Press Release 14/06/2013
Vitoria-Gasteiz stood at the head of the Basque capitals in terms of population who used the Internet
Plentzia-Mungia occupied first position within the regions of the Basque Country as a whole, with 72% of the population
Vitoria-Gasteiz, with a percentage of 68.9% of the population aged 15 and over who were Internet users, headed the list among the capitals, followed by Donostia-San Sebastián, with a percentage of 66.5%, whilst Bilbao was displaced to third position, with 63.4% of the population connected to the Internet, according to Eustat data. For its part, the average in the Basque Country stood at 65.8%.
The number of men who used the Internet exceeded that of women in the three Basque capitals. The greatest gender-gap was in Bilbao (11.6 percentage points), with the percentage of men standing at 69.6% and that of women standing at 58.0%. In Donostia-San Sebastián the difference was also notable (10.6 points): 72.2% of men compared to 61.6% of women; finally, in Vitoria-Gasteiz, this gender-gap was reduced (7.4 points), with men representing 72.6% and women representing 65.2% of Internet users.
As regards regions, Plentzia-Mungia (72.0%) in Bizkaia, Estribaciones del Gorbea (70.5%) in Álava and Bajo Bidasoa (66.9%) in Gipuzkoa were the areas with the greatest percentage of population who used the Internet in the three provinces.
On the other hand, Bajo Deba (63.6%) in Gipuzkoa, Arratia-Nervión (62.6%) in Bizkaia, and Montaña Alavesa (55.7%) in Álava were the regions that registered the lowest percentages of Internet users in their respective provinces.
The region of Plentzia-Mungia, in Bizkaia, with 72.0% of the population who were Internet users, offered the highest percentage in the Basque Country as a whole. On the contrary, the population residing in Montaña Alavesa, recorded the lowest figure, with 55.7% of the population being Internet users.
Gipuzkoa showed the greatest balance amongst regions, whilst the greatest differences were in Álava. Therefore, 55.7% of the population in Montaña Alavesa were Internet users, 14.8 points less than in Estribaciones del Gorbea (70.5%).
For further information:
Eustat - Euskal Estatistika Erakundea / Instituto Vasco de Estadística
C/ Donostia-San Sebastián, 1 01010 Vitoria-Gasteiz
Press Service: servicioprensa@eustat.eus Tlf: 945 01 75 62
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