Unemployment will decrease by 1,933 people in the BAC in September 2023 and increase by 142 people in Navarre

The Basque Autonomous Community has recorded the lowest unemployment rates since 2008 and the highest number of social security contributors in the last 15 years for the month of September, according to data published on Tuesday by the Ministry of Inclusion and Social Security.

The Social Security gained 8,496 members in September compared to August in the Basque Autonomous Community, breaking the trend of the previous two months of decline. Compared to September last year, the number of affiliates is 19,102 higher (1.96%). Currently there are a total of 994,992 contributors in the CAV.

In Navarre the membership It increased by 763 people in the last month (0.25%) and by 5,935 people compared to September 2022. The total number of affiliates in Navarre is 306,134 people, the third highest figure in the historical series

Unemployment data

Registered unemployment fell by 1,933 people in September Basque Autonomous Community (CAV) and is up 142 Navarre (0.5%), representing a decrease of 1.78% and an increase of 0.49% respectively compared to the previous month, according to data from the Ministry of Labor and Social Economy.

The three CAV territories have reduced their unemployment rates from August to September: 2.84% in Gipuzkoa (816 fewer people unemployed), 1.66% in Bizkaia (1,009 fewer people) and 0.57% in Álava (108 fewer people).

Compared to the same month in 2022, unemployment in the BAC has decreased by 4,955 people, which represents a year-on-year decline of 4.44%. In Navarre, compared to the same month in 2022, there are 1,882 fewer people unemployed, 6.03%.

With regard to the hiringthis month, permanent recruitment is once again highlighted, which represents 29.17% of the total in the CAV. In concrete terms, 73,474 contracts were signed in September, of which 21,435 were for an indefinite period. In turn, the number of registered contracts in September amounted to 31,485 Navarreof which 7,309 are permanent (23.2%).

The amount totally unemployed It is 106,725 in the BAC and 29,306 in Navarra.

In the Spanish state The number of unemployed increased by 19,768 people, but this is an increase lower than the average for the month of September, leaving the total number of unemployed at 2,722,468. Over the past year, unemployment fell by 219,451 unemployed people, which amounts to 7.46%. fewer.

Evaluation of the Basque and Navarrese government

The Deputy Minister of Employment of the Basque governmentAlfonso Gurpegui has emphasized that there are 40,000 fewer unemployed people and almost 57,000 more social security beneficiaries than at the start of the legislature. He also highlighted that Euskadi is already approaching one million contributors (currently 994,992), despite the fact that “retirements are gradually increasing in intensity”. He also stressed that unemployment is declining in all areas, with greater intensity among women, in all sectors and in all age groups, except among young people.

He Government of Navarrehas emphasized, through the Minister of Social Rights, Carmen Maeztu, that “historic employment levels” remain, with the third highest number of memberships in the historical series. Maeztu has pointed out that the unemployment figures put Navarre at an “unemployment level not seen since the end of 2008.”