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Driving licenses issued. By classes. Provinces

Driving licenses issued. By classes. Provinces 2013
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia Spain % Cat./Spa.
AM 2,124 827 172 579 3,702 22,965 16.1
A1 2,240 579 154 255 3,228 12,155 26.6
A2 7,622 806 404 732 9,564 50,829 18.8
A 3,082 313 122 409 3,926 21,286 18.4
B 47,710 7,484 4,075 6,732 66,001 444,333 14.9
BTP 2,608 195 115 251 3,169 24,713 12.8
C1 260 24 6 59 349 7,007 5.0
C 1,729 417 328 443 2,917 27,181 10.7
D1 17 13 0 0 30 261 11.5
D 789 122 78 192 1,181 8,648 13.7
E 1,520 495 314 484 2,813 35,546 7.9
Total 69,701 11,275 5,768 10,136 96,880 654,924 14.8
Source: Directorate General of Traffic.
Note: See definitions.

Last update: December 17, 2014.

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 "..".