District Sofia

 
district: SOFIA (SFO)
Domains Indicators Years
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Demographic statistics Population as of 31.12. - Total (number) 226 671 238 476 233 607 227 610 226 420
Population as of 31.12. - Мale (number) 111 249 117 261 114 801 111 132 110 670
Population as of 31.12. - Female (number) 115 422 121 215 118 806 116 478 115 750
Natural increase rate (per 1 000 persons of the population) - ‰ -9.3 -12.3 -15.5 -11.1 -8.6
Infant mortality rate (per 1 000 live births) - ‰ 4.4 5.3 4.7 1.5 2.4
Mortality rate - Total (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 18.3 21.2 24.5 19.9 17.6
Mortality rate - Male (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 19.9 23.6 26.6 21.5 19.4
Mortality rate - Female (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 16.7 18.8 22.5 18.3 15.9
Labour market Average annual number of employees under labour contract (number) 63 330 60 392 62 430 61 298 62 665
Average annual wages and salaries of the employees under labour contract (levs) 14 586 15 857 17 697 19 330 22 207
Economic activity rate - 15 - 64 completed years (%) 78.0 79.4 76.2 75.9 73.5
Employment rate - 15 - 64 completed years (%) 77.7 78.8 75.6 75.2 72.6
Unemployment rate (%) 0.4 (0.8) (0.8) (0.9) (1.2)
Unemployed persons registered at the labour offices as of 31.12. (number) 6 387 6 381 4 859 4 568 4 484
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with higher education (%) 12.0 11.3 57.5 14.3 16.6
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with secondary education (%) 77.1 75.2 38.4 71.7 71.6
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with primary or lower education (%) 10.9 13.6 4.1 14.0 11.7
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) 1 707 1 709 1 721 1 723 1 722
Physicians in health establishments as of 31.12. per 10 000 population (number) 40.0 37.0 37.4 38.8 39.1
Education Schools (primary, lower and upper secondary educations stage) - number 97 97 96 96 96
Enrolments in all type of schools (primary, lower and upper secondary educations stage) - number 23 920 23 902 23 787 23 968 23 881
Group net enrolment rate of the children in kindergartens (%) 85.6 82.6 86.6 85.9 88.0
Investments Foreign direct investment in non-financial enterprises as of 31.12. (thousand euro) 1 527 868.6 1 559 169.0 1 720 421.0 1 887 512.4 2 138 359.4
Expenditure on acquisition of tangible fixed assets (thousand levs) 651 963 817 875 745 150 1 048 577 1 220 103
Non-financial enterprises Turnover (thousand levs) 13 012 350 13 567 767 16 375 804 19 956 961 20 466 307
Output (thousand levs) 10 999 700 11 889 477 13 486 670 16 447 774 16 000 009
Value added at factor cost (thousand levs) 2 447 704 2 752 520 2 388 225 2 970 845 3 062 616
Relative share of enterprises with up to 9 persons employed in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 92.5 92.9 92.8 93.9 93.8
Relative share of enterprises with 10-49 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 6.1 5.8 5.9 4.9 5.1
Relative share of enterprises with 50-249 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0
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 0.1
Transport Length of motorways (km) 137 154 154 154 169
Length of category I roads (km) 318 301 301 301 296
Length of category II roads (km) 351 350 350 350 350
Length of category III roads (km) 702 703 703 703 705
Length of railway lines (km) 295 295 295 295 295
R & D Expenditure on research and development
(R & D) - thousand levs		 7 528 9 345 11 346 11 597 8 486
Staff engaged in research and development (R & D) - number 309 396 386 325 238
Information Society Relative share of households with Internet access (%) 67.3 73.0 74.1 75.0 78.7
Relative share of individuals aged 16-74, regulary using internet (every day or at least once per week) - % 62.6 72.3 60.9 71.8 67.0
Housing fund Residential buildings (number) 146 887 147 145 147 449 139 442 139 935
Dwellings (number) 179 024 179 370 179 730 177 536 178 297
Tourism Accommodation establishments (number) 116 117 111 129 125
Nights spent - total (number) 798 416 515 648 544 325 657 196 658 259
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