| Table 4.1.8 Driver Qualification Test Yearly pass rates by selected variables |
| Demographic Breakdown | YEAR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020* | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tests | Pass rate | Tests | Pass rate | Tests | Pass rate | Tests | Pass rate | Tests | Pass rate | Tests | Pass rate | Tests | Pass rate | Tests | Pass rate | Tests | Pass rate | Tests | Pass rate | Tests | Pass rate | Tests | Pass rate | Tests | Pass rate | Tests | Pass rate | Tests | Pass rate | Tests | Pass rate | Tests | Pass rate | Tests | Pass rate | |
| TOTAL | 10,655 | 59.6% | 63,658 | 64.7% | 72,542 | 68.1% | 83,502 | 66.6% | 99,779 | 66.9% | 105,455 | 66.9% | 117,550 | 67.1% | 122,765 | 67.0% | 121,299 | 67.1% | 117,708 | 67.1% | 125,366 | 67.3% | 125,873 | 66.2% | 130,943 | 62.4% | 137,889 | 61.1% | 107,851 | 62.2% | 11,176 | 57.0% | 2,040 | 58.8% | 66 | 59.1% |
| GENDER: Male | 5,626 | 60.9% | 31,432 | 65.2% | 37,470 | 67.6% | 42,296 | 66.9% | 49,536 | 67.1% | 52,328 | 67.2% | 58,212 | 67.7% | 61,034 | 67.3% | 59,769 | 67.5% | 58,591 | 67.3% | 62,234 | 67.7% | 62,035 | 66.8% | 64,283 | 62.8% | 67,643 | 61.2% | 53,591 | 61.9% | 5,964 | 56.5% | 1,054 | 58.5% | 34 | 47.1% |
| GENDER: Female | 5,029 | 58.1% | 32,226 | 64.1% | 35,072 | 68.6% | 41,206 | 66.4% | 50,243 | 66.7% | 53,127 | 66.7% | 59,338 | 66.5% | 61,731 | 66.8% | 61,530 | 66.7% | 59,117 | 66.8% | 63,132 | 67.0% | 63,838 | 65.7% | 66,660 | 62.0% | 70,246 | 60.9% | 54,260 | 62.4% | 5,212 | 57.6% | 986 | 59.0% | 32 | 71.9% |
| AGE: 16-19 | 98 | 57.1% | 212 | 54.7% | 241 | 52.7% | 246 | 39.0% | 165 | 47.3% | 109 | 45.0% | 77 | 66.2% | 63 | 68.3% | 64 | 54.7% | 78 | 55.1% | 82 | 52.4% | 51 | 60.8% | 40 | 57.5% | 63 | 60.3% | 55 | 72.7% | 4 | 75.0% | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 |
| AGE: 20-21 | 6,917 | 65.4% | 40,916 | 70.4% | 45,483 | 73.4% | 45,687 | 72.8% | 47,774 | 73.4% | 48,997 | 73.4% | 54,157 | 73.4% | 56,101 | 72.7% | 54,907 | 73.6% | 52,779 | 73.6% | 56,161 | 74.0% | 56,240 | 73.2% | 58,491 | 68.9% | 61,458 | 66.8% | 50,031 | 66.9% | 1,902 | 64.9% | 264 | 61.7% | 15 | 73.3% |
| AGE: 22-24 | 1,082 | 58.4% | 8,621 | 63.7% | 12,064 | 66.7% | 19,235 | 65.6% | 27,325 | 67.0% | 28,560 | 67.3% | 30,192 | 67.9% | 30,142 | 68.4% | 28,552 | 67.9% | 27,158 | 68.3% | 28,524 | 68.7% | 27,444 | 67.1% | 28,903 | 63.2% | 30,491 | 62.9% | 23,819 | 63.5% | 3,640 | 57.9% | 648 | 59.9% | 13 | 76.9% |
| AGE: 25-29 | 816 | 49.6% | 5,130 | 53.8% | 5,852 | 58.9% | 7,789 | 58.1% | 10,997 | 59.9% | 13,291 | 60.9% | 16,314 | 62.0% | 18,658 | 61.9% | 19,040 | 62.2% | 19,064 | 62.2% | 18,522 | 62.8% | 18,448 | 61.5% | 18,610 | 57.8% | 19,709 | 57.0% | 15,196 | 58.1% | 2,679 | 56.6% | 520 | 61.5% | 19 | 57.9% |
| AGE: 30-39 | 1,108 | 42.4% | 5,697 | 47.9% | 5,947 | 52.8% | 7,141 | 51.4% | 9,258 | 53.4% | 9,999 | 53.6% | 11,482 | 54.4% | 12,356 | 56.3% | 13,167 | 55.2% | 13,007 | 55.5% | 15,508 | 56.1% | 16,783 | 56.0% | 17,635 | 52.7% | 18,441 | 52.1% | 13,701 | 53.9% | 2,233 | 53.5% | 459 | 56.9% | 13 | 38.5% |
| AGE: 40-49 | 448 | 41.1% | 2,354 | 42.3% | 2,240 | 42.6% | 2,575 | 44.5% | 3,182 | 43.4% | 3,313 | 43.8% | 4,018 | 42.6% | 4,062 | 44.2% | 4,101 | 45.6% | 4,229 | 44.2% | 4,952 | 45.9% | 5,069 | 45.2% | 5,507 | 43.9% | 5,762 | 42.2% | 3,815 | 45.9% | 560 | 46.1% | 125 | 46.4% | 4 | 50.0% |
| AGE: 50+ | 186 | 40.3% | 728 | 38.6% | 715 | 38.6% | 829 | 37.3% | 1,078 | 37.8% | 1,186 | 37.0% | 1,310 | 40.2% | 1,383 | 38.5% | 1,468 | 37.3% | 1,393 | 37.7% | 1,617 | 38.1% | 1,838 | 38.0% | 1,757 | 36.8% | 1,965 | 33.0% | 1,234 | 33.3% | 158 | 36.1% | 23 | 39.1% | 2 | 0.0% |
| ATTEMPT # 1 | 8,083 | 62.3% | 45,731 | 68.7% | 53,807 | 71.0% | 60,380 | 68.7% | 70,573 | 69.3% | 74,232 | 69.7% | 82,207 | 70.2% | 85,819 | 70.0% | 84,303 | 70.5% | 81,497 | 70.6% | 87,448 | 70.9% | 86,410 | 70.0% | 86,489 | 66.2% | 88,630 | 65.0% | 72,610 | 65.5% | 5,964 | 60.9% | 1,258 | 59.9% | 58 | 62.1% |
| ATTEMPT # 2 | 1,761 | 55.4% | 11,495 | 60.8% | 12,685 | 65.7% | 15,778 | 66.2% | 19,460 | 66.2% | 20,523 | 65.4% | 22,741 | 65.2% | 23,972 | 65.5% | 23,470 | 65.2% | 22,649 | 65.0% | 23,878 | 64.7% | 24,527 | 63.7% | 26,978 | 60.1% | 29,097 | 58.7% | 21,975 | 59.2% | 2,680 | 55.9% | 438 | 61.2% | 6 | 50.0% |
| ATTEMPT # 3 | 482 | 46.1% | 3,517 | 49.4% | 3,445 | 54.8% | 4,314 | 57.8% | 5,666 | 58.1% | 6,139 | 57.5% | 7,115 | 58.3% | 7,344 | 57.5% | 7,359 | 57.3% | 7,372 | 56.6% | 7,686 | 57.1% | 8,099 | 56.1% | 9,423 | 53.5% | 10,794 | 53.6% | 7,520 | 54.1% | 1,286 | 54.7% | 183 | 54.1% | 2 | 0.0% |
| ATTEMPT # 4+ | 329 | 34.7% | 2,915 | 35.1% | 2,605 | 37.1% | 3,030 | 39.6% | 4,080 | 41.0% | 4,561 | 41.3% | 5,487 | 40.7% | 5,630 | 41.2% | 6,167 | 40.2% | 6,190 | 40.5% | 6,354 | 40.4% | 6,837 | 39.8% | 8,053 | 39.6% | 9,368 | 39.5% | 5,746 | 41.5% | 1,246 | 43.0% | 161 | 49.1% | 0 | 0 |
| TEST LANGUAGE: English | 9,456 | 63.6% | 58,158 | 67.6% | 67,545 | 70.2% | 78,302 | 68.6% | 93,501 | 68.8% | 98,755 | 68.8% | 110,452 | 68.9% | 115,722 | 68.6% | 114,593 | 68.6% | 111,360 | 68.5% | 118,529 | 68.8% | 118,902 | 67.8% | 123,930 | 63.9% | 131,424 | 62.3% | 103,981 | 63.0% | 10,673 | 58.1% | 1,958 | 59.6% | 65 | 60.0% |
| TEST LANGUAGE: Non-English | 1,199 | 28.1% | 5,500 | 33.2% | 4,997 | 38.6% | 5,200 | 37.3% | 6,278 | 39.2% | 6,700 | 38.9% | 7,098 | 39.1% | 7,043 | 41.6% | 6,706 | 41.5% | 6,348 | 41.7% | 6,837 | 41.8% | 6,971 | 40.0% | 7,013 | 35.6% | 6,465 | 36.0% | 3,870 | 38.7% | 503 | 34.0% | 82 | 39.0% | 1 | 0.0% |
| INTERPRETER LANGUAGE: None | 10,629 | 59.6% | 63,417 | 64.8% | 72,204 | 68.3% | 83,103 | 66.8% | 99,293 | 67.1% | 104,996 | 67.1% | 117,107 | 67.2% | 122,348 | 67.1% | 120,959 | 67.2% | 117,314 | 67.2% | 124,906 | 67.4% | 125,400 | 66.3% | 130,378 | 62.5% | 137,190 | 61.2% | 107,536 | 62.2% | 11,131 | 57.0% | 2,036 | 58.8% | 66 | 59.1% |
| INTERPRETER LANGUAGE: ALL Non-English | 26 | 46.2% | 241 | 29.5% | 338 | 28.7% | 399 | 37.1% | 486 | 34.6% | 459 | 36.6% | 443 | 42.7% | 417 | 41.5% | 340 | 37.6% | 394 | 38.3% | 460 | 40.2% | 473 | 36.6% | 565 | 36.8% | 699 | 37.9% | 315 | 41.9% | 45 | 44.4% | 4 | 25.0% | 0 | 0 |
| * 2020 data include tests up to and including 08MAY2020 |