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Driving licenses issued. By classes. Provinces

Driving licenses issued. By classes. Provinces 2017
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia Spain % Cat./Spa.
AM 2,181 715 315 637 3,848 26,656 14.4
A1 2,500 503 183 259 3,445 12,578 27.4
A2 7,431 795 510 785 9,521 55,009 17.3
A 5,867 697 310 850 7,724 41,769 18.5
B 49,265 6,572 4,619 6,755 67,211 424,625 15.8
BTP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
C1 336 24 16 40 416 4,179 10.0
C 1,401 440 425 489 2,755 25,874 10.6
D1 46 9 5 0 60 561 10.7
D 617 92 100 144 953 6,916 13.8
E 1,714 632 506 577 3,429 34,345 10.0
Total 71,358 10,479 6,989 10,536 99,362 632,512 15.7
Source: Directorate General of Traffic.
Note: See definitions.

Last update: October 16, 2018.

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 "..".