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District Sofia

 
district: SOFIA (SFO)
Domains Indicators Years
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Demographic statistics Population as of 31.12. - Total (number) 231 563 229 041 226 671 238 476 233 607
Population as of 31.12. - Мale (number) 113 849 112 497 111 249 117 261 114 801
Population as of 31.12. - Female (number) 117 714 116 544 115 422 121 215 118 806
Natural increase rate (per 1 000 persons of the population) - ‰ -9.9 -9.8 -9.3 -12.3 -15.5
Infant mortality rate (per 1 000 live births) - ‰ 5.6 6.0 4.4 5.3 4.7
Mortality rate - Total (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 18.4 18.4 18.3 21.2 24.5
Mortality rate - Male (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 19.8 19.8 19.9 23.6 26.6
Mortality rate - Female (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 17.1 17.1 16.7 18.8 22.5
Labour market Average annual number of employees under labour contract (number) 62 300 64 083 63 330 60 392 62 430
Average annual wages and salaries of the employees under labour contract (levs) 12 149 13 425 14 586 15 857 17 697
Economic activity rate - 15 - 64 completed years (%) 68.2 73.8 78.0 79.4 75.8
Employment rate - 15 - 64 completed years (%) 66.4 73.3 77.7 78.8 75.2
Unemployment rate (%) (2.6) (0.7) (0.4) (0.8) (0.8)
Unemployed persons registered at the labour offices as of 31.12. (number) 8 011 6 496 6 387 6 381 4 859
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with higher education (%) 13.1 13.6 12.0 11.3 12.4
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with secondary education (%) 67.0 74.1 77.1 75.2 73.3
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with primary or lower education (%) 19.9 12.3 10.9 13.6 14.2
Health services Hospital establishments as of 31.12. (number) 14 14 14 14 14
Hospital beds in the hospital establishments as of 31.12. (number) 1 717 1 703 1 707 1 709 1 721
Physicians in health establishments as of 31.12. per 10 000 population (number) 39.7 39.3 40.0 37.0 37.4
Education Schools (primary, lower and upper secondary educations stage) - number 99 97 97 97 96
Enrolments in all type of schools (primary, lower and upper secondary educations stage) - number 24 491 24 134 23 920 23 902 23 787
Group net enrolment rate of the children in kindergartens (%) 83.0 84.2 85.6 82.6 86.6
Investments Foreign direct investment in non-financial enterprises as of 31.12. (thousand euro) 1 464 101.1 1 389 012.0 1 527 868.6 1 559 169.0 1 720 421.0
Expenditure on acquisition of tangible fixed assets (thousand levs) 628 083 719 109 651 963 817 875 745 150
Non-financial enterprises Turnover (thousand levs) 11 846 251 12 495 602 13 012 350 13 567 767 16 375 804
Output (thousand levs) 10 582 508 11 015 031 10 999 700 11 889 477 13 486 670
Value added at factor cost (thousand levs) 2 423 328 2 309 193 2 447 704 2 752 520 2 388 225
Relative share of enterprises with up to 9 persons employed in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 92.4 92.5 92.5 92.9 92.8
Relative share of enterprises with 10-49 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 6.2 6.1 6.1 5.8 5.9
Relative share of enterprises with 50-249 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 1.2 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) 138 138 137 154 154
Length of category I roads (km) 317 317 318 301 301
Length of category II roads (km) 351 351 351 350 350
Length of category III roads (km) 702 706 702 703 703
Length of railway lines (km) 295 295 295 295 295
R & D Expenditure on research and development
(R & D) - thousand levs
9 429 9 028 7 528 9 345 11 346
Staff engaged in research and development (R & D) - number 369 447 309 396 386
Information Society Relative share of households with Internet access (%) 52.3 51.3 67.3 73.0 74.1
Relative share of individuals aged 16-74, regulary using internet (every day or at least once per week) - % 46.8 44.0 62.6 72.3 60.9
Housing fund Residential buildings (number) 146 441 146 621 146 887 147 145 147 449
Dwellings (number) 178 503 178 703 179 024 179 370 179 730
Tourism Accommodation establishments (number) 121 118 116 117 111
Nights spent - total (number) 742 508 806 898 798 416 515 648 544 325

1) The indicator "Unemployment" rate is calculated from Labour force survey data.
2) 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.
3) 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.
4) 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.
5) 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.
6) Since 2007 the data for indicator "Foreign direct investment in non-financial enterprises" is in thousand EUR.
7) Data on the indicator "Expenditure on acquisition of tangible fixed assets" also includes the cost for purchasing land.
8) 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.
9) Roads from the republican road network do not cross the territory of the district Sofia (stolitsa).
10) 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
29.12.2022