Driving test pass rate in Pisa

In 2025 in Pisa, 64.8% of category B theory tests were passed, across 6,817 tests, against a national average of 60.27% (4.5 points above). On the practical driving test, 91.0% of 5,505 tests were passed, against 83.82% nationally. Source: MIT, Esiti Esami 2025.

Pisa against Italy

Theory

#13 of 102 provinces with a published figure

4.5 points above Italy

Pisa 64.8% 6,817 tests · since 2024 +1.81 points
Italy 60.27% 919,868 tests · since 2024 +0.04 points

Practical driving test

7.2 points above Italy

Pisa 91.0% 5,505 tests · since 2024 −2.08 points
Italy 83.82% 734,553 tests · since 2024 −0.58 points

Source: Esiti Esami 2025

Does it change what you should do?

No. The 64.8% for Pisa 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.

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Pisa above the national average, outside the top ten

With 64.78% of theory tests passed, Pisa stays above the national average without reaching the top ten: number 13 of 102 provinces with a published figure, 4.51 points above the Italian 60.27%. In the table the province sits between Palermo (64.95%) and Caltanissetta (64.71%), a span of 0.24 points in all.

The figure rests on 6,817 theory tests sat in 2025, the 40th largest volume of the 102 provinces with a published figure and 0.74% of the 919,868 tests sat across Italy. One percentage point corresponds to about 68 tests, a middling total among those published.

The move against 2024 is marked: 1.81 points higher, from 62.97% to 64.78%, against +0.04 points of national change. The number of tests sat went from 6,459 to 6,817.

The two tests point the same way: 64.78% on theory and 91.03% on the practical test across 5,505 tests, one 4.51 points and the other 7.21 points above its own national average. On the practical test the province ranks number 31 of the 102 with a published figure. Against 2024 the practical pass rate changed by −2.08 points, while the national one moved by −0.58 points.

Inside Toscana no province does better: second is Pistoia (61.31%), and the lowest is Grosseto (49.81%). In the same region Prato has no row of its own in the MIT file.

Provinces closest to Pisa in the ranking

Pisa is number 13 of 102 provinces with published data, by share of theory tests passed in 2025.

Higher

  1. #9 Catania 66.2%
  2. #10 Enna 65.9%
  3. #11 Agrigento 65.5%
  4. #12 Palermo 65.0%
#13 of 102 64.8% Pisa

Lower

  1. #14 Caltanissetta 64.7%
  2. #15 Benevento 64.6%
  3. #16 Bologna 64.0%
  4. #17 Vercelli 64.0%

Provinces in Toscana

10 provinces in Toscana, Pisa highlighted. Theory tests in 2025, with the number of tests next to each rate.

Provinces of Toscana, patente B theory tests in 2025. Source: MIT, Esiti Esami 2025.
ProvincePassedTests
Arezzo 53.1% 5,811
Firenze 57.2% 20,009
Grosseto 49.8% 3,415
Livorno 51.7% 3,819
Lucca 55.7% 6,275
Massa-Carrara 52.4% 2,765
Pisa 64.8% 6,817
Pistoia 61.3% 4,968
Prato n/a n/a
Siena 58.0% 4,235

Which provinces can Pisa be compared with?

The pairs are picked by hand. The full list is on the comparisons page.

Frequently asked questions about the exam in Pisa

Where is the theory exam taken in Pisa?

The exam is sat at the Motorizzazione Civile office covering the province of Pisa, 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 Pisa than elsewhere?

In 2025 Pisa was number 13 of 102 provinces with a published figure, with 64.8% 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).