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Driving licenses issued. By classes. Provinces

Driving licenses issued. By classes. Provinces 2022
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia Spain % Cat./Spa.
AM 2,738 889 600 543 4,770 31,775 15.0
A1 2,769 728 382 323 4,202 17,995 23.4
A2 9,068 944 609 758 11,379 63,485 17.9
A 5,334 650 565 720 7,269 48,658 14.9
B 62,429 8,372 6,781 8,510 86,092 543,524 15.8
BTP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
C1 167 21 16 24 228 2,351 9.7
C 2,274 607 755 508 4,144 32,640 12.7
D1 30 6 2 2 40 539 7.4
D 798 73 152 93 1,116 7,582 14.7
E 1,996 445 818 446 3,705 35,820 10.3
Total 87,603 12,735 10,680 11,927 122,945 784,369 15.7
Source: Directorate General of Traffic.
Note: See definitions.

Last update: September 28, 2023.

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 "..".