Rural Areas

Information tools have been developed at the infra-municipal level, and indicators of rurality have been created in order to better classify the reality of each territory. Within the Basque Country at the territorial level, under "municipality" there is a censual/statistical unit called "population entity", confirmed by the framework of EUSTAT's statistical population units.

After analyzing the various variables and consulting experts, the LEADER programme has divided the Population Entities of the Basque Country into groups according to the level and type of rurality. Aid from LEADER is to be applied to the first 7 degrees of rurality.

G1 Depressed very agrarian

• Agrarian Gross Value Added above 20%
• GDP per capita less than 80% of the Basque Country's average

G2 Depressed agrarian

• Agrarian Gross Value Added above 2% and below 20%
• GDP per capita less than 80

 G3 Middle agrarian < 300 inhabitants

• Agrarian Gross Value Added above 2% 
• GDP per capita between 80 and 200
• Fewer than 300 inhabitants

G4 Middle agrarian > 300 inhabitants

• Agrarian Gross Value Added above 2%
• GDP per capita between 80 and 200
• More than 300 inhabitants

G5 Non-depressed agrarian

• Agrarian Gross Value Added above 2% and below 20%
• GDP per capita above 200

 G6 Non-agrarian with agrarian land

• Agrarian Gross Value Added below 2%
• 30% or more of land with agrarian use
• Less than 17% of land with artificial use

G7 Rural

• Agrarian Gross Value Added below 2%
• Less than 30% of land with agrarian use
• Less than 17% of land with agrarian use