Driving test pass rate in Siena

In 2025 in Siena, 58.0% of category B theory tests were passed, across 4,235 tests, against a national average of 60.27% (2.2 points below). On the practical driving test, 85.1% of 3,273 tests were passed, against 83.82% nationally. Source: MIT, Esiti Esami 2025.

Siena against Italy

Theory

#71 of 102 provinces with a published figure

2.2 points below Italy

Siena 58.0% 4,235 tests · since 2024 +1.04 points
Italy 60.27% 919,868 tests · since 2024 +0.04 points

Practical driving test

1.3 points above Italy

Siena 85.1% 3,273 tests · since 2024 −0.27 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 58.0% for Siena 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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Siena around the national average

Siena sits mid-table at number 71 of 102, and its 58.04% is 2.23 points from the national average of 60.27%. In the table the province sits between Brescia (58.11%) and Trento (57.85%), a span of 0.26 points in all.

The figure rests on 4,235 theory tests sat in 2025, the 72nd largest volume of the 102 provinces with a published figure and 0.46% of the 919,868 tests sat across Italy. One percentage point corresponds to about 42 tests, a middling total among those published.

The move against 2024 is marked: 1.04 points higher, from 57.00% to 58.04%, against +0.04 points of national change. The number of tests sat went from 4,319 to 4,235.

The two exams do not say the same thing. On theory Siena is 2.23 points below the national average, on the practical test 1.30 points above: 85.12% of practical tests passed out of 3,273, against 83.82% across Italy. On the practical test the province ranks number 49 of the 102 with a published figure. Against 2024 the practical pass rate changed by −0.27 points, while the national one moved by −0.58 points.

Inside Toscana, Siena is number 3 of 9 provinces with a figure, below Pistoia (61.31%) and above Firenze (57.23%). 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 Siena in the ranking

Siena is number 71 of 102 provinces with published data, by share of theory tests passed in 2025.

Higher

  1. #67 Macerata 58.5%
  2. #68 Caserta 58.4%
  3. #69 Frosinone 58.4%
  4. #70 Brescia 58.1%
#71 of 102 58.0% Siena

Lower

  1. #72 Trento 57.9%
  2. #73 Cremona 57.8%
  3. #74 Campobasso 57.7%
  4. #75 Ascoli Piceno 57.7%

Provinces in Toscana

10 provinces in Toscana, Siena 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 Siena be compared with?

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

Frequently asked questions about the exam in Siena

Where is the theory exam taken in Siena?

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

In 2025 Siena was number 71 of 102 provinces with a published figure, with 58.0% 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).