Overseas driver licence conversions granted
Report date:
18 July 2019
Data extract date:
18 July 2019
Question:
‐ The total number of people who had converted an overseas driver licence from an exempt country between 2008 to 2018.
‐ The total number of people who had converted an overseas driver licence from an non‐exempt country between 2008 to 2018.
‐ A breakdown of the country of origin for exempt countries who had converted an overseas driver licence between 2008 to 2018.
‐ A breakdown of the country of origin for non‐exempt countries who had converted an overseas driver licence between 2008 to 2018.
Requestor:
Shahil S
Source database:
Driver Licence Register (DLR)
Caveats:
— Data was extracted from the Driver Licence Register and is current as at 17 July 2019
— Data is limited to overseas licence conversion applications granted between 1 January 2008 and 31 December 2018
— A small number of applications (< 0.001%) do not have a country recorded for the origin of the converted licence, or have the country recorded as "New Zealand" or "Unknown", these values are invalid and neither
exempt nor non‐exempt and have been excluded
— Some data may be affected by input errors
— Small values have been preserved as they do not allow identification of individuals
— Counts are of individuals, not applications
— 530 individuals have been granted an overseas conversion of a drivers licence from more than one country. As such the sum of the country breakdown will not be the same as the totals from 1 and 2
— Countries considered exempt as at 18 July 2019 are:
Australia (includes Norfolk Island and Christmas Island)
Austria
Belgium
Canada
Denmark
Finland
France (includes New Caledonia and French Polynesia)
Germany
Greece
Hong Kong
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Luxembourg
The Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom (includes England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Guernsey, Ascension Islands, Isle of Man, Jersey and Falkland Islands)
United States of America
— Countries considered non‐exempt are countries not listed above as at 18 July 2019.
— Counts by exempt and non‐exempt countries are based on definitions as at 18 July 2019 and not at the time of application.
For further information, please contact [email address]
This information must be read in conjunction with the caveats in the "Caveats" sheet of this document.
Data extracted from Motor Vehicle Register (MVR) on 11 January 2019 for the 12 January 2019 report.
3. A breakdown of the country of origin for exempt countries who had converted an
overseas driver licence between 2008 to 2018.
Exempt country name
Count of drivers granted a licence conversion
Australia
54774
Austria
674
Belgium
692
Canada
7681
Channel Islands
141
Denmark
536
England
6569
Falkland Islands
9
Finland
463
France
5603
French Polynesia
572
Germany
6279
Greece
261
Hong Kong
2123
Ireland (Eire)
6768
Isle Of Man
155
Italy
2427
Japan
10042
Korea (South) RPBC
16072
Luxembourg
33
Netherlands (Holland)
2830
New Caledonia
164
Norfolk Island
50
Northern Ireland
172
Norway
261
Portugal
260
Scotland
403
South Africa
31098
Spain
1480
Sweden
1082
Switzerland
1156
United Kingdom
71592
United States of America
22476
Wales
142
4. A breakdown of the country of origin for non‐exempt countries who had converted
an overseas driver licence between 2008 to 2018.
Non‐exempt country name
Count of drivers granted a licence conversion
Adelie Land (France)
1
Afghanistan
525
Albania
21
Algeria
18
America Undefined
3
American Samoa
361
Andorra
1
Anguilla
1
Antigua & Barbuda
2
Argentina
1317
Argentinian Antarctic
2
Armenia
10
Australian Antarctic Territory
1
Azerbaijan
5
Bahamas
2
Bahrain
94
Bangladesh
826
Barbados
13
Belarus
87
Belize
8
Bermuda
26
Bhutan
7
Bolivia
28
Bosnia‐Herzegovina
11
Botswana
90
Brazil
3947
Brit Indian Ocean
1
Brunei Darussalam
86
Bulgaria
184
Burkina Faso
1
Burma
5
Burundi
5
Byelorussian SSR
1
Cambodia
1213
Cameroon, Republic Of
17
Caribbean Unspecified
1
Cayman Islands
21
Central African Republic
4
Chad
1
Chile
1276
Chilean Antarctic Territory
26
China, People's Republic Of
37889
Cocos Islands
10
Colombia
531
Comoros
2
Cook Islands (Rarotonga)
1326
Costa Rica
25
Croatia
148
Cuba
3
Cyprus
43
Czech Republic
1004
Czechoslovakia
9
Dem Republic Of The Congo
1
Dominica
2
Dominican Republic
6
Ecuador
30
Egypt
362
El Salvador
10
Eritrea
7
Estonia
51
Ethiopia
139
Faeroe Islands
3
Federated States of Micronesia
12
Fiji
12204
Gambia
2
Georgia
17
Ghana
62
Guam
8
Guatemala
29
Guinea
1
Guinea‐Bissau
2
Guyana
5
Honduras
9
Hungary
504
Iceland
85
India
56063
Indonesia
1095
Iran
1409
Iraq
258
Israel
357
Jamaica
37
Jordan
284
Kampuchea
1
Kazakhstan
145
Kenya
281
Kiribati
434
Korea (North) DPR
31
Kosovo
5
Kuwait
87
Kyrgyzstan
21
Laos
23
Latvia
92
Lebanon
80
Lesotho
3
Liberia
2
Libyan Arab Republic
21
Liechtenstein
1
Lithuania
63
Macau
24
Macedonia
171
Madagascar
3
Malawi
38
Malaysia
4840
Maldives
34
Malta
20
Marshall Islands
4
Mauritania
1
Mauritius
135
Mexico
479
Moldova
30
Monaco
1
Mongolia
34
Montenegro
2
Morocco
38
Mozambique
7
Myanmar
86
Namibia
65
Nauru
20
Nepal
1317
Netherlands Antilles
3
Nicaragua
6
Niger
2
Nigeria
245
Niue Islands
232
Northern Mariana Islands
11
Oman
104
Pacific Islands (Unspecified)
2
Pakistan
1550
Palau
7
Palestine
19
Panama
8
Papua New Guinea
138
Paraguay
17
Peru
127
Philippines
20025
Pitcairn
7
Poland
338
Puerto Rico
5
Qatar
151
Republic of Congo
9
Romania
466
Russia
2184
Rwanda
11
Samoa
3183
San Marino
1
Saudi Arabia
628
Senegal
2
Serbia
222
Seychelles
23
Sierra Leone
1
Singapore
1218
Slovakia
168
Slovenia
131
Solomon Islands
64
Somalia
30
South Sudan
1
Sri Lanka
4327
St Helena
2
St Lucia
3
St Vincent and The Grenadines
3
Sudan
43
Suriname
2
Swaziland
8
Syria
208
Taiwan
1098
Tajikistan
4
Tanzania
52
Thailand
1587
Timor (Portugese)
8
Togo
6
Tokelau
5
Tonga
4111
Trinidad and Tobago
33
Tunisia
11
Turkey
285
Turkmenistan
1
Turks and Caicos Islands
1
Tuvalu
155
Uganda
30
Ukraine
421
United Arab Emirates
1026
Uruguay
260
US Misc Pacific Islands
1
Uzbekistan
41
Vanuatu
78
Venezuela
126
Vietnam
765
Virgin Islands, British
2
Virgin Islands, United States
1
Wallis and Futuna
1
Western Sahara
4
Yemen
13
Yugoslavia
29
Zambia
84
Zimbabwe
837
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