Press Release 14/07/2017
The "Basque Statistical Yearbook 2017" collects the most important statistical data from the Basque Country
The “Basque Statistical Yearbook 2017” is an Eustat publication whose purpose is to disseminate the most relevant data available in 2017 that has been produced in the economic, social, cultural and political spheres of the Basque Country. The data is also collected for each province and some of it is compared to data from the other countries in the European Union.
The Yearbook is structured into five main areas: Population, Economy, Society, Territory and Environment, and Information Society and R&D&I.
The publication indicates that the total population of the Basque Country in 2016 was 2,171,886 people. The number of men was 1,055,541 and the number of women was 1,116,345.
Regarding the chapters on the economy, 69.2% of the Basque Country's GDP originated in the service sector, 23.9% in industry, 6.1% in construction and 0.8% in the primary sector in 2016. In relation to GDP distribution by province, 50.6% corresponded to Bizkaia, 33.0% to Gipuzkoa and the remaining 16.4% to Álava.
Among other interesting facts also relating to economics, the chapter on tourism reveals that, in terms of hotel establishments and rural accommodation, the number of visitors to the Basque Country in 2016 reached almost three million, specifically 2,990,571, and the total number of overnight stays reached 5,891,178, an increase of 7.8% of visitors and 9.1% of overnight stays compared with 2015.
The chapter on foreign trade shows that of the total number of industrial products exported by technological content (CNAE-09) in 2016, which reached a total value of 21,012,512,000 euros, 52.3% of which were exports at a medium-high technological level, 36.8% were at a medium-low technological level, 8.1% were at a low technological level and 2.8% were at a high technological level.
One of the subjects the area of society focused on was the job market, which provides data on employment and unemployment rates, amongst other information. The employment rate in the Basque Country reached 65.7% in 2016, 1.4 percentage points more than the previous year. The unemployment rate fell on average in 2016 to 13.4%, two percentage points fewer than in 2015.
The chapter dedicated to education reports that of the 384,792 students in general education who pursued their studies in the 2016-2017 academic year, a total of 246,533 did so following the D model, 69,636 followed the B model and 66,562 did so via the A model. In terms of centre ownership, 201,184 students enrolled in public centres, and 183,608 enrolled in private centres.
Additionally, the chapter on social habits and income indicates that, in 2016, the female working population of the Basque Country spent an average of 2.0 hours a day on household chores and 4.7 hours looking after children/minors, whereas the male working population spent an average of 1.2 hours and 3.3 hours on these tasks respectively.
The land use situation in the Basque Country can be seen from the data collected in the area of territory & environment. In 2016, residential land made up 2.6% of the total land area, for economic activities it was 1.9%, land occupied by general systems made up 4.2% and land not subject to development was 91.3%.
Also included in this section is drinking water, 98.9% of which was satisfactory, and 0.7% was tolerable.
Data on scientific research and technological development is also collected in the "Basque Statistical Yearbook 2017". It shows that the total number of people in equivalent-to-full-time employment in R&D in the Basque Country is 18,217, of whom 13,087 are in the business sector, 3,979 in the higher education sector and 1,150 in the public administration sector. In terms of gender, the number of women working in R&D stood at 6,414, whereas the number of men working in the sector stood at 11,803.
The complete electronic edition of the Basque Statistical Yearbook 2017 can be found at the following link: Basque Statistical Yearbook 2017.
For further information:
Eustat - Euskal Estatistika Erakundea / Instituto Vasco de Estadística
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