District Blagoevgrad

 
district: BLAGOEVGRAD (BLG)
Domains Indicators Years
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Demographic statistics Population as of 31.12. - Total (number) 302 694 301 138 298 251 288 161 287 077
Population as of 31.12. - Мale (number) 147 231 146 369 144 852 139 761 138 994
Population as of 31.12. - Female (number) 155 463 154 769 153 399 148 400 148 083
Natural increase rate (per 1 000 persons of the population) - ‰ -4.1 -7.6 -10.6 -7.5 -4.4
Infant mortality rate (per 1 000 live births) - ‰ 2.9 3.0 1.5 2.9 4.0
Mortality rate - Total (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 13.3 16.4 19.3 15.8 13.2
Mortality rate - Male (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 14.5 18.0 21.6 17.6 14.3
Mortality rate - Female (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 12.2 14.9 17.2 14.0 12.1
Labour market Average annual number of employees under labour contract (number) 89 026 83 237 84 789 86 341 85 213
Average annual wages and salaries of the employees under labour contract (levs) 9 810 10 881 12 226 13 833 15 999
Economic activity rate - 15 - 64 completed years (%) 78.5 77.1 75.4 74.1 74.7
Employment rate - 15 - 64 completed years (%) 75.2 71.5 69.4 70.1 70.0
Unemployment rate (%) 4.1 7.2 7.9 5.4 6.1
Unemployed persons registered at the labour offices as of 31.12. (number) 14 125 16 260 12 293 12 275 13 099
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with higher education (%) 21.8 21.1 20.6 20.0 20.7
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with secondary education (%) 58.3 61.0 60.6 61.7 63.1
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with primary or lower education (%) 19.9 17.9 18.8 18.4 16.2
Health services Hospital establishments as of 31.12. (number) 11 11 11 11 11
Hospital beds in the hospital establishments as of 31.12. (number) 1 694 1 838 1 720 1 692 1 728
Physicians in health establishments as of 31.12. per 10 000 population (number) 29.8 30.0 30.1 31.4 30.9
Education Schools (primary, lower and upper secondary educations stage) - number 122 120 119 118 117
Enrolments in all type of schools (primary, lower and upper secondary educations stage) - number 34 199 34 099 34 289 34 443 34 331
Group net enrolment rate of the children in kindergartens (%) 88.3 89.4 89.6 92.6 93.8
Investments Foreign direct investment in non-financial enterprises as of 31.12. (thousand euro) 526 749.4 517 670.9 507 343.9 502 812.3 646 023.7
Expenditure on acquisition of tangible fixed assets (thousand levs) 532 945 454 383 538 002 701 145 802 094
Non-financial enterprises Turnover (thousand levs) 7 936 405 7 666 469 9 250 623 11 581 444 11 131 718
Output (thousand levs) 5 639 462 5 194 787 5 748 357 7 423 170 7 484 875
Value added at factor cost (thousand levs) 1 739 882 1 772 872 1 606 555 2 002 569 2 235 933
Relative share of enterprises with up to 9 persons employed in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 93.4 93.8 93.5 93.9 94.1
Relative share of enterprises with 10-49 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 5.6 5.4 5.6 5.3 5.1
Relative share of enterprises with 50-249 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7
Relative share of enterprises with more than 250 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Transport Length of motorways (km) 49 49 49 52 52
Length of category I roads (km) 75 75 75 73 73
Length of category II roads (km) 152 152 152 152 152
Length of category III roads (km) 440 440 440 442 443
Length of railway lines (km) 161 161 161 161 161
R & D Expenditure on research and development
(R & D) - thousand levs		 4 323 6 135 3 879 4 369 4 911
Staff engaged in research and development (R & D) - number 245 388 335 386 406
Information Society Relative share of households with Internet access (%) 71.1 75.8 80.6 84.8 92.2
Relative share of individuals aged 16-74, regulary using internet (every day or at least once per week) - % 65.2 71.9 74.3 77.1 75.6
Housing fund Residential buildings (number) 79 396 79 548 79 741 85 939 86 239
Dwellings (number) 140 983 141 524 142 536 163 648 164 875
Tourism Accommodation establishments (number) 242 228 200 269 259
Nights spent - total (number) 1 445 379 892 107 913 295 1 387 710 1 800 095
1) Break in the time series due to the availability of a new estimate of the number of the population based on the data from the 2021 Census - refers to the coefficients of economic activity, employment and unemployment rates, as well as to the educational structure of the population between 25 and 64 years of age (in 2021), and for the group net enrolment rate of the children in kindergartens (in 2022).
2) The indicator "Unemployment" rate is calculated from Labour force survey data.
3) The Hospital establishments, Hospital beds and Physicians attached to the other offices are included in the total number for the country, but are not territorially distributed by districts.
4) Reference date for indicators "Schools (primary, lower and upper secondary education stage)", "Enrolments in all type of schools (primary, lower and upper secondary education stage)" and "Group net enrolment rate of the children in kindergartens" is 1st of October for the respective school year.
5) For indicators "Schools (primary, lower and upper secondary education stage)" and "Enrolments in all type of schools (primary, lower and upper secondary education stage)" from 2017/2018 school year there is a break in the time series due to changes in the national education system. The data are not comparable to the previous school years.
6) The group net enrolment rate of the children in kindergartens is calculated as per cent of number of enrolments in pre-primary education - age group 3-6 years to the number of population in the same age group.
7) Since 2007 the data for indicator "Foreign direct investment in non-financial enterprises" is in thousand EUR.
8) Data on the indicator "Expenditure on acquisition of tangible fixed assets" also includes the cost for purchasing land.
9) The indicators "Turnover", "Output" and "Value added at factor cost" are calculated according to the methodology of Structural business statistics for all non-financial enterprises which have submitted annual reports on their activities in the NSI.
10) According to the Eurostat Regulations, from 2021 the value of turnover (net turnover) does not include the charged excise duties.
11) According to the Eurostat Regulations, from 2021 the production value (value of output) does not include the charged excise duties and other operating income, but includes the income from product- or turnover-related subsidies from state support.
12) According to the Eurostat Regulations, from 2021 the value added at factor cost (value added) does not include the other operating income and total income from financing, but only income from product- or turnover-related subsidies from state support.
13) Roads from the republican road network do not cross the territory of the district Sofia (stolitsa).
14) Since 2002 data for Category III roads also include road connections at intersections and junctions.
15) For 2023 data on the indicators "Expenditure on research and development (R & D)" and "Staff engaged in research and development (R & D)" are preliminary.
16) Data on indicators in the topic "Tourism" include categorized accommodation establishments with 10 and more bed-places in use during the reference year.
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() due to small sample figures in brackets are not reliable
20.01.2025