Press release 27/12/2017
Average employment in Basque Administrations in 2016 exceeded 129,000 people, 1.3% more than the previous year
Compared with total employment in the Basque Country, it represents 12.6%
Basque Public Administrations (without taking into account personnel working for the State Administration and the Social Security System) relied on an average of 129,737 people in 2016, according to data prepared by EUSTAT. This was 1.3% up on the previous year and 12.6% of the total employed personnel in the Basque Country.
Of these 129,737 public employees, 65.3% worked in the Administration of the Autonomous Community, 19.6% worked for Local Bodies and 8.0% worked for Provincial Councils, with the remaining 7.1% employed in the University, Foundations and other public entities.
In relation to 2015, employment in Basque Administrations increased by 1,690 people, or 1.3%, and the evolution of Provincial Councils stood out with growth of 2.1%, followed by the Basque Government, with 1.6%, and Local Entities and their corresponding dependent bodies, with 0.9%. The remaining public entities, as a whole, show a slightly negative performance of 0.5%.
Furthermore, up to 31 December 2016, public workers made up 62.3% of the total, 36.8% being staff, including in both cases statutory personnel of the Osakidetza, and 0.9% senior officials.
Full-time personnel in the service of the Basque Public Administrations, civil servants, staff and statutory workers, comprised 60.9% of total personal in 2016, 15.0% being interim civil servants and 23.2%, temporary staff.
As of 31 December 2016, men accounted for 38% of the total personnel of Basque Public Administrations, whereas women comprised 62%.
This prevalence of women in the Basque Public Administrations has become more noticeable in the last 5 years, when their numbers have grown by 4.8%, whereas there has been a 0.6% fall in the number of men for the same period.
Methodological note: The Directory of Public Administrations comprises the General Administration of the Basque Country, Provincial Councils and City Councils, together with the Autonomous Administrative Bodies, Public Entities and non-profit Foundations and Institutions that depend on these. All entities whose public stake is equal to or greater than 50% are included, whether it be held by a single administration or is a joint stake of various public administrations.
The series has been recalculated because the accounting of substitute personnel of the different Public Administration bodies has been homogenised.
For further information:
Eustat - Euskal Estatistika Erakundea / Instituto Vasco de Estadística
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