District Pazardzhik

 
district: PAZARDZHIK (PAZ)
Domains Indicators Years
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Demographic statistics Population as of 31.12. - Total (number) 252 776 251 300 247 360 226 209 225 261
Population as of 31.12. - Мale (number) 123 715 122 821 120 697 109 829 109 526
Population as of 31.12. - Female (number) 129 061 128 479 126 663 116 380 115 735
Natural increase rate (per 1 000 persons of the population) - ‰ -6.7 -10.7 -14.0 -10.5 -7.3
Infant mortality rate (per 1 000 live births) - ‰ 9.1 5.7 4.9 6.5 7.5
Mortality rate - Total (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 15.8 19.1 22.3 19.3 16.8
Mortality rate - Male (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 16.8 20.9 24.2 21.3 17.9
Mortality rate - Female (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 14.8 17.3 20.4 17.4 15.7
Labour market Average annual number of employees under labour contract (number) 62 826 59 633 60 246 60 242 60 050
Average annual wages and salaries of the employees under labour contract (levs) 11 675 13 090 14 842 16 407 19 073
Economic activity rate - 15 - 64 completed years (%) 72.9 71.1 70.6 72.8 72.5
Employment rate - 15 - 64 completed years (%) 69.1 67.4 65.3 68.9 68.9
Unemployment rate (%) 5.1 5 7.3 5.2 4.8
Unemployed persons registered at the labour offices as of 31.12. (number) 9 342 10 158 7 654 7 535 8 032
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with higher education (%) 17.5 15.6 15.1 14.3 14.9
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with secondary education (%) 59.8 60.2 57.8 60.0 62.1
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with primary or lower education (%) 22.8 24.2 27.2 25.7 23.1
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) 2 065 2 011 2 065 2 065 2 079
Physicians in health establishments as of 31.12. per 10 000 population (number) 36.7 35.8 36.8 40.5 40.2
Education Schools (primary, lower and upper secondary educations stage) - number 111 110 110 110 110
Enrolments in all type of schools (primary, lower and upper secondary educations stage) - number 25 662 25 383 25 693 25 361 25 283
Group net enrolment rate of the children in kindergartens (%) 71.2 71.4 72.3 84.6 86.3
Investments Foreign direct investment in non-financial enterprises as of 31.12. (thousand euro) 476 318.1 431 025.2 450 608.3 680 014.9 557 945.8
Expenditure on acquisition of tangible fixed assets (thousand levs) 568 496 480 301 591 526 740 544 993 139
Non-financial enterprises Turnover (thousand levs) 5 378 669 5 670 776 6 806 316 7 863 492 8 430 279
Output (thousand levs) 4 162 006 4 273 684 5 078 179 6 025 209 6 376 267
Value added at factor cost (thousand levs) 1 367 837 1 600 903 1 557 704 1 642 465 2 146 405
Relative share of enterprises with up to 9 persons employed in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 92.7 92.9 92.5 93.0 93.2
Relative share of enterprises with 10-49 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 6.0 5.8 6.2 5.7 5.5
Relative share of enterprises with 50-249 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 1.2 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) 51 51 51 51 51
Length of category I roads (km) 59 59 59 59 59
Length of category II roads (km) 202 203 203 203 203
Length of category III roads (km) 411 440 440 440 440
Length of railway lines (km) 185 185 185 185 185
R & D Expenditure on research and development
(R & D) - thousand levs		 15 916 14 698 15 774 20 565 23 014
Staff engaged in research and development (R & D) - number 489 475 488 494 438
Information Society Relative share of households with Internet access (%) 68.3 81.7 85.1 85.1 83.2
Relative share of individuals aged 16-74, regulary using internet (every day or at least once per week) - % 39.5 55.9 52.1 64.9 73.0
Housing fund Residential buildings (number) 87 303 87 410 87 510 89 342 89 566
Dwellings (number) 128 140 128 568 128 978 134 389 134 964
Tourism Accommodation establishments (number) 60 59 58 130 134
Nights spent - total (number) 622 391 389 699 506 697 846 953 1 131 944
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) 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
18.02.2025