Public charging points · United Kingdom · 2025

Net change in publicly accessible charging points from published year-end stocks or comparable reference dates. One point represents an additional charging point; a negative point represents a net decrease. Not the number of new charging station locations or gross installations.

Annual value and context

13,281 charging points
Net change · Original period: 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · Reported by source

No matching population figure for the original year is available here. No value per 100,000 inhabitants is therefore calculated.

Original unit: EV chargers (EVSE)

Net change in publicly accessible EVSE charging points across the UK between 1 January 2025 and 1 January 2026, both at 00:00; not gross installations or a count of sites.
DfT EV chargers (EVSE) counts vehicles that can charge simultaneously. Both reference dates use this unit. Charging devices, connectors and sites are not mixed.
EVCI0101 source Zapmap, official statistics in development. The regional EVSE time series starts in January 2025; Note 4 states greater confidence in granular recording from January 2026. Stock differences may include removals, revisions or reporting changes.
Uses the complete published national EVSE stock directly, without artificial zero values for missing power classes. Private charging points excluded.

Coverage and quantity per point

33 of 239 countries and territories with data. Known values for other areas are marked separately in the table; unassigned epicentres are not a country.

Normal map view: 1 charging points / point. In focus: 1 charging points / point. Quantity controls do not change annual values.

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What the map shows

The map simulates statistical times from annual data. It does not report individual events actually happening now. Point counters show currently visible simulated points; the timeline records only regular points observed during the session.

Random points within a country are a display model, not actual event locations or regional consumption hotspots. Earthquakes retain their historical USGS epicentres. Start examples are labelled and excluded from counts. Background gaps are not replayed.

Original years, national definitions and recording boundaries differ. Tables are alphabetical and do not provide a reliable country ranking. With mixed source years, the breakdown of death points is a display model, not an exact balance of causes. Point quantities and fade durations do not change annual values.

All sources and methodology

Sources

EVCI0101a – Public EV chargers by country and region: United Kingdom, January 2025 / January 2026
UK Department for Transport (DfT); source Zapmap · Retrieved 2026-10-05 · 27 August 2026
Original source · Definitions and metadata · Source licence statement: Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated; acknowledge Department for Transport / Zapmap.
Net change in publicly accessible EVSE charging points across the UK between 1 January 2025 and 1 January 2026, both at 00:00; not gross installations or a count of sites. DfT EV chargers (EVSE) counts vehicles that can charge simultaneously. Both reference dates use this unit. Charging devices, connectors and sites are not mixed. EVCI0101 source Zapmap, official statistics in development. The regional EVSE time series starts in January 2025; Note 4 states greater confidence in granular recording from January 2026. Stock differences may include removals, revisions or reporting changes. Uses the complete published national EVSE stock directly, without artificial zero values for missing power classes. Private charging points excluded.