District Plovdiv

 
district: PLOVDIV (PDV)
Domains Indicators Years
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Demographic statistics Population as of 31.12. - Total (number) 666 801 666 398 662 907 631 516 633 586
Population as of 31.12. - Мale (number) 320 136 319 851 318 186 301 274 302 248
Population as of 31.12. - Female (number) 346 665 346 547 344 721 330 242 331 338
Natural increase rate (per 1 000 persons of the population) - ‰ -5.3 -8.3 -11.3 -7.4 -4.8
Infant mortality rate (per 1 000 live births) - ‰ 5.3 5.6 4.8 5.4 5.9
Mortality rate - Total (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 14.6 17.4 20.6 17.1 14.5
Mortality rate - Male (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 15.7 18.9 21.8 18.1 15.5
Mortality rate - Female (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 13.6 16.0 19.5 16.1 13.6
Labour market Average annual number of employees under labour contract (number) 222 236 211 493 216 219 223 351 227 350
Average annual wages and salaries of the employees under labour contract (levs) 12 996 14 171 15 937 17 931 20 551
Economic activity rate - 15 - 64 completed years (%) 72.0 70.8 68.9 69.3 72.8
Employment rate - 15 - 64 completed years (%) 70.3 68.7 66.6 67.4 70.7
Unemployment rate (%) 2.4 2.9 3.2 2.6 2.9
Unemployed persons registered at the labour offices as of 31.12. (number) 13 657 17 122 11 962 11 038 12 193
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with higher education (%) 26.0 26.4 25.9 26.7 30.9
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with secondary education (%) 53.8 54.0 54.9 55.5 53.9
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with primary or lower education (%) 20.2 19.7 19.3 17.9 15.2
Health services Hospital establishments as of 31.12. (number) 34 34 34 34 34
Hospital beds in the hospital establishments as of 31.12. (number) 6 570 6 737 6 748 6 754 6 919
Physicians in health establishments as of 31.12. per 10 000 population (number) 51.0 51.8 52.3 55.3 56.3
Education Schools (primary, lower and upper secondary educations stage) - number 194 192 192 192 192
Enrolments in all type of schools (primary, lower and upper secondary educations stage) - number 67 611 66 977 68 619 69 648 70 198
Group net enrolment rate of the children in kindergartens (%) 78.8 78.7 79.3 87.5 87.9
Investments Foreign direct investment in non-financial enterprises as of 31.12. (thousand euro) 1 778 214.4 1 990 551.6 2 145 606.9 2 459 655.5 2 650 017.0
Expenditure on acquisition of tangible fixed assets (thousand levs) 2 068 677 1 706 256 2 245 569 2 925 419 3 710 193
Non-financial enterprises Turnover (thousand levs) 28 137 522 27 959 402 33 359 045 43 266 323 45 291 469
Output (thousand levs) 18 663 188 18 117 700 21 463 412 28 753 557 30 229 608
Value added at factor cost (thousand levs) 5 957 525 6 344 253 6 613 503 8 112 544 9 500 293
Relative share of enterprises with up to 9 persons employed in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 92.2 92.5 92.4 92.9 93.0
Relative share of enterprises with 10-49 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 6.3 6.1 6.2 5.8 5.7
Relative share of enterprises with 50-249 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1
Relative share of enterprises with more than 250 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Transport Length of motorways (km) 50 50 50 50 50
Length of category I roads (km) 129 129 129 129 129
Length of category II roads (km) 240 240 240 240 239
Length of category III roads (km) 601 601 601 601 605
Length of railway lines (km) 324 324 324 324 324
R & D Expenditure on research and development
(R & D) - thousand levs		 71 571 71 498 64 223 70 573 72 061
Staff engaged in research and development (R & D) - number 3 582 3 675 3 334 3 726 3 595
Information Society Relative share of households with Internet access (%) 80.7 79.9 88.9 89.1 92.4
Relative share of individuals aged 16-74, regulary using internet (every day or at least once per week) - % 70.4 69.5 72.8 78.4 83.9
Housing fund Residential buildings (number) 151 964 152 281 152 688 155 617 156 286
Dwellings (number) 326 683 328 589 329 901 358 559 360 821
Tourism Accommodation establishments (number) 242 262 262 291 278
Nights spent - total (number) 1 129 439 668 450 920 567 1 241 178 1 370 231
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