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Vitoria, the eleventh city in Spain with the highest wealth per inhabitant

What in Vitoria and Basque Country there are quality of life not only the people of Vitoria or the Basques say it. The statistics also say it, in this case, economic. The last Urban Indicators of the National Institute of Statistics place the capital of Alava in the eleventh position within the ‘top’ 50 of the municipalities in Spain with the highest per capita income, registering an average of 16,848 euros per inhabitant. A figure, that of the financial capacity of the population, which is usually linked to comfort and well-being.

The ranking is led by the Madrid town of Pozuelo de Alarcón (25,957) in which a total of 12 Basque municipalities appear, which make up Vitora together with six municipalities from Biscay and five from Gipuzkoa. The first to appear is Getxo (18,599 euros), which is sixth followed closely by Saint Sebastian, in tenth place with an average of 17,203 euros. Of course, if in addition to the income per inhabitant in a city, that of the nearby municipalities that make up its functional environment and with work influence, the capital of Gipuzkoa is the one with the highest per capita income in all of Spain.

Just one place behind, is the capital of Alava, which occupies the third drawer of the Basque podium. They are followed by Mondragón, Zarautz, Durango, Eibar … And in the 25th position, Bilbao, with 14,870 euros on average. The list below is completed by the Biscayan capital Leioa, Galdakao, Hernani and Portugalete. The study also analyzes other factors such as cities with higher and lower unemployment rate. Among the latter, San Sebastián is in fourth place, with a rate of 7.2% according to data from last year. Getxo with 8.7%, Vitoria, with 9.5% and Irún with 9.6% are included among the 15 with the least unemployment in Spain.

Rest of Spain

In the whole of Spain, of the 405 municipalities with more than 20,000 inhabitants, The three cities with the highest per capita income are, in addition to Pozuelo, Boadilla del Monte (19,702 euros) and Las Rozas (19,340 euros), all of them in the Community of Madrid. The other side of the coin is starred in Níjar (Almería), a municipality with the lowest income with 6,253 euros, according to the INE. He is accompanied by Alhaurín el Grande (Malaga), with 6,629 euros, and Los Palacios and Villafranca (Seville), with 6,550 euros.

The first major city to appear on the list is Madrid, in 15th place, with 15,717 euros, followed four places later by Barcelona (15,389). And the last positions are for municipalities of Andalusia, since apart from the three mentioned, there are Vicar (Almería) with an income of 6,634 euros, Isla Cristina (Huelva), with 6,823, and the people of Cadiz from Barbate and Sanlúcar de Barrameda, with 6,894 and 7,032 euros, respectively.

The ‘top’ 50

1. Pozuelo de Alarcón

25.957

2. Boadilla del Monte

19.702

3. Las Rozas

19.340

4. Sant Cugat del Vallès

19.151

5. Majadahonda

18.624

6. Getxo

18.599

7. Torrelodones

18.253

8. Alcobendas

18.118

9. Three Cantos

18.056

10. San Sebastian

17.203

11. Vitoria-Gasteiz

16.848

12. Villaviciosa de Odón

16.808

13. Arrasate / Mondragón

16.385

14. Villanueva de la Caño.

15.992

15. Madrid

15.717

16. Paracuellos de Jarama

15.491

17. Sitges

15.478

18. Zarautz

15.456

19. Barcelona

15.389

20. Potters

15.333

21. Castelldefels

15.214

22. Vilassar de Mar

15.186

23. Durango

15.145

24. Eibar

15.101

25. Bilbao

14.870

26. Esplugues de Llobregat

14.745

27. El Masnou

14.692

28. Leioa

14.575

29. Galdakao

14.532

30. Sant Joan Despí

14.260

31. Pamplona

14.182

32. Egüés Valley

14.175

33. Molins de Rei

14.161

34. Algete

14.027

35. SS de los Reyes

13.980

36. Cerdanyola del Vallès

13.953

37. Rivas-Vaciamadrid

13.649

38. S. Feliu de Llobregat

13.473

39. Hernani

13.451

40. Gavà

13.407

41. Oviedo

13.384

42. Barañain

13.352

43. A Coruña

13.273

44. Castrillón

13.250

45. Colmenar Viejo

13.238

46. Portugalete

13.216

47. Castellar del Vallès

13.187

48. Girona

13.183

49. Santiago de Compostela.

13.139

50. Bétera

13.043

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