NUTS 3

Bizkaia

Region of Spain · NUTS code ES213

Among 59 NUTS 3 regions of Spain, Bizkaia ranks best in gdp per capita (4th).

Over time

The dashed line is the value for the whole country. Where Eurostat does not publish it, only the region line is shown.

Bizkaia vs national value

Economy

GDP per capita
38,300 €/inh.
+2,700 vs 2022
4th of 59 in the country
Spain 34,210 €/inh. · +12%
2023 · NUTS 3 ranking

Population

Population density
527.6 /km²
+3.2 vs 2023
6th of 59 in the country
Spain 97.2 /km² · +443%
2024 · NUTS 3 ranking
Population change
6.8 ‰
+1.5 vs 2023
29th of 59 in the country
Spain 9.4 ‰ · -28%
2024 · NUTS 3 ranking
Net migration
11.6 ‰
+1.8 vs 2023
29th of 59 in the country
Spain 11.8 ‰ · -2%
2024 · NUTS 3 ranking
Median age
48.8 years
+0.2 vs 2024
17th of 59 in the country
Spain 45.8 years · +7%
2025 · NUTS 3 ranking
Aged 65+
24.7 %
+0.4 vs 2024
15th of 59 in the country
Spain 20.7 % · +19%
2025 · NUTS 3 ranking

Map

NUTS 3

 

Boundaries: IGN, © Instituto Geográfico Nacional de España, simplified · sources and licences

Society

Tourist nights
3,717 per 1,000
45th of 59 in the country
Spain 10,440 per 1,000 · -64%
2025 · NUTS 3 ranking

For País Vasco

Profile

Eurostat does not publish these indicators for NUTS 3 regions, only for the larger region Bizkaia belongs to.

Population
2,242,343
+14,659 vs 2024
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
Life expectancy
84.7 years
+0.2 vs 2023
2024 · NUTS 2 ranking
Unemployment
7.3 %
−0.8 vs 2024
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
Income per capita
24,200 €/inh.
+2,300 vs 2022
2023 · NUTS 2 ranking
Employment
74.7 %
+0.5 vs 2024
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
Road deaths
21 per mn
−4 vs 2023
2024 · NUTS 2 ranking
Tertiary educated
58.2 %
+2.0 vs 2024
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
Fertility
1.10
−0.05 vs 2023
2024 · NUTS 2 ranking
High-tech jobs
4.7 %
−0.1 vs 2024
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
GDP growth
2.6 %
+0.8 vs 2023
2024 · NUTS 2 ranking
Doctors
560 per 100k
−3 vs 2019
2020 · NUTS 2 ranking

Other regions in País Vasco

Ranks are among regions of the same NUTS level within the same country. The NUTS levels are defined by Eurostat: NUTS 1 are the largest regions, NUTS 3 the smallest.

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