Basque Country Basque Country

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  • Capital: Vitoria-Gasteiz
  • Population: 2,224,072
  • Surface Area: 7,234 km2
  • Current Government: EAJ-PNV

Basque Country, is a autonomous community of Spain, it has an area of 7,234 Km2, so it is one of the smallest autonomous communities in Spain.

Basque Country, with a population of 2,224,072 people, it is ranked at 8th position by population of 19 autonomous communities and it has a high population density, with 307 people per km2.

Basque Country is holding the 5 position by nominal GDP, it was worth 71,706 millions of euros71,706 millions of dollars in 2021, and the GDP per capita was €32,925$38,416.

Its debt in 2022 was 10,821 millions of euros11,395 millions of dollars, (13.5% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita was €4,877 euros per inhabitant$5,135 dollars per inhabitant.

The last annual rate of CPI published in Basque Country was on October of 2023 and it was 3.5%.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Basque Country, if you want to see information about other autonomous communities click economy of the autonomous communities of Spain

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Basque Country Economy
Gouvernement
Annual GDP [+]2021€71,706M
Annual GDP [+]2021$84,807M
GDP per capita [+]2021€32,925
GDP per capita [+]2021$38,416
Debt (M.€.) [+]202210,821
Debt ($M) [+]202211,395
Debt (%GDP) [+]202213.50%
Debt Per Capita [+]2022€4,877
Debt Per Capita [+]2022$5,135
Deficit (M.€) [+]2022-19
Deficit ($M) [+]2022-20
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2022-0.02%
Moody's Rating [+]09/10/2021A3
S&P Rating [+]09/27/2019AA-
Fitch Rating [+]07/27/2018A-
Labour
Unemployment rate [+]2023Q38.3%
Unemployed [+]2023Q389K
Markets
US Dollar exchange rate [+]11/27/20230.9132
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]October 20233.5%
PPI Year on Year [+]December 20172.6%
Money Market
Key rates [+]09/20/20234.50%
Business
Doing Business [+]2015
Passengers vehicles Year [+]June 201913,339
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]October 201816.03
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]20221,545,013
Exports [+]2019€25,477.8M
Exports [+]2019$28,522.4M
Exports % GDP [+]201934.39%
Imports [+]2019€20,154.0M
Imports [+]2019$22,562.4M
Imports % GDP [+]201927.21%
Trade balance [+]2019€5,323.8M
Trade balance [+]2019$5,960.0M
Trade balance % GDP [+]20197.19%
Retail Sales YoY [+]September 20233.7%
Socio-Demography
Density [+]2023307
Crude divorce rate [+]20221.39‰
Birth Rate [+]20226.18‰
Crude death rate [+]202210.95‰
Fertility Rate [+]20221.16
Crude marriage rate [+]20223.42‰
% risk of poverty [+]202212.2%
Population [+]20232,224,072
HDI [+]20150.915
Life expectancy [+]202283.49
Suicides [+]2020179
Suicide rate [+]20208.19
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]06/28/20238,226
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]05/31/2023801,227
Fully vaccinated [+]05/24/20231,923,618
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]06/28/20233,698.62
Doses administered [+]05/24/20235,065,902

Resultados Electorales de Basque Country