Employment rate in Basque Country

Employment rate in Basque Country was 51.7% in Q2 2026, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística. That is up 0.23 pts from Q2 2025. That is the 12th highest of 19 autonomous communities in Q2 2026.

Q2 202651.7%
Change on Q2 2025+0.23 pts
Series high55.36Q3 2008
Series low47.08Q1 2014

Employment rate in Basque Country, Q3 2006 to Q2 2026

CSVChart (SVG)

4648505254562006-Q32009-Q32012-Q32015-Q32018-Q32021-Q32024-Q32026-Q22006-Q3: 54.76 %2006-Q4: 54.59 %2007-Q1: 53.98 %2007-Q2: 54.53 %2007-Q3: 54.26 %2007-Q4: 54.74 %2008-Q1: 54.41 %2008-Q2: 55.11 %2008-Q3: 55.36 %2008-Q4: 53.6 %2009-Q1: 51.87 %2009-Q2: 51.67 %2009-Q3: 50.96 %2009-Q4: 50.96 %2010-Q1: 51.27 %2010-Q2: 52.45 %2010-Q3: 52.16 %2010-Q4: 52.02 %2011-Q1: 51.89 %2011-Q2: 51.83 %2011-Q3: 51.83 %2011-Q4: 51.51 %2012-Q1: 49.84 %2012-Q2: 49.59 %2012-Q3: 48.42 %2012-Q4: 48.55 %2013-Q1: 48.08 %2013-Q2: 48.17 %2013-Q3: 47.37 %2013-Q4: 48.08 %2014-Q1: 47.08 %2014-Q2: 47.95 %2014-Q3: 47.61 %2014-Q4: 48.17 %2015-Q1: 47.98 %2015-Q2: 47.66 %2015-Q3: 48.32 %2015-Q4: 49.44 %2016-Q1: 49.56 %2016-Q2: 49.76 %2016-Q3: 50.07 %2016-Q4: 49.71 %2017-Q1: 49.26 %2017-Q2: 49.75 %2017-Q3: 49.82 %2017-Q4: 50.36 %2018-Q1: 50.17 %2018-Q2: 50.99 %2018-Q3: 50.54 %2018-Q4: 50.95 %2019-Q1: 51.16 %2019-Q2: 51.59 %2019-Q3: 50.67 %2019-Q4: 50.73 %2020-Q1: 50.46 %2020-Q2: 48.8 %2020-Q3: 49.95 %2020-Q4: 49.97 %2021-Q1: 48.95 %2021-Q2: 50.05 %2021-Q3: 51.03 %2021-Q4: 51.86 %2022-Q1: 51.65 %2022-Q2: 50.68 %2022-Q3: 52.04 %2022-Q4: 51.4 %2023-Q1: 51.03 %2023-Q2: 52.84 %2023-Q3: 52.34 %2023-Q4: 53.64 %2024-Q1: 51.59 %2024-Q2: 52.91 %2024-Q3: 50.74 %2024-Q4: 50.83 %2025-Q1: 51.49 %2025-Q2: 51.47 %2025-Q3: 51.75 %2025-Q4: 52.06 %2026-Q1: 51.36 %2026-Q2: 51.7 %
%. Source: INE. Retrieved 2026-10-07.
All 80 values
Period%
2026-Q251.7
2026-Q151.36
2025-Q452.06
2025-Q351.75
2025-Q251.47
2025-Q151.49
2024-Q450.83
2024-Q350.74
2024-Q252.91
2024-Q151.59
2023-Q453.64
2023-Q352.34
2023-Q252.84
2023-Q151.03
2022-Q451.4
2022-Q352.04
2022-Q250.68
2022-Q151.65
2021-Q451.86
2021-Q351.03
2021-Q250.05
2021-Q148.95
2020-Q449.97
2020-Q349.95
2020-Q248.8
2020-Q150.46
2019-Q450.73
2019-Q350.67
2019-Q251.59
2019-Q151.16
2018-Q450.95
2018-Q350.54
2018-Q250.99
2018-Q150.17
2017-Q450.36
2017-Q349.82
2017-Q249.75
2017-Q149.26
2016-Q449.71
2016-Q350.07
2016-Q249.76
2016-Q149.56
2015-Q449.44
2015-Q348.32
2015-Q247.66
2015-Q147.98
2014-Q448.17
2014-Q347.61
2014-Q247.95
2014-Q147.08
2013-Q448.08
2013-Q347.37
2013-Q248.17
2013-Q148.08
2012-Q448.55
2012-Q348.42
2012-Q249.59
2012-Q149.84
2011-Q451.51
2011-Q351.83
2011-Q251.83
2011-Q151.89
2010-Q452.02
2010-Q352.16
2010-Q252.45
2010-Q151.27
2009-Q450.96
2009-Q350.96
2009-Q251.67
2009-Q151.87
2008-Q453.6
2008-Q355.36
2008-Q255.11
2008-Q154.41
2007-Q454.74
2007-Q354.26
2007-Q254.53
2007-Q153.98
2006-Q454.59
2006-Q354.76

Compared with Spain

PlaceQ2 2026
Basque Country51.7
Spain53.44

Rankings

Definition

Employed people as a percentage of the population aged 16 and over (Spain, EPA) or 20 to 64 (EU headline indicator).

How to cite

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE). Encuesta de Población Activa: tasa de empleo por comunidad autónoma (tabla 65305). https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=65305. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

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What is the employment rate in Basque Country?

Employment rate in Basque Country was 51.7% in Q2 2026, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística. That is up 0.23 pts from Q2 2025. That is the 12th highest of 19 autonomous communities in Q2 2026.

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Instituto Nacional de Estadística. Encuesta de Población Activa: tasa de empleo por comunidad autónoma (tabla 65305). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-07.

What was the highest employment rate in Basque Country?

55.36% in Q3 2008, the highest value since Q3 2006 in this series.

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