District Silistra

 
district: SILISTRA (SLS)
Domains Indicators Years
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Demographic statistics Population as of 31.12. - Total (number) 108 018 106 852 104 869 95 614 94 739
Population as of 31.12. - Мale (number) 52 738 52 049 51 062 46 157 45 648
Population as of 31.12. - Female (number) 55 280 54 803 53 807 49 457 49 091
Natural increase rate (per 1 000 persons of the population) - ‰ -9.5 -14.0 -18.2 -13.9 -10.1
Infant mortality rate (per 1 000 live births) - ‰ 4.5 8.8 12.7 5.2 6.4
Mortality rate - Total (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 17.7 21.4 25.6 21.9 18.3
Mortality rate - Male (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 19.9 24.1 27.4 24.7 20.9
Mortality rate - Female (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 15.7 18.9 24.0 19.3 15.8
Labour market Average annual number of employees under labour contract (number) 20 914 19 916 20 190 20 060 19 966
Average annual wages and salaries of the employees under labour contract (levs) 10 572 11 727 13 272 14 813 16 796
Economic activity rate - 15 - 64 completed years (%) 67.3 64.1 65.9 64.2 67.0
Employment rate - 15 - 64 completed years (%) 58.2 54.1 56.3 56.7 58.8
Unemployment rate (%) 13.3 15.2 14.2 11.5 11.9
Unemployed persons registered at the labour offices as of 31.12. (number) 5 283 4 572 3 930 4 015 4 012
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with higher education (%) 19.5 20.8 22.5 21.8 20.4
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with secondary education (%) 50.2 48.4 49.8 52.3 52.5
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with primary or lower education (%) 30.4 30.7 27.7 25.9 27.1
Health services Hospital establishments as of 31.12. (number) 3 3 3 3 3
Hospital beds in the hospital establishments as of 31.12. (number) 483 483 476 483 476
Physicians in health establishments as of 31.12. per 10 000 population (number) 27.7 27.5 27.4 30.4 31.6
Education Schools (primary, lower and upper secondary educations stage) - number 45 44 44 42 41
Enrolments in all type of schools (primary, lower and upper secondary educations stage) - number 10 264 10 069 9 718 9 514 9 374
Group net enrolment rate of the children in kindergartens (%) 75.9 75.8 76.3 87.4 88.5
Investments Foreign direct investment in non-financial enterprises as of 31.12. (thousand euro) .. 41 395.7 42 306.7 25 553.6 38 812.4
Expenditure on acquisition of tangible fixed assets (thousand levs) 163 611 148 327 219 939 272 078 328 918
Non-financial enterprises Turnover (thousand levs) 1 940 442 1 969 938 2 334 290 2 877 084 2 927 263
Output (thousand levs) 1 056 294 1 066 296 1 325 688 1 632 268 1 536 667
Value added at factor cost (thousand levs) 426 905 435 994 494 455 559 045 458 439
Relative share of enterprises with up to 9 persons employed in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 92.1 93.0 92.5 94.5 94.9
Relative share of enterprises with 10-49 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 6.7 5.9 6.4 4.6 4.3
Relative share of enterprises with 50-249 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.8 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) - - - - -
Length of category I roads (km) 57 57 57 57 56
Length of category II roads (km) 147 147 147 147 147
Length of category III roads (km) 302 302 302 302 303
Length of railway lines (km) 70 70 70 70 70
R & D Expenditure on research and development
(R & D) - thousand levs		 .. .. .. 3 460 ..
Staff engaged in research and development (R & D) - number 83 81 51 80 54
Information Society Relative share of households with Internet access (%) 76.6 80.7 79.0 70.6 83.1
Relative share of individuals aged 16-74, regulary using internet (every day or at least once per week) - % 69.8 69.1 77.9 64.2 81.9
Housing fund Residential buildings (number) 39 458 39 471 39 500 39 000 39 017
Dwellings (number) 57 502 57 532 57 565 58 241 58 261
Tourism Accommodation establishments (number) 28 25 25 24 23
Nights spent - total (number) 44 536 26 115 31 436 47 656 42 780
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