025.

2 – Gasoline – Petrol passenger cars

Gasoline – petrol ranked 2nd in Portugal’s automotive sales by type of energy for passenger cars for the year 2025 with a share of 24.5% of total automotive sales.

3 – Diesel passenger cars

Diesel ranked 3^rd in Portugal’s automotive sales by type of energy for passenger cars for the year 2025 with a share of 5.8% of total automotive sales.

3 – What type of vehicles registered the highest growth of automotive sales in Portugal in 2025?

The type of vehicles that registered the highest growth rate of automotive sales in Portugal in 2025 were passenger cars since passenger car registrations totaled 225,039 units from January to December 2025, which represents a growth rate of 7.3% compared to the same period in 2024.