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People with a driving licence; driving licence type, age, region, 1 January
Number of people with a driving licence Type of driving licence, age of licence holder, region
Driving licence ownership among young people not yet at pre-pandemic level
On 1 January 2023, over 11.5 million people were holding a Dutch car driving licence, 0.7 percent more than one year previously.
Population; key figures
Population: key figures by sex, marital status, age, foreign background, households and population growth
Motor vehicles; type, age class, 1 January
Passenger cars, delivery vans, lorries, road tractors, buses, trailers, semi-trailers, motorcycles, vehicle age classes.
Fewer driving licences issued than before the pandemic
In 2021, the number of newly issued car driving licences was 7.8 percent higher than in the previous year. Altogether 178 thousand new licences were issued. This was still 17.7 percent lower than in...
Motorcycle and licence ownership up among the over-50s
On 1 January of this year, there were nearly 680 thousand registered motorcycles in the Netherlands. This is 4 percent more than in 2014.
80 percent of adults have a driving licence
Nearly 80 percent of the Dutch population aged 17 and over hold a valid car driving licence. At the start of 2019, just under 11.2 million people were holding a Dutch passenger car licence category...
Driving licence and next, a car?
Car ownership and driving licence ownership of young adult students and workers.
Number of electric cars continues to grow
Number of electric cars on Dutch roads growing, despite a decline in sales.