Compared to the first quarter of 2024, unemployment has descended eight tenths and 1.33 points respectively in Euskadi and Navarra, according to the Active Population Survey (EPA).
Unemployment fell with 4300 people in the first quarter of the year in the Basque autonomous communityUp to 82 900 unemployed, and the unemployment rate, 7.71 %, according to the Active Population Survey (EPA), is published by the National Statistics Institute (Ine). These are the lowest unemployment data in the first quarter since 2008.
In the first quarter, 11,300 jobs were created in Euskadi, with the total of 992,000 people, the highest occupancy figure in a first quarter since 2008.
In the past year, unemployment was reduced to 9,000 people (-9.8 %) in Euskadi and 7000 jobs (+0.7 %) were created.
NavarreFor his part, it closed the first quarter of the year with the lower unemployment rate of the Spanish state, 7.49 %. In addition, the Ine reveals that 25200 unemployed (2700 more than the previous quarter, 11.82 %and 4200 less than the same quarter of 2024 ,14.26 %) were registered in Navarra (2700 more than the previous quarter,
In the regional community, the work arrived in this first quarter from 2025 to 311 400 people (7600 less than the previous quarter, one -2.37 %and 7500 more than a year earlier, 2.45 %).
In the whole Spanish state The number of unemployed rose in 193 700 people in the first quarter of the year, to 2.79 million, and employment was reduced by 92,500 occupied, to 21.76 million, in a usually poor period for the labor market.
Source: EITB
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