Driving licence statistics
Data as of: 2026-08-07
We collect official Polish driving-licence data and turn it into readable breakdowns — from the number of drivers in the CEPiK register to exam pass rates at individual driving schools. Every figure comes with its source and date.
Breakdowns
How many Poles have a driving licence?
Valid licences in circulation, share of the population, new licences year by year, and splits by voivodeship, gender and age. Source: CEPiK / dane.gov.pl.
Polish driving exam pass rates
How many candidates pass? Category B: 30.7% practical, 53.7% theory. Yearly trend 2013–2025, all 16 voivodeships, every licence category and the hardest and easiest powiats.
Our analysis of 5,475 art. 43 disclosures from 354 of 380 units (93.2%). Polish-language page.
How many people take the Polish driving exam?
Three quantities that are easy to mix up: how many people sit the exam, how many exams are actually held, and how many licences are issued for the first time. Category B in 2025, with the theory exams broken down by month.
Sources: the impact assessment for bill UD402 (Ministry of Infrastructure), a NIK audit report and CEPiK. Polish-language page.
The hardest exam questions
Which questions cause the most trouble? The 50 questions with the highest share of wrong answers, plus the hardest categories.
Computed from 7,846,823 answers logged in the Prawo Jazdy GO app.
Driving school (OSK) pass rates
Theory and practical exam pass rates: 1,948 published school profiles across 168 local hubs.
Built from art. 43 disclosures obtained from Polish powiat offices. Polish-language pages.