Gaindegia report on the socio-economic trajectory of Euskal Herria over the past twenty years

The “economy” of the sum of the CAV, Navarra and Iparralde “indicates maintain the country with its own resourceswithout having to rely on supporting second actors,” said Gaindegia, the Observatory for the Economic and Social Development of Euskal Herria.

This is how the president of the observatory explained it Iñaki Dorronsoro next Thursday at the press conference in San Sebastián to report on the socio-economic trajectory of Euskal Herria over the past twenty yearsa work carried out to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the founding of Gaindegia. Former advisor to the Basque government Anjeles Iztueta, member of the observatory’s board of directors, and Xabier Oleaga, its secretary, also took part in the event.

During his speech, Dorronsoro stated that, “as soon as you look at the statistics, the figures show that the country’s own economy is ready to support the welfare aspirations of the Basque society.”

‘Another thing is that, apart from that obvious thing, we have to do that then discuss how this economy is generated and how it is distributedBut from the beginning, our economy is sufficient to sustain the country with its own resources, without depending on supporting second actors and able to generate solidarity, yes, towards other communities, if we compare ourselves with other European realities ”, he concluded.

He has also emphasized that “economic self-reliance is the first indicator of an emancipated community, regardless of its model of relations with the states.”

Previously, Anjeles Iztueta presented the general content of the above-mentioned report, according to which GDP per capita from Euskal Herria 35,309 euros in 2022, “very far from the high figures” of the European Union countrieswhere the Hovedstaden region in Denmark amounts to 90,400 euros, while in Brussels (Belgium) it amounts to 77,800 euros.

All this despite the fact that Euskal Herria’s GDP “has almost doubled in the last twenty years”going from 57,629 million euros to 112,811 in 2022.

As for the unemployment ratethis indicator is currently at 8% in the Basque Country as a whole, while in the EU27 countries this reference is 6%, according to the report.

As for the population, The report clarifies that the population of Euskadi, Navarre and Iparralde as a whole “was less than three million inhabitants 20 years ago”, while “today it significantly exceeds that barrier” thanks to a population growth of 9.5% which has led to him currently being the 3.2 millionpartly due to immigration.

As for the course, The data obtained by Gaindegia from the Eustat of Euskadi, the Nasdat of Navarra and the French Insee referring to Iparralde show that the group of inhabitants of these three regions would be placed in a hypothetical situation. second European position by education level, with 53% of graduates with higher educationbehind only Ireland, with 55%.