The contribution of Basque industry to the economy is higher than the average of any state, and ranks among industrial regions such as southern Germany and northern Italy.
M.D. | EITB media
The weight of Basque industry within its economy (32% in Navarra and 23.9% in the BAC) is greater than that of European industry in the EU’s total GDP (20.6%) and that of Spain in the GDP of the state (16.6%), and places Hego Euskal Herria as one of the European industrial regions.
So Hego Euskal Herria is one of the regions where the sector has a greater relative weightalong with areas in Germany, Italy and France.
Other important regions are in southern Germany. Highlights Baden-Württembergvalue 38% of GDP comes from industry. This relative weight of the industry is the largest in Europe; It is not without reason that it is one of the strongest economies overall.
The German regions are further away Bavaria and from North Rhine-Westphaliawhere industries represent 29% and 20.7% of the economy respectively.
In Northern Italy there are two regions with an industry that stands out from other sectors in the economy: Emilia-Romagna (29%), Piedmont (24.9%) and Lombardy (24.2%).
In France, three regions have a higher industrial weight than the global one, below the relative weight of the Basque industry: Normandy (20.6%), Great East (18.3%) and Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes (27.7%).
Source: EITB
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