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Statistics on issued driving licences

May 17, 2022 at 15:26, updated April 22, 2026 at 10:20

The statistics on issued driving licences include the numbers of issued driving licences by category of driving licence, region and the age and sex of the licence holder. The data are updated once a month. The information is produced by the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom.

Renewal of the statistical production of issued driving licences

The statistical production of issued driving licenses will be renewed in 2026. The statistics will not be updated in Traficom's statistical database at the beginning of the year. The publication schedule for the rest of the year will be communicated during the spring.

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Issued driving licences by licence category in 2014–2025

Issued driving licences by licence type in 1990–2016 (in Finnish)*

*The Excel is no longer kept up to date because the same information is available in the statistics database from 2014 onwards

TITLEStatistics on issued driving licences
PRODUCERThe Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom
DESCRIPTIONThe statistics on issued driving licences are based on Traficom’s Transport Register, which contains data on drivers’ rights to drive and licences. Information on issued driving licences is retrieved from the register on a monthly basis.
DATA CONTENTThe statistics include driving licences granted to new drivers, upgraded rights to drive, duplicates, renewals of driving licences, and temporary licences. Information on issued driving licences by driving licence category, area, sex, age group and driving licence type.
DATA COLLECTION METHODTraficom’s Transport Register, from which data on issued driving licences is retrieved on a monthly basis.
CLASSIFICATIONS USEDDivision into regions based on municipal division; entire country, region and municipality. Driving licence categories.
UPDATING FREQUENCYMonthly.
TIME OF COMPLETION AND RELEASEThe statistics on issued driving licences are compiled within fifteen working days of the end of the statistical period.
TIME SERIESData available since 2014.
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CONTACT INFORMATIONContact form
FURTHER INFORMATION

As of 2013, upgrades and renewals have been included in the statistics on ordinary driving licences.
Statistics are no longer compiled on temporary driving licences.

The statistics processing rules have been amended. Since 2001, the data has not been directly
comparable with the previous years’ data.