Driving test pass rate in Lucca
In 2025 in Lucca, 55.7% of category B theory tests were passed, across 6,275 tests, against a national average of 60.27% (4.6 points below). On the practical driving test, 87.7% of 4,510 tests were passed, against 83.82% nationally. Source: MIT, Esiti Esami 2025.
Lucca against Italy
Theory
#89 of 102 provinces with a published figure4.6 points below Italy
Practical driving test
3.9 points above Italy
Source: Esiti Esami 2025
Does it change what you should do?
No. The 55.7% for Lucca describes the candidates who sat the test in 2025, not the test itself. Preparation is the same everywhere: 30 true or false statements, 20 minutes, a maximum of 3 errors.
Lucca in the lower half of the 2025 ranking
Lucca is in the lower half of the 2025 table, number 89 of 102, with 55.70% of theory tests passed against the national 60.27%, 4.57 points lower. In the table the province sits between Roma (56.17%) and Verbano-Cusio-Ossola (55.68%), a span of 0.49 points in all.
The figure rests on 6,275 theory tests sat in 2025, the 46th largest volume of the 102 provinces with a published figure and 0.68% of the 919,868 tests sat across Italy. One percentage point corresponds to about 63 tests, a middling total among those published.
Between 2024 and 2025 the rate went from 55.51% to 55.70%, a change of +0.19 points, so it is flat in practice; the national figure moved by +0.04 points over the same period. The number of tests sat went from 5,729 to 6,275.
The two exams do not say the same thing. On theory Lucca is 4.57 points below the national average, on the practical test 3.92 points above: 87.74% of practical tests passed out of 4,510, against 83.82% across Italy. On the practical test the province ranks number 42 of the 102 with a published figure. Against 2024 the practical pass rate changed by −1.75 points, while the national one moved by −0.58 points.
Inside Toscana, Lucca is number 5 of 9 provinces with a figure, below Firenze (57.23%) and above Arezzo (53.07%). The region runs from the 64.78% of Pisa to the 49.81% of Grosseto. In the same region Prato has no row of its own in the MIT file.
Provinces closest to Lucca in the ranking
Lucca is number 89 of 102 provinces with published data, by share of theory tests passed in 2025.
Provinces in Toscana
10 provinces in Toscana, Lucca highlighted. Theory tests in 2025, with the number of tests next to each rate.
Which provinces can Lucca be compared with?
The pairs are picked by hand. The full list is on the comparisons page.
Frequently asked questions about the exam in Lucca
Where is the theory exam taken in Lucca?
The exam is sat at the Motorizzazione Civile office covering the province of Lucca, or at an authorised driving school acting as an exam centre. The Motorizzazione Civile is the authority on exam centres, times and booking.
Do more people pass the theory test in Lucca than elsewhere?
In 2025 Lucca was number 89 of 102 provinces with a published figure, with 55.7% of tests passed against 60.3% across Italy. The position describes who sat the test, not a different test: the questions and rules are the same everywhere.
How these percentages are calculated
Data as of . Source: Ministero delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti (MIT).