Press release 19/12/2019
DIRECTORY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONS. 2018
In 2018 employment in the Basque Administrations was up 2.9%
Women represented 63.1% of the total in 2018, an increase of more than two percentage points since 2011
Basque Public Administrations (not taking into account people working for the State Administration and the Social Security System) had an average of 135,761 workers in 2018, 2.9% more than the previous year, according to data prepared by EUSTAT.
Of these 135,761 Basque Administration employees, 65% worked for the Administration of the Autonomous Community, 19.2% worked for Local Entities, 8.2% worked for Provincial Councils, and the remaining 7.6% were employed by the University, foundations and other public entities. This employment distribution among the different Basque entities has remained virtually unchanged over the years, although an increase was observed in the weight of Other Public Bodies, distinct from the Basque Government, Provincial Councils and Local Entities. Between 2011 and 2018 their proportion of total employment increased by almost one percentage point; in this category the University of the Basque Country stands out as the most significant entity. The Provincial Councils also slightly increased their weight (2 tenths) in this period, to the detriment of the Basque Government (-0.2 percentage points) and Local Entities (-0.9 percentage points).
Compared to 2017, average annual employment in the Basque Administrations grew by 3,876 people; particularly noteworthy in percentage terms was the evolution of the Provincial Councils, with an increase of 3.9%, followed by the Basque Government, with 2.5%. Local Entities and their corresponding dependent bodies registered an increase of 2.1% Moreover, the remaining Public Entities, which include, among others, the University of the Basque Country, foundations and associations, as a whole, exhibited a positive trend with an increase of 7.8%.
According to the regulatory framework, on 31 December 2018, civil servants made up 61.3% of the total number of people employed in the Public Administrations, 37.8% being staff, in both cases including statutory personnel of the Osakidetza (the Basque Health Service), and 0.9% corresponded to senior posts, all very similar percentages to those of the previous year.
Full-time permanent employees in the service of the Basque Public Administrations, civil servants, staff and statutory workers, accounted for 57.9% of total employees; one and a half points down on the previous year; whilst 16.3% were interim civil servants (4 tenths more) and 24.9% were temporary staff (1.1 percentage points more).
At 31 December 2018, men accounted for 36.9% of all Basque Public Administration employees, whilst women accounted for 63.1% of these, an increase of 4.3% for women compared to 2% for men, compared to the previous year. This prevalence of women has progressively increased in recent years. For example, compared to 2011, women have gained more than two percentages points on the total.
By province, Bizkaia accounted for 48.7% of the total of employed people, followed by Gipuzkoa, with 30%, and finally Álava, with for the remaining 21.3%, very similar proportions to those of 2017.
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.
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