Driving License Cost ($)

This ranking compares estimated total costs for obtaining a first passenger-car driving licence. The raw value is shown in US dollars; lower training, test and fee costs receive a higher rating. International driving permits, licence conversions, repeated failed tests and professional licences are outside this raw value.
1 Venezuela100 $ 100 $ 100
1 Anguilla120 $ 120 $ 100
1 India120 $ 120 $ 100
1 Montserrat120 $ 120 $ 100
1 Tajikistan120 $ 120 $ 100
1 Turkmenistan120 $ 120 $ 100
7 Argentina130 $ 130 $ 99
7 Afghanistan150 $ 150 $ 99
7 Cambodia150 $ 150 $ 99
7 Cuba150 $ 150 $ 99
7 Iran150 $ 150 $ 99
7 Kyrgyzstan150 $ 150 $ 99
7 Somalia150 $ 150 $ 99
7 Syria150 $ 150 $ 99
7 Uzbekistan150 $ 150 $ 99
7 Yemen150 $ 150 $ 99
7 Egypt160 $ 160 $ 99
18 American Samoa180 $ 180 $ 98
18 Azerbaijan180 $ 180 $ 98
18 Belarus180 $ 180 $ 98
18 Benin180 $ 180 $ 98
18 Burkina Faso180 $ 180 $ 98
18 Burundi180 $ 180 $ 98
18 Central African Republic180 $ 180 $ 98
18 Chad180 $ 180 $ 98
18 Eritrea180 $ 180 $ 98
18 Gambia180 $ 180 $ 98
18 Guam180 $ 180 $ 98
18 Guinea180 $ 180 $ 98
18 Guinea-Bissau180 $ 180 $ 98
18 Haiti180 $ 180 $ 98
18 Laos180 $ 180 $ 98
18 Liberia180 $ 180 $ 98
18 Niger180 $ 180 $ 98
18 Northern Mariana Islands180 $ 180 $ 98
18 Sierra Leone180 $ 180 $ 98
18 South Sudan180 $ 180 $ 98
18 Sudan180 $ 180 $ 98
18 Togo180 $ 180 $ 98
40 Angola200 $ 200 $ 97
40 Armenia200 $ 200 $ 97
40 Bangladesh200 $ 200 $ 97
40 Bhutan200 $ 200 $ 97
40 Bolivia200 $ 200 $ 97
40 Comoros200 $ 200 $ 97
40 Congo DR200 $ 200 $ 97
40 Ethiopia200 $ 200 $ 97
40 Kazakhstan200 $ 200 $ 97
40 Libya200 $ 200 $ 97
40 Madagascar200 $ 200 $ 97
40 Malawi200 $ 200 $ 97
40 Mali200 $ 200 $ 97
40 Mauritania200 $ 200 $ 97
40 Mongolia200 $ 200 $ 97
40 Mozambique200 $ 200 $ 97
40 Myanmar200 $ 200 $ 97
40 Nepal200 $ 200 $ 97
40 Nigeria200 $ 200 $ 97
40 Pakistan200 $ 200 $ 97
40 Palestine200 $ 200 $ 97
40 Puerto Rico200 $ 200 $ 97
40 Russia200 $ 200 $ 97
40 Thailand200 $ 200 $ 97
40 Timor-Leste200 $ 200 $ 97
40 Uganda200 $ 200 $ 97
40 Ukraine200 $ 200 $ 97
40 Western Sahara200 $ 200 $ 97
40 Zambia200 $ 200 $ 97
69 Congo220 $ 220 $ 96
69 Equatorial Guinea220 $ 220 $ 96
69 Ghana220 $ 220 $ 96
69 Lesotho220 $ 220 $ 96
69 Moldova220 $ 220 $ 96
69 Nicaragua220 $ 220 $ 96
69 Philippines220 $ 220 $ 96
69 Rwanda220 $ 220 $ 96
69 Suriname220 $ 220 $ 96
69 U.S. Virgin Islands220 $ 220 $ 96
69 Zanzibar220 $ 220 $ 96
69 Zimbabwe220 $ 220 $ 96
69 Tanzania230 $ 230 $ 96
82 Mexico240 $ 240 $ 95
82 Albania250 $ 250 $ 95
82 Algeria250 $ 250 $ 95
82 Bahrain250 $ 250 $ 95
82 Brunei250 $ 250 $ 95
82 Cameroon250 $ 250 $ 95
82 Cayman Islands250 $ 250 $ 95
82 Djibouti250 $ 250 $ 95
82 El Salvador250 $ 250 $ 95
82 Gabon250 $ 250 $ 95
82 Georgia250 $ 250 $ 95
82 Guyana250 $ 250 $ 95
82 Indonesia250 $ 250 $ 95
82 Kenya250 $ 250 $ 95
82 Kosovo250 $ 250 $ 95
82 Papua New Guinea250 $ 250 $ 95
82 Paraguay250 $ 250 $ 95
82 SĂ£o TomĂ© and PrĂ­ncipe250 $ 250 $ 95
82 Sri Lanka250 $ 250 $ 95
82 Swaziland250 $ 250 $ 95
82 Botswana260 $ 260 $ 95
82 Honduras260 $ 260 $ 95
82 Marshall Islands260 $ 260 $ 95
82 Micronesia260 $ 260 $ 95
82 Samoa260 $ 260 $ 95
82 Tonga260 $ 260 $ 95
82 Tuvalu260 $ 260 $ 95
109 Oman270 $ 270 $ 94
109 Cook Islands280 $ 280 $ 94
109 Ecuador280 $ 280 $ 94
109 Guatemala280 $ 280 $ 94
109 Ivory Coast280 $ 280 $ 94
109 Kiribati280 $ 280 $ 94
109 Kuwait280 $ 280 $ 94
109 Malaysia280 $ 280 $ 94
109 Namibia280 $ 280 $ 94
109 Nauru280 $ 280 $ 94
109 Niue280 $ 280 $ 94
109 North Macedonia280 $ 280 $ 94
109 Palau280 $ 280 $ 94
109 Peru280 $ 280 $ 94
109 Senegal280 $ 280 $ 94
109 Solomon Islands280 $ 280 $ 94
109 Vanuatu280 $ 280 $ 94
126 Aruba300 $ 300 $ 93
126 Bosnia and Herzegovina300 $ 300 $ 93
126 British Virgin Islands300 $ 300 $ 93
126 Bulgaria300 $ 300 $ 93
126 Cape Verde300 $ 300 $ 93
126 Chile300 $ 300 $ 93
126 Curacao300 $ 300 $ 93
126 Fiji300 $ 300 $ 93
126 Iraq300 $ 300 $ 93
126 Panama300 $ 300 $ 93
126 Qatar300 $ 300 $ 93
126 Serbia300 $ 300 $ 93
126 Tunisia300 $ 300 $ 93
126 Turks and Caicos Islands300 $ 300 $ 93
140 Colombia320 $ 320 $ 92
141 Belize350 $ 350 $ 91
141 Bermuda350 $ 350 $ 91
141 China350 $ 350 $ 91
141 Chinese Taipei350 $ 350 $ 91
141 Dominican Republic350 $ 350 $ 91
141 Lebanon350 $ 350 $ 91
141 Montenegro350 $ 350 $ 91
141 Morocco350 $ 350 $ 91
141 Trinidad and Tobago350 $ 350 $ 91
141 South Africa360 $ 360 $ 91
151 Dominica380 $ 380 $ 90
151 Grenada380 $ 380 $ 90
151 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines380 $ 380 $ 90
151 Costa Rica400 $ 400 $ 90
151 Jamaica400 $ 400 $ 90
151 Jordan400 $ 400 $ 90
151 Macau400 $ 400 $ 90
151 Maldives400 $ 400 $ 90
151 Mauritius400 $ 400 $ 90
151 Saint Kitts and Nevis400 $ 400 $ 90
151 Saint Lucia400 $ 400 $ 90
162 Antigua and Barbuda420 $ 420 $ 89
163 Barbados450 $ 450 $ 88
163 Brazil450 $ 450 $ 88
165 Bahamas500 $ 500 $ 86
165 Hong Kong500 $ 500 $ 86
165 Seychelles500 $ 500 $ 86
165 Slovakia500 $ 500 $ 86
165 Uruguay500 $ 500 $ 86
170 Korea Republic650 $ 650 $ 81
170 New Zealand650 $ 650 $ 81
170 Turkey650 $ 650 $ 81
170 United States650 $ 650 $ 81
174 Croatia700 $ 700 $ 80
175 Vietnam725 $ 725 $ 79
176 Andorra800 $ 800 $ 76
176 Cyprus800 $ 800 $ 76
176 Gibraltar800 $ 800 $ 76
176 Saudi Arabia828 $ 828 $ 76
180 Romania831 $ 831 $ 75
181 Canada900 $ 900 $ 73
181 San Marino900 $ 900 $ 73
181 Slovenia900 $ 900 $ 73
184 Czech Republic929 $ 929 $ 72
185 Korea DPR1,000 $ 1,000 $ 70
185 Mayotte1,000 $ 1,000 $ 70
187 Portugal1,026 $ 1,026 $ 69
187 Hungary1,049 $ 1,049 $ 69
189 Australia1,100 $ 1,100 $ 67
190 Spain1,134 $ 1,134 $ 66
190 Poland1,159 $ 1,159 $ 66
192 French Guiana1,200 $ 1,200 $ 64
192 Guadeloupe1,200 $ 1,200 $ 64
192 Malta1,200 $ 1,200 $ 64
192 Martinique1,200 $ 1,200 $ 64
192 RĂ©union1,200 $ 1,200 $ 64
192 Saint-Martin1,200 $ 1,200 $ 64
192 Sint Maarten1,200 $ 1,200 $ 64
192 Wallis and Futuna1,200 $ 1,200 $ 64
200 Italy1,242 $ 1,242 $ 63
201 Greece1,350 $ 1,350 $ 60
202 Israel1,396 $ 1,396 $ 59
202 Lithuania1,400 $ 1,400 $ 59
202 Saint Pierre and Miquelon1,400 $ 1,400 $ 59
205 Ireland1,500 $ 1,500 $ 56
206 United Arab Emirates1,564 $ 1,564 $ 54
207 Latvia1,600 $ 1,600 $ 53
208 Estonia1,800 $ 1,800 $ 48
208 Luxembourg1,800 $ 1,800 $ 48
208 New Caledonia1,800 $ 1,800 $ 48
208 Tahiti1,800 $ 1,800 $ 48
212 Belgium1,900 $ 1,900 $ 45
213 Faroe Islands2,200 $ 2,200 $ 38
213 France2,200 $ 2,200 $ 38
213 Greenland2,200 $ 2,200 $ 38
216 Singapore2,400 $ 2,400 $ 34
217 Austria2,500 $ 2,500 $ 32
217 Japan2,500 $ 2,500 $ 32
217 Sweden2,500 $ 2,500 $ 32
220 Finland2,600 $ 2,600 $ 30
221 Iceland2,700 $ 2,700 $ 28
222 Liechtenstein2,800 $ 2,800 $ 26
222 United Kingdom2,800 $ 2,800 $ 26
224 Monaco3,000 $ 3,000 $ 22
225 Denmark3,500 $ 3,500 $ 15
226 Netherlands3,600 $ 3,600 $ 14
227 Germany3,800 $ 3,800 $ 11
227 Switzerland3,800 $ 3,800 $ 11
229 Norway4,000 $ 4,000 $ 8

Last rating: June 20th, 2026

How the Raw Value Is Calculated

The raw value is the estimated total cost of obtaining a first passenger-car driving licence in US dollars. It refers to an adult applicant without an existing licence who obtains a normal private passenger-car licence.

Included are official application and test fees, required theory training, learning materials, practical lessons, mandatory lesson hours, driving-school or test-vehicle costs, medical or eyesight tests and ordinary administrative fees where they are practically required for a first licence.

Nomadino does not use official government fees alone, because that would strongly understate the real entry cost in countries where driving school is mandatory. Instead, it estimates an everyday all-in amount and converts it into comparable US dollars.

Motorcycle, truck or bus classes, international driving permits, foreign-licence conversions, professional licences, bribes, extreme additional lessons, repeated failed attempts, express fees, private tutoring outside the normal system and ongoing vehicle costs are not included.

For countries and territories without direct current coverage, Nomadino uses maintained replacement values. These are checked against official fee schedules, driving-school prices, training requirements, regional wage and price levels, administering states and comparable legal systems.

The rating uses fixed cost anchors. Very low total costs up to about USD 150 receive almost the full rating. Around USD 500, obtaining a first licence remains affordable; around USD 1,000 it sits in the middle range; from about USD 2,500 it becomes clearly expensive; and around USD 4,500 the rating falls into the lower range.