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Driving licenses issued. By classes. Provinces

Driving licenses issued. By classes. Provinces 2014
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia Spain % Cat./Spa.
AM 1,879 763 131 595 3,368 21,922 15.4
A1 2,182 514 129 344 3,169 11,703 27.1
A2 8,198 924 359 880 10,361 54,710 18.9
A 3,853 329 175 488 4,845 25,621 18.9
B 50,755 7,195 4,438 6,610 68,998 446,941 15.4
BTP 2,605 299 139 351 3,394 24,962 13.6
C1 290 25 7 56 378 5,363 7.0
C 1,645 379 416 578 3,018 26,370 11.4
D1 19 21 4 1 45 337 13.4
D 757 120 63 183 1,123 7,935 14.2
E 1,340 492 376 645 2,853 33,376 8.5
Total 73,523 11,061 6,237 10,731 101,552 659,240 15.4
Source: Directorate General of Traffic.
Note: See definitions.

Last update: November 3, 2016.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Driving licences

Documents that authorise people to drive a vehicle. They can be of the following types:

  • AM-Authorises driving of two or three wheeled moped and light four-wheeled vehicles.
  • A1-Authorises driving of mopeds of less than 125 cc.
  • A2- Authorises driving of motorbikes below 35 kW.
  • A-Authorises driving of motorcycles and tricycles.
  • B-Authorises driving of automobiles of a mass of no greater than 3,500 kg and in which the number of seats, including the driver's is no greater than nine. These vehicles can tow a trailer that weighs no more than 750 kg.
  • BTP- Only valid in national territory. Authorises driving of public service, for emergency services, school transport, estate cars of a maximum authorised weight of no more than 3,500 kg and in which the number of seats, including the driver's is no greater than nine.
  • C1-Authorises driving of trucks and estate cars of a weight greater than 3,500 kg, and below 7,500 kg. and in which the number of seats, including the driver's is no greater than nine.
  • C-Authorises driving of automobiles different to class D1 or D, of a weight greater than 3,500 kg. but whose number of seats, including the driver's, is no greater than nine.
  • D-Authorises driving of automobiles used for the transport of people, in which the number of seats, including that of the driver, is greater than nine. These automobiles may tow a trailer, the maximum authorised weight of which must be no greater than 750 kg.
  • D1-Authorises driving of automobiles used for the transport of people, the number of seats of which including that of the driver, no greater than seventeen of a length of less than nine metres. These automobiles may tow a trailer, the maximum authorised weight of which may be no greater than 750 kg.
  • E-Authorises driving of vehicles while towing non-light trailers. The trailer will be connected to the vehicles for which the corresponding class of driving licence allows.

Methodological aspects

Provisonal data.

As of 27 June 1997, the new General Regulations for Drivers (Royal Decree 772/97 of 30 May 1997) came into force, incorporating new driving licence categories in order to adapt to European regulations.

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".