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The statistical synthesis operation known as ICT industry is produced using information contained in other surveys conducted in the Basque Country. The new Information and Communication Technology –ICT- sector is made up of the manufacturing and services sectors whose main activity is linked to development, production, commercialisation and intensive use of new technology. The objective of this section is to quantify the dimension reached by this activity in the sector in the Community.

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In 2023, turnover in the Information and Communication Technology sector in the Basque Country was up 7.8% (07/02/2025)

Reference period > 2023

Last update > 07/02/2025

Turnover of the ICT sector in the Basque Country (thousands euros) (2023)

5,307,153

Gross value added of the ICT sector in the Basque Country (thousands euros) (2023)

2,017,243

Jobs in the ICT sector in the Basque Country (2023)

27,754

Press releases
In 2023, turnover in the Information and Communication Technology sector in the Basque Country was up 7.8% (07/02/2025)	07/02/2025
In 2022, the ICT sector reached 2.4% both in value added and employment in the Basque Country’s economy (07/30/2024)	07/30/2024
32.4% of companies in the ICT sector are innovating companies and 7.3% carried out R&D in 2021 in the Basque Country (07/19/2023)	07/19/2023
70% of companies in the ICT sector in the Basque Country engaged in e-commerce in 2020, compared to 26.9% of the total for all sectors (07/29/2022)	07/29/2022
E-commerce and R&D+i activities stood out in the ICT sector in the Basque Country in 2019 (07/28/2021)	07/28/2021
Employment in the ICT sector increased by 5.1% in the Basque Country in 2018 (09/28/2020)	09/28/2020
The ICT sector in the Basque Country employed 22,387 people in 2017, 3.5% more than the previous year (11/27/2019)	11/27/2019
The ICT sector in the Basque Country grew in terms of employment and value added in 2016 (11/13/2018)	11/13/2018
The ICT sector accounted for 2.4% of value added generated in the Basque Country in 2015 and 2.1% of employed personnel (11/21/2017)	11/21/2017
The ICT sector accounted for 2.5% of added value generated in the Basque Country in 2014 and 2.2% of employed personnel (10/13/2016)	10/13/2016
The ICT sector accounted for 21,110 jobs in the Basque Country in 2013, which was 2.2% of the total (09/30/2015)	09/30/2015
The number of companies and employment in the ICT sector increased in the Basque Country in 2012 (10/28/2014)	10/28/2014
The ITC sector accounted for 3.2% of GDP in the Basque Country in 2011 (09/23/2013)	09/23/2013
The ICT grouped together 2091 companies with 22,758 employed individuals in the Basque Country in 2010 (09/28/2012)	09/28/2012
The ICT sector accounted for 2099 companies with 23,051 employees in the Basque Country in 2009 (09/29/2011)	09/29/2011
The ITC sector consisted of 2,376 companies and 25,150 employees in the Basque Country in 2007 (10/26/2009)	10/26/2009
The ICT sector generated 3.9% of wealth created by the Basque economy in 2006 (09/30/2008)	09/30/2008
The ICT sector accounted for 3.8% of the wealth generated by the Basque economy in 2005 (11/30/2007)	11/30/2007