Significant data
- In 2021, 30.2 % of the population over 16 years old in the Basque Country are Basque speakers: 36.2 % in the Basque Autonomous Community, 14.1 % in Navarre and 20.1 % in the Northern Basque Country.
- In 2021, 42.5% of the population aged 5 or over is Basque speaker in the BAC (897,800) and 14.6% in Navarre (92,500).
- In 2021, 57.9 % of the population of the Basque Country between 16 and 24 years of age are Basque speakers: 74,5 % in the Basque Autonomous Community, 28 % in Navarre and 21,5 % in the Northern Basque Country.
- In 2021, 79.2% of young people under 30 are Basque speakers in the BAC (409,200) and 25.3% in Navarre (44,500).
- In 2021, 36.2% of Basque speakers aged 16 or over are new Basque speakers in the Basque Country: 36.9% in the BAC, 43.6% in Navarre and 17.4% in the Northern Basque Country.
- In 2021, 50.4% of Basque speakers aged 5 or over are new Basque speakers in the BAC (452,100). 60.5% of Basque speakers under the age of 30 are new Basque speakers (247,700) in the BAC.
- In 2021, 45.1 % of Basque speakers express themselves more fluently in Spanish or French than in Basque: 44.3% in the BAC, 51,6% in Navarre and 46.2% in the Northern Basque Country.
- In 2021, with regard to the population aged 16 or over, with both parents are Basque speakers, 90.6% have received Basque at home. Transmission is lower when only one parent speaks Basque: 46% when the mother speaks, and 37% when the father speaks.
- In 2021, with regard to the language transmitted to children between the ages of 3 and 15, while both parents are Basque speakers, 94.9%of the children acquire Basque at home. When only one parent speaks Basque, 66.8% of the children acquire Basque at home (always along with Spanish, French or another language).
- In 2021, 17.5% of the population aged 16 and over uses the Basque language as much or more than Spanish or French in the Basque Country: 22.0% in the BAC, 6.8% in Navarre and 7.1% in the Northern Basque Country.
- In 2021, in the Basque Country 12.6 % of conversations in the street are in Basque: 15.7 % in the Basque Autonomous Community, 5.9 % in Navarre and 4.9 % in the Northern Basque Country.
- In 2021, 21.3% of the population aged 16 and over use Basque as much or more than Spanish or French with their colleagues in the Basque Country: 26.8% in the Basque Country, 8.5% in Navarre and 7.9% in the Northern Basque Country.
- In 2021, 18.3% of the population aged 16 years and over used Basque as much or more than Spanish or French with their friends in the Basque Country: 22.3% in the BAC, 8.2% in Navarre and 12.1% in the Northern Basque Country.
- In 2019, among students in model D, there are significantly more students in Primary school than in Secondary school who always use Basque during school breaks: 22.7% versus 13% in the Basque Autonomous Community, and 22.9% versus 14% in Navarre.
- In 2023/2024 academic year, 71 % of non-university students in the Basque Autonomous Community study in model D; 24.5% in Navarre; and 7 % in the Northern Basque Country (in linguistic immersion model). Likewise, 16.4% of students in the BAC study in model B and 21.4% in the Northern Basque Country in bilingual model.
- In 2022/2023 academic year, in the University of the Basque Country (EHU/UPV) the 54.3 % of students in university degrees are enrolled in one or more subjects in Basque; 68.6% at Mondragon University, 35.3% at University of Deusto, and 11.5% at the Public University of Navarra-UPNA.
- In 2023/2024 academic year, Basque Country 41,080 people attended Basque language courses for adults in the Basque Country: 34,208 in the Basque Autonomous Community, 4,842 in Navarre and 2,030 in the Northern Basque Country.
- In 2021, 15.6% of the population aged 16 years and over used the Basque language as much or more than Spanish or French on social networks in the Basque Country: 19.5% in the Basque Country, 6.2% in Navarre and 5.6% in the Northern Basque Country.
- In 2024, the Basque Wikipedia is ranked 17th in the world ranking of Wikipedias. This ranking measures the number of fundamental articles (out of a total of 10,000) that are complete in each language.