Driving test pass rate in Trieste

In 2025 in Trieste, 57.3% of category B theory tests were passed, across 3,284 tests, against a national average of 60.27% (3.0 points below). On the practical driving test, 72.2% of 2,938 tests were passed, against 83.82% nationally. Source: MIT, Esiti Esami 2025.

Trieste against Italy

Theory

#79 of 102 provinces with a published figure

3.0 points below Italy

Trieste 57.3% 3,284 tests · since 2024 −3.72 points
Italy 60.27% 919,868 tests · since 2024 +0.04 points

Practical driving test

11.7 points below Italy

Trieste 72.2% 2,938 tests · since 2024 −3.75 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 57.3% for Trieste 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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Trieste in the lower half of the 2025 ranking

Trieste is in the lower half of the 2025 table, number 79 of 102, with 57.25% of theory tests passed against the national 60.27%, 3.02 points lower. In the table the province sits between Asti (57.40%) and Novara (57.24%), a span of 0.16 points in all.

The figure rests on 3,284 theory tests sat in 2025, the 83rd largest volume of the 102 provinces with a published figure and 0.36% of the 919,868 tests sat across Italy. On a total this size about 33 different outcomes are enough to move the rate by a point.

The move against 2024 is marked: 3.72 points lower, from 60.97% to 57.25%, against +0.04 points of national change. The number of tests sat went from 3,095 to 3,284. On 3,284 tests a change of this size should be read with care, because it amounts to about 122 different outcomes and does not on its own show a lasting shift.

The two tests point the same way: 57.25% on theory and 72.16% on the practical test across 2,938 tests, one 3.02 points and the other 11.66 points below its own national average. On the practical test the province ranks number 91 of the 102 with a published figure. Against 2024 the practical pass rate changed by −3.75 points, while the national one moved by −0.58 points.

Inside Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trieste is number 3 of 4 provinces with a figure, below Udine (62.32%) and above Gorizia (57.02%). The region runs from the 66.98% of Pordenone to the 57.02% of Gorizia.

Provinces closest to Trieste in the ranking

Trieste is number 79 of 102 provinces with published data, by share of theory tests passed in 2025.

Higher

  1. #75 Ascoli Piceno 57.7%
  2. #76 Ancona 57.6%
  3. #77 L'Aquila 57.4%
  4. #78 Asti 57.4%
#79 of 102 57.3% Trieste

Lower

  1. #80 Novara 57.2%
  2. #81 Firenze 57.2%
  3. #82 Viterbo 57.2%
  4. #83 Aosta 57.0%

Provinces in Friuli-Venezia Giulia

4 provinces in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trieste highlighted. Theory tests in 2025, with the number of tests next to each rate.

Provinces of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, patente B theory tests in 2025. Source: MIT, Esiti Esami 2025.
ProvincePassedTests
Gorizia 57.0% 2,580
Pordenone 67.0% 4,713
Trieste 57.3% 3,284
Udine 62.3% 7,401

Which provinces can Trieste be compared with?

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

Frequently asked questions about the exam in Trieste

Where is the theory exam taken in Trieste?

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

In 2025 Trieste was number 79 of 102 provinces with a published figure, with 57.3% 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).