In the last 40 years, Navarre has experienced a profound socioeconomic metamorphosis. The industrial deployment that began in the 1970s represented going from a basically agricultural economy to a balanced and dynamic economy fitting for a modern region. With this favourable evolution, Navarre has seen growing employment rates and a considerable decrease in unemployment. The per capita GDP of the Navarre Region is consistently five percentage points above the mean for the entire European Union.

As a result of this, it is one of the Spanish autonomous regions with best social welfare indicators: healthcare, household equipment, educational and cultural level.

Although its impact on employment is relatively small (5.9%), the primary sector in Navarre is of significant sociological value and provides high quality raw ingredients for the industrial food sector. The two most important economic sub-sectors are motor
vehicles and machinery. These and the third most important sub-sector, the food industry, represent over half Navarre's industrial GVA. In recent years, there has been outstanding progress in the wind power industry and a significant growth of the service
sector.