District Vratsa

 
district: VRATSA (VRC)
Domains Indicators Years
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Demographic statistics Population as of 31.12. - Total (number) 162 549 159 470 157 637 153 700 148 874
Population as of 31.12. - Мale (number) 79 894 78 234 77 196 75 100 72 166
Population as of 31.12. - Female (number) 82 655 81 236 80 441 78 600 76 708
Natural increase rate (per 1 000 persons of the population) - ‰ -11.4 -11.4 -13.9 -20.0 -14.4
Infant mortality rate (per 1 000 live births) - ‰ 7.3 4.5 3.7 4.0 9.7
Mortality rate - Total (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 19.8 19.8 22.3 28.0 22.6
Mortality rate - Male (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 20.6 21.5 24.5 30.2 24.8
Mortality rate - Female (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 19.0 18.1 20.2 25.9 20.5
Labour market Average annual number of employees under labour contract (number) 38 126 38 130 36 189 37 309 38 520
Average annual wages and salaries of the employees under labour contract (levs) 12 489 13 874 15 537 17 324 19 441
Economic activity rate - 15 - 64 completed years (%) 60.7 64.9 63.6 65.2 67.9
Employment rate - 15 - 64 completed years (%) 54.5 59.8 57.1 58.5 61.6
Unemployment rate (%) 9.9 7.7 10.0 10.0 9.0
Unemployed persons registered at the labour offices as of 31.12. (number) 9 061 8 544 8 347 6 994 6 611
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with higher education (%) 21.5 21.0 22.9 18.8 15.8
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with secondary education (%) 57.7 58.3 54.7 57.1 62.1
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with primary or lower education (%) 20.8 20.7 22.4 24.1 22.1
Health services Hospital establishments as of 31.12. (number) 12 12 12 12 12
Hospital beds in the hospital establishments as of 31.12. (number) 1 181 1 197 1 197 1 199 1 197
Physicians in health establishments as of 31.12. per 10 000 population (number) 36.6 37.4 37.9 38.1 38.4
Education Schools (primary, lower and upper secondary educations stage) - number 69 69 70 70 70
Enrolments in all type of schools (primary, lower and upper secondary educations stage) - number 17 264 16 951 16 914 17 107 16 931
Group net enrolment rate of the children in kindergartens (%) 86.1 86.3 86.2 88.2 90.6
Investments Foreign direct investment in non-financial enterprises as of 31.12. (thousand euro) 106 294.2 80 028.6 121 983.8 193 036.1 111 656.6
Expenditure on acquisition of tangible fixed assets (thousand levs) 273 399 239 889 289 902 278 394 517 322
Non-financial enterprises Turnover (thousand levs) 3 037 657 3 372 781 3 432 942 5 425 682 9 233 455
Output (thousand levs) 2 525 992 2 789 253 2 776 722 4 516 341 8 320 740
Value added at factor cost (thousand levs) 1 271 561 1 492 612 1 488 732 2 208 997 2 172 517
Relative share of enterprises with up to 9 persons employed in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 92.6 92.8 93.2 93.0 93.6
Relative share of enterprises with 10-49 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 6.0 5.9 5.5 5.7 5.1
Relative share of enterprises with 50-249 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2
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) - - - - -
Length of category I roads (km) 65 65 65 65 65
Length of category II roads (km) 231 231 231 232 232
Length of category III roads (km) 353 353 353 361 361
Length of railway lines (km) 112 112 112 112 112
R & D Expenditure on research and development
(R & D) - thousand levs		 2 833 3 824 3 442 3 856 5 316
Staff engaged in research and development (R & D) - number 196 225 207 231 244
Information Society Relative share of households with Internet access (%) 65.5 71.1 71.5 67.9 79.6
Relative share of individuals aged 16-74, regulary using internet (every day or at least once per week) - % 62.3 62.1 61.0 60.8 68.9
Housing fund Residential buildings (number) 84 993 84 990 85 018 85 015 79 362
Dwellings (number) 110 665 110 670 110 824 110 912 116 494
Tourism Accommodation establishments (number) 27 27 26 27 38
Nights spent - total (number) 79 790 74 869 58 195 73 650 109 630
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 economic activity, employment and unemployment rates, to the educational structure of the population between 25 and 64 years of age, as well as for the group net enrolment rate of the children in kindergartens.
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) For 2022 data on the indicators "Expenditure on research and development (R & D)" and "Staff engaged in research and development (R & D)" are preliminary.
15) 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
29.12.2023