District Sliven

 
district: SLIVEN (SLV)
Domains Indicators Years
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Demographic statistics Population as of 31.12. - Total (number) 184 119 182 551 180 058 170 583 170 051
Population as of 31.12. - Мale (number) 89 422 88 576 87 332 82 278 82 043
Population as of 31.12. - Female (number) 94 697 93 975 92 726 88 305 88 008
Natural increase rate (per 1 000 persons of the population) - ‰ -2.9 -6.4 -9.0 -5.9 -3.0
Infant mortality rate (per 1 000 live births) - ‰ 14.4 11.7 14.8 8.1 10.8
Mortality rate - Total (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 15.3 18.1 20.9 18.1 15.5
Mortality rate - Male (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 16.5 19.3 22.5 19.2 17.0
Mortality rate - Female (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 14.1 16.9 19.4 17.1 14.2
Labour market Average annual number of employees under labour contract (number) 38 340 36 079 36 040 35 518 36 033
Average annual wages and salaries of the employees under labour contract (levs) 11 085 12 370 14 033 15 312 17 848
Economic activity rate - 15 - 64 completed years (%) 69.0 69.9 68.8 66.0 70.0
Employment rate - 15 - 64 completed years (%) 64.5 65.0 62.4 60.6 63.7
Unemployment rate (%) 6.5 6.9 9.2 8.1 8.9
Unemployed persons registered at the labour offices as of 31.12. (number) 7 384 7 770 5 285 4 963 4 806
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with higher education (%) 20.9 21.4 20.1 21.2 23.2
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with secondary education (%) 41.5 42.4 42.0 41.5 42.5
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with primary or lower education (%) 37.6 36.2 37.9 37.3 34.3
Health services Hospital establishments as of 31.12. (number) 7 7 6 6 6
Hospital beds in the hospital establishments as of 31.12. (number) 1 064 1 072 1 005 995 1 005
Physicians in health establishments as of 31.12. per 10 000 population (number) 29.8 29.1 28.3 29.7 30.6
Education Schools (primary, lower and upper secondary educations stage) - number 69 69 68 68 68
Enrolments in all type of schools (primary, lower and upper secondary educations stage) - number 21 105 20 834 20 967 20 818 20 525
Group net enrolment rate of the children in kindergartens (%) 64.4 64.1 65.2 71.7 74.8
Investments Foreign direct investment in non-financial enterprises as of 31.12. (thousand euro) 158 700.0 159 030.0 131 628.4 133 902.3 156 288.6
Expenditure on acquisition of tangible fixed assets (thousand levs) 226 602 196 259 223 714 389 325 729 819
Non-financial enterprises Turnover (thousand levs) 3 288 411 3 178 211 3 911 387 4 951 090 5 353 949
Output (thousand levs) 2 285 658 2 185 852 2 581 481 3 351 351 3 376 239
Value added at factor cost (thousand levs) 826 837 849 874 769 740 977 747 1 130 066
Relative share of enterprises with up to 9 persons employed in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 92.7 93.1 93.2 94.9 95.1
Relative share of enterprises with 10-49 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 6.3 5.9 5.7 4.3 4.2
Relative share of enterprises with 50-249 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.6
Relative share of enterprises with more than 250 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
Transport Length of motorways (km) 44 44 44 44 44
Length of category I roads (km) 85 85 85 85 85
Length of category II roads (km) 202 202 202 202 202
Length of category III roads (km) 250 250 250 250 250
Length of railway lines (km) 134 134 134 134 134
R & D Expenditure on research and development
(R & D) - thousand levs		 5 988 6 264 6 727 7 083 7 257
Staff engaged in research and development (R & D) - number 322 319 276 347 235
Information Society Relative share of households with Internet access (%) 77.2 83.4 83.3 67.8 83.7
Relative share of individuals aged 16-74, regulary using internet (every day or at least once per week) - % 70.8 68.5 73.4 61.0 73.3
Housing fund Residential buildings (number) 59 143 59 185 59 258 60 024 60 102
Dwellings (number) 93 162 93 296 93 436 96 511 96 682
Tourism Accommodation establishments (number) 66 58 57 60 62
Nights spent - total (number) 88 011 52 255 76 031 90 072 100 094
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