ÁLAVA, TO LIVE

For the opportunities that its economic fabric has to offer to companies and entrepreneurs, for its shared mission to advance as a highly developed, healthy and environmentally friendly model of society, for its quality of life, for its accessibility to nature, for its commitment to being a welcoming space, Álava is an attractive if not ideal destination to live in.

OUR SOCIAL MODEL

One of the highest Human Development Indexes (HDI) in the world.

Within the parameters established by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the population of Álava enjoys a high Human Development Index, based on three fundamental factors for quality of life: health, education and standard of living.

  • The Basque Country’s annual public health expenditure per capita is one of the highest in the world.
  • The Basque Country’s education system enjoys international prestige. Schooling is free from the age of 3 to 16 and compulsory from the age of 6 onwards. The trilingual linguistic model (Basque, Spanish and English) begins at the age of 4.
  • The level of purchasing power of Álava’s population is among the highest in Spain.