• Capital: Vitoria-Gasteiz
  • Population: 2,240,113
  • 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 2,240,113 people, it is ranked at 8th position by population of 19 autonomous communities and it has a high population density, with 310 people per km2.

Basque Country is holding the 5 position by nominal GDP, it was worth 87,857 millions of euros87,857 millions of dollars in 2023, and the GDP per capita was €39,547$42,638.

Its debt in 2024 was 10,842 millions of euros11,735 millions of dollars, (11.6% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita was €4,840 euros per inhabitant$5,239 dollars per inhabitant.

The last annual rate of CPI published in Basque Country was on April of 2025 and it was 2.6%.

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 [+]2023€87,857M
Annual GDP [+]2023$95,000M
GDP per capita [+]2023€39,547
GDP per capita [+]2023$42,638
Debt (M.€.) [+]202410,842
Debt ($M) [+]202411,735
Debt (%GDP) [+]202411.60%
Debt Per Capita [+]2024€4,840
Debt Per Capita [+]2024$5,239
Deficit (M.€) [+]2024-585
Deficit ($M) [+]2024-633
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2024-0.63%
Moody's Rating [+]03/21/2024A3
S&P Rating [+]09/27/2019AA-
Fitch Rating [+]07/27/2018A-
Labour
Unemployment rate [+]2025Q17.7%
Unemployed [+]2025Q183K
Markets
US Dollar exchange rate [+]05/23/20250.8849
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]April 20252.6%
PPI Year on Year [+]March 20252.0%
Money Market
Key rates [+]04/23/20252.40%
Business
Doing Business [+]2015
IPI Year on Year [+]March 20257.1%
Passengers vehicles Year [+]April 202526,591
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 201819.36
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]20242,148,737
Exports [+]2019€25,477.8M
Exports [+]2019$28,522.4M
Exports % GDP [+]201934.43%
Imports [+]2019€20,154.0M
Imports [+]2019$22,562.4M
Imports % GDP [+]201927.24%
Trade balance [+]2019€5,323.8M
Trade balance [+]2019$5,960.0M
Trade balance % GDP [+]20197.19%
Retail Sales YoY [+]March 20256.8%
Socio-Demography
Density [+]2024310
Crude divorce rate [+]20231.38‰
Birth Rate [+]20236.06‰
Crude death rate [+]202310.05‰
Fertility Rate [+]20231.15
Crude marriage rate [+]20233.15‰
% risk of poverty [+]20249.4%
Population [+]20242,240,113
HDI [+]20150.915
Life expectancy [+]202384.42
Suicides [+]2020179
Suicide rate [+]20208.19
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]07/04/20238,246
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]05/31/2023801,227
Fully vaccinated [+]05/24/20231,923,618
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]07/04/20233,711.92
Doses administered [+]05/24/20235,065,902

Resultados Electorales de Basque Country