By August 2025, the number of registered electric vehicles in Kazakhstan had surged by 78.7% to 19.1 thousand units. A year earlier, the increase had been 2.1 times.
Still, their share in Kazakhstan’s vehicle fleet remains marginal, at just 0.3%. For comparison, the share stood at 0.2% in the same period of 2024 and 0.1% as of August 2023.
Six out of ten passenger EVs are concentrated in Almaty alone, totaling 11.3 thousand units. The city also leads in penetration, with EVs accounting for 1.6% of all registered passenger cars.
Astana and Almaty Region follow with 2.2 thousand and 1.2 thousand units, respectively. EVs make up 0.5% of the passenger fleet in Astana and only 0.2% in Almaty Region.
The fewest EVs were recorded in Abai and Ulytau Regions, with 55 and 57 vehicles, respectively. Notably, 233 EVs (0.5%) were registered under diplomatic plates. In addition, one electric car was registered with the former license plates of South Kazakhstan Region.
