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Italian practical driving test pass rates by province

In Italy 83.8% of category B practical driving tests were passed in 2025, across 734,553 tests sat. Between provinces the gap is 38.49 percentage points, from Enna to Sassari. Source: Ministero delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti (MIT).

Comparing this against the theory rate does not say which test is harder. Only candidates who already passed the theory sit the practical, so the group is pre-selected and the rate is structurally higher.

How do the provinces rank?

Category B practical test, share of tests passed by province, 2025. Source: Ministero delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti (MIT), columns PATENTE B / GUIDA. Data as of 2026-09-07.
#ProvinceRegionPass rateTestsvs 2024
1 Enna Sicilia 99.4% 1,767 -0.34
2 Messina Sicilia 97.6% 5,856 -0.63
3 Caserta Campania 97.5% 10,568 +0.11
4 Catania Sicilia 96.6% 11,757 +0.60
5 Taranto Puglia 96.1% 5,336 -1.34
6 Caltanissetta Sicilia 96.1% 2,974 +0.50
7 Brindisi Puglia 95.7% 3,849 -2.10
8 Salerno Campania 95.4% 11,188 -1.13
9 Agrigento Sicilia 95.1% 4,529 -0.60
10 Ragusa Sicilia 95.1% 3,660 -0.23
11 Siracusa Sicilia 94.9% 4,027 -0.27
12 Napoli Campania 94.7% 35,342 -3.20
13 Bari Puglia 94.6% 16,515 -0.49
14 Crotone Calabria 94.5% 2,037 -0.45
15 Avellino Campania 94.2% 4,044 -2.59
16 Lecce Puglia 94.0% 7,997 -0.79
17 Chieti Abruzzo 93.9% 3,827 -1.11
18 Isernia Molise 93.2% 825 -3.91
19 Benevento Campania 93.1% 2,914 -1.42
20 Trapani Sicilia 92.8% 4,385 -1.85
21 Frosinone Lazio 92.6% 4,933 +0.53
22 Cosenza Calabria 92.6% 7,251 -0.87
23 Potenza Basilicata 92.4% 3,506 -2.67
24 L'Aquila Abruzzo 92.0% 2,994 -0.10
25 Foggia Puglia 91.8% 7,774 +0.37
26 Campobasso Molise 91.7% 2,104 -4.88
27 Palermo Sicilia 91.5% 14,028 -0.28
28 Latina Lazio 91.5% 7,168 +0.26
29 Vercelli Piemonte 91.4% 2,644 -0.25
30 Reggio Calabria Calabria 91.3% 6,242 -2.41
31 Pisa Toscana 91.0% 5,505 -2.08
32 Novara Piemonte 89.6% 5,377 +2.59
33 Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Piemonte 89.6% 1,613 +1.25
34 Sondrio Lombardia 89.5% 2,392 -0.57
35 Treviso Veneto 89.4% 11,530 +2.45
36 Cuneo Piemonte 89.3% 7,450 +2.89
37 Matera Basilicata 89.1% 2,561 +0.09
38 Vibo Valentia Calabria 89.1% 1,895 +1.53
39 Brescia Lombardia 89.0% 17,141 +1.71
40 Pavia Lombardia 88.1% 5,974 -3.11
41 Reggio nell'Emilia Emilia-Romagna 87.8% 6,358 +2.86
42 Lucca Toscana 87.7% 4,510 -1.75
43 Teramo Abruzzo 86.9% 2,860 -0.71
44 Padova Veneto 86.6% 10,790 +2.31
45 Pescara Abruzzo 86.6% 3,587 +0.82
46 Rimini Emilia-Romagna 86.3% 4,153 -1.34
47 Modena Emilia-Romagna 86.1% 9,207 +0.65
48 Varese Lombardia 85.1% 11,354 -1.40
49 Siena Toscana 85.1% 3,273 -0.27
50 Roma Lazio 85.0% 54,688 -0.10
51 Catanzaro Calabria 84.9% 3,878 -0.17
52 Ancona Marche 84.8% 6,041 -1.36
53 Bologna Emilia-Romagna 82.9% 12,585 +2.18
54 Livorno Toscana 82.8% 3,370 +0.87
55 Bergamo Lombardia 82.8% 17,151 +1.19
56 Macerata Marche 82.7% 3,922 +0.70
57 Alessandria Piemonte 82.6% 4,092 -1.31
58 Cremona Lombardia 82.5% 4,542 +0.17
59 Massa-Carrara Toscana 81.6% 2,171 +1.03
60 Lecco Lombardia 81.5% 3,965 +1.82
61 Como Lombardia 81.5% 7,258 +0.40
62 La Spezia Liguria 81.3% 2,305 +0.94
63 Ascoli Piceno Marche 81.2% 4,785 +1.34
64 Vicenza Veneto 80.1% 12,544 -3.59
65 Torino Piemonte 79.5% 25,841 -1.56
66 Viterbo Lazio 79.4% 3,764 -1.33
67 Arezzo Toscana 79.3% 4,552 +1.82
68 Pesaro e Urbino Marche 79.2% 4,871 -1.10
69 Firenze Toscana 79.2% 16,803 +2.05
70 Pordenone Friuli-Venezia Giulia 79.2% 3,799 -8.17
71 Rovigo Veneto 79.1% 3,231 -0.83
72 Parma Emilia-Romagna 78.9% 6,346 +1.42
73 Venezia Veneto 78.4% 10,452 -1.58
74 Grosseto Toscana 78.3% 2,492 -1.58
75 Bolzano Trentino-Alto Adige 78.3% 7,610 +1.26
76 Lodi Lombardia 78.1% 2,940 +0.78
77 Milano Lombardia 76.7% 54,649 -3.36
78 Gorizia Friuli-Venezia Giulia 75.6% 2,005 -5.12
79 Nuoro Sardegna 75.1% 2,638 -3.13
80 Pistoia Toscana 74.9% 4,344 +3.03
81 Rieti Lazio 74.9% 1,859 +1.72
82 Ferrara Emilia-Romagna 74.9% 4,768 -2.16
83 Belluno Veneto 74.5% 2,716 +4.70
84 Udine Friuli-Venezia Giulia 74.1% 6,637 -1.88
85 Aosta Valle d'Aosta 74.0% 1,656 +1.98
86 Piacenza Emilia-Romagna 73.9% 4,068 +2.34
87 Savona Liguria 73.5% 3,503 +7.02
88 Forli-Cesena Emilia-Romagna 73.4% 5,991 +1.30
89 Oristano Sardegna 73.4% 1,734 +3.84
90 Terni Umbria 72.5% 2,739 +1.91
91 Trieste Friuli-Venezia Giulia 72.2% 2,938 -3.75
92 Verona Veneto 71.9% 13,800 +0.77
93 Biella Piemonte 71.7% 2,125 +0.06
94 Mantova Lombardia 71.3% 4,848 -0.56
95 Trento Trentino-Alto Adige 71.1% 8,757 +0.89
96 Perugia Umbria 70.6% 9,607 -3.94
97 Asti Piemonte 69.8% 2,766 +1.10
98 Imperia Liguria 69.7% 2,520 +1.75
99 Genova Liguria 67.9% 10,369 -3.30
100 Ravenna Emilia-Romagna 61.8% 5,794 -0.76
101 Cagliari Sardegna 61.0% 10,091 +0.52
102 Sassari Sardegna 60.9% 6,062 -3.14

And by region?

Category B practical test by region, 2025. Source: Ministero delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti (MIT).
#RegionPracticalTheory
1 Campania 95.2% 60.6%
2 Sicilia 94.8% 65.5%
3 Puglia 94.3% 62.8%
4 Molise 92.2% 56.6%
5 Basilicata 91.0% 60.2%
6 Calabria 90.7% 62.0%
7 Abruzzo 90.0% 59.4%
8 Lazio 85.7% 56.6%
9 Piemonte 82.3% 60.8%
10 Marche 82.1% 58.4%
11 Toscana 81.8% 56.9%
12 Lombardia 81.0% 59.5%
13 Veneto 80.5% 63.3%
14 Emilia-Romagna 79.4% 61.9%
15 Friuli-Venezia Giulia 75.2% 61.9%
16 Trentino-Alto Adige 74.4% 56.3%
17 Valle d'Aosta 74.0% 57.0%
18 Umbria 71.0% 59.5%
19 Liguria 70.8% 56.6%
20 Sardegna 63.9% 59.5%

Why is the gap between provinces so wide?

The practical gap is 38.49 percentage points, far wider than on the theory test. The practical is not machine marked: an examiner assesses it, on real roads, over about twenty minutes.

Driving conditions differ a great deal between areas, as does how many candidates reach the test and with how much practice behind them. This data cannot isolate the cause, so the page reports the figures with their source and goes no further.

Where the figures come from is set out on the data page.

Frequently asked questions

What is the Italian practical driving test pass rate?

In 2025, 83.8% of category B practical tests were passed, across 734,553 tests sat, on Ministero delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti (MIT) data. In 2024 it was 84.4%.

Why is the practical pass rate so much higher than the theory rate?

Because only candidates who have already passed the theory sit it, so the group is pre-selected. In 2025 the theory rate was 60.3% and the practical 83.8%. The two are not comparable as measures of difficulty.

Which province passes the most?

Enna, at 99.4% across 1,767 tests sat in 2025.

How many attempts are allowed at the practical test?

The foglio rosa is valid for twelve months and allows a maximum of three attempts at the practical test. Once those are used, or the permit expires, a new application must be filed.

Source: Ministero delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti (MIT), CC BY 3.0 IT

Figures are for information, not official advice.

Data as of . Source: Ministero delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti (MIT).