District Sofia

 
district: SOFIA (SFO)
Domains Indicators Years
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Demographic statistics Population as of 31.12. - Total (number) 229 041 226 671 238 476 233 607 227 610
Population as of 31.12. - Мale (number) 112 497 111 249 117 261 114 801 111 132
Population as of 31.12. - Female (number) 116 544 115 422 121 215 118 806 116 478
Natural increase rate (per 1 000 persons of the population) - ‰ -9.8 -9.3 -12.3 -15.5 -11.1
Infant mortality rate (per 1 000 live births) - ‰ 6.0 4.4 5.3 4.7 1.5
Mortality rate - Total (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 18.4 18.3 21.2 24.5 19.9
Mortality rate - Male (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 19.8 19.9 23.6 26.6 21.5
Mortality rate - Female (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 17.1 16.7 18.8 22.5 18.3
Labour market Average annual number of employees under labour contract (number) 64 083 63 330 60 392 62 430 61 298
Average annual wages and salaries of the employees under labour contract (levs) 13 425 14 586 15 857 17 697 19 330
Economic activity rate - 15 - 64 completed years (%) 73.8 78.0 79.4 75.8 75.9
Employment rate - 15 - 64 completed years (%) 73.3 77.7 78.8 75.2 75.2
Unemployment rate (%) (0.7) (0.4) (0.8) (0.8) (0.9)
Unemployed persons registered at the labour offices as of 31.12. (number) 6 496 6 387 6 381 4 859 4 568
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with higher education (%) 13.6 12.0 11.3 12.4 14.3
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with secondary education (%) 74.1 77.1 75.2 73.3 71.7
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with primary or lower education (%) 12.3 10.9 13.6 14.2 14.0
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) 1 703 1 707 1 709 1 721 1 723
Physicians in health establishments as of 31.12. per 10 000 population (number) 39.3 40.0 37.0 37.4 38.8
Education Schools (primary, lower and upper secondary educations stage) - number 97 97 97 96 96
Enrolments in all type of schools (primary, lower and upper secondary educations stage) - number 24 134 23 920 23 902 23 787 23 968
Group net enrolment rate of the children in kindergartens (%) 84.2 85.6 82.6 86.6 85.9
Investments Foreign direct investment in non-financial enterprises as of 31.12. (thousand euro) 1 389 012.0 1 527 868.6 1 559 169.0 1 720 421.0 1 887 512.4
Expenditure on acquisition of tangible fixed assets (thousand levs) 719 109 651 963 817 875 745 150 1 048 577
Non-financial enterprises Turnover (thousand levs) 12 495 602 13 012 350 13 567 767 16 375 804 19 956 961
Output (thousand levs) 11 015 031 10 999 700 11 889 477 13 486 670 16 447 774
Value added at factor cost (thousand levs) 2 309 193 2 447 704 2 752 520 2 388 225 2 970 845
Relative share of enterprises with up to 9 persons employed in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 92.5 92.5 92.9 92.8 93.9
Relative share of enterprises with 10-49 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 6.1 6.1 5.8 5.9 4.9
Relative share of enterprises with 50-249 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 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 0.2
Transport Length of motorways (km) 138 137 154 154 154
Length of category I roads (km) 317 318 301 301 301
Length of category II roads (km) 351 351 350 350 350
Length of category III roads (km) 706 702 703 703 703
Length of railway lines (km) 295 295 295 295 295
R & D Expenditure on research and development
(R & D) - thousand levs		 9 028 7 528 9 345 11 346 11 597
Staff engaged in research and development (R & D) - number 447 309 396 386 325
Information Society Relative share of households with Internet access (%) 51.3 67.3 73.0 74.1 75.0
Relative share of individuals aged 16-74, regulary using internet (every day or at least once per week) - % 44.0 62.6 72.3 60.9 71.8
Housing fund Residential buildings (number) 146 621 146 887 147 145 147 449 139 442
Dwellings (number) 178 703 179 024 179 370 179 730 177 536
Tourism Accommodation establishments (number) 118 116 117 111 129
Nights spent - total (number) 806 898 798 416 515 648 544 325 657 196
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 economic activity, employment and unemployment rates, to the educational structure of the population between 25 and 64 years of age, as well as for the group net enrolment rate of the children in kindergartens.
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) For 2022 data on the indicators "Expenditure on research and development (R & D)" and "Staff engaged in research and development (R & D)" are preliminary.
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
29.12.2023