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Driving licenses issued. By classes. Provinces

Driving licenses issued. By classes. Provinces 2019
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia Spain % Cat./Spa.
AM 2,428 942 370 708 4,448 42,187 10.5
A1 2,939 746 284 320 4,289 15,393 27.9
A2 11,105 1,091 681 998 13,875 68,980 20.1
A 7,250 684 466 930 9,330 54,750 17.0
B 69,776 9,302 5,752 8,196 93,026 568,304 16.4
BTP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
C1 598 65 36 116 815 12,388 6.6
C 2,178 601 592 492 3,863 31,086 12.4
D1 55 7 20 1 83 808 10.3
D 1,051 103 110 121 1,385 10,192 13.6
E 2,486 761 542 712 4,501 59,586 7.6
Total 99,866 14,302 8,853 12,594 135,615 863,674 15.7
Source: Directorate General of Traffic.
Note: See definitions.

Last update: June 12, 2020.

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 "..".