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Driving licenses issued. By classes. Provinces

Driving licenses issued. By classes. Provinces 2020
Barcelona Girona Lleida Tarragona Catalonia Spain % Cat./Spa.
AM 2,438 698 355 679 4,170 45,715 9.1
A1 1,799 414 217 246 2,676 12,943 20.7
A2 5,772 520 446 618 7,356 47,749 15.4
A 5,612 647 438 847 7,544 53,007 14.2
B 45,812 5,596 4,509 5,884 61,801 453,423 13.6
BTP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
C1 453 71 48 93 665 11,217 5.9
C 1,254 322 432 347 2,355 21,963 10.7
D1 26 2 32 2 62 499 12.4
D 643 34 99 72 848 6,521 13.0
E 1,780 446 474 501 3,201 47,765 6.7
Total 65,589 8,750 7,050 9,289 90,678 700,802 12.9
Source: Directorate General of Traffic.
Note: See definitions.

Last update: September 23, 2021.

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.

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