World Number Plates

Number Plates of Brazil

Continent: South America

Capital: Brasilia

Population: 186 million

Country ISO code: BR

Country OVAL code: BR

Driving Side: Right

First license issued in 1920's

Number of vehicles:
cars 14,995,837 (1988), trucks and buses 1,609,764 (1988)

Road information:
total: 1,724,929 km; paved: 94,871 km; unpaved: 1,630,058 km (2000)

The current Brazilian number plate system was created in 1990, using the format ABC-1234. Number plates cannot be transferred between vehicles in Brazil.

The front and rear number plates use the same colour scheme, with private-owned plates being black on grey, buses and taxis are white on red, learning vehicles in red on white, official government vehicles in black on white, vintage vehicles in grey on black, dealer cars in white on green, and diplomatic number plates in white on blue.

The letters on Brazilian number plates relate to the issuing state, and number plates can be moved between states freely.