Unemployment

Gipuzkoa is the territory with the largest increase in the number of unemployed, with Bizkaia predominating in the area of new contributors, while Álava has a negative balance in both indicators.

Employment is expected to increase, industry to recover progressively and wages to evolve positively. Adicers argue that the Basque economy continues "the path of stable growth".

On the other hand, unemployment has fallen slightly in the ACV and Navarre, both in April and May of the previous year. In the case of Navarre, this is the best figure in May since 2008. 

In year-on-year terms, unemployment has also fallen in both the ACV (-3,006) and Navarre (-588).

Between the first quarter of last year and the first quarter of this year, the number of unemployed increased by 6,700 in the ACV (8.08%) and 5,800 in Navarre. The number of employed persons also increased in the Basque Country (7,700 more) and fell in Navarre (1,300 less).

According to data from the first quarter of 2026 published this Friday by Eustat, there are 2,700 fewer people employed and 5,900 more unemployed than in the previous quarter, with an unemployment rate of 6.7%, 12.5% for young people.

Unemployment has increased by 706 people in the Basque Country and 131 in Navarre compared to December, although both communities have maintained their year-on-year decline.

The fall in unemployment in the Basque Country has broken the trend with 107,434 unemployed, 54 more than in 2024, while in Navarre it has fallen by 872 people.

The number of persons affiliated with Social Security has increased in both communities (0.43 per cent in the ACV and 0.12 per cent in Navarre), with 18,805 fewer unemployed in the State (-0.77 per cent).

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Compared to the data of October 2024, however, unemployment in the Basque Country fell by 888 persons (0.82 per cent) and in Navarre by 1,129 persons (3.75 per cent), while from September to October membership increased by 1.32 per cent in the Basque Country and 0.89 per cent in Navarre.

Over the past year, the number of employed persons has increased by 8,400 and the unemployment rate has fallen from 7.2% to 6.8%. 

Over the past year, the number of employed persons has increased by 17,600 and the unemployment rate has fallen from 7.5% to 5.7%. 

With regard to the data for September 2024, unemployment in the Basque Country fell by 1,027 persons (0.95 per cent) and in Navarre by 1,232 persons (4.16 per cent). From August to September, the Basque Social Security earned 11,475 members, while the number of persons registered with Social Security in Navarre fell by 719 persons.

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The Self-Government Counsellorhopesthat the transfer agreement on contributory benefits and unemployment benefit will be possible  "enough time".

The Basque Country has 109 169 registered unemployed and Navarre 28 390. At the state level, unemployment has risen by 0.91 per cent and the number of unemployed has reached 2,426,511, the lowest level in a month of August since 2007.

There are 1,600 more unemployed than in June, a total of 104,991. n Navarra has 801 fewer unemployed than a year ago, while in the Spanish State as a whole there are 1,357 fewer unemployed and 21,865,503 contributors, a new historical high.

According to the Labour Force Survey, the total number of unemployed persons in the ACV is 76,400 and 27,200 in Navarre. 

According to Eustat estimates, 61 100 people are unemployed in the CSC, with an increase in the number of employed persons (18,900 more) to 1,010,400.