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Driving licenses issued. By classes. Provinces

Driving licenses issued. By classes. Provinces 2016
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia Spain % Cat./Spa.
AM 2,205 693 254 691 3,843 26,550 14.5
A1 3,142 687 190 350 4,369 14,943 29.2
A2 10,948 1,202 550 1,091 13,791 69,228 19.9
A 5,170 577 234 699 6,680 35,156 19.0
B 59,435 8,004 4,687 6,877 79,003 488,895 16.2
BTP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
C1 315 41 3 64 423 4,967 8.5
C 1,938 475 406 601 3,420 30,616 11.2
D1 35 13 4 3 55 437 12.6
D 900 124 77 171 1,272 8,146 15.6
E 1,784 646 440 714 3,584 36,430 9.8
Total 85,872 12,462 6,845 11,261 116,440 715,368 16.3
Source: Directorate General of Traffic.
Note: See definitions.

Last update: July 10, 2017.

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 "..".