District Stara Zagora
| Domains | Indicators | Years | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | ||
| Demographic statistics | Population as of 31.12. - Total (number) | 319 067 | 316 356 | 313 396 | 311 400 | 307 140 |
| Population as of 31.12. - Мale (number) | 154 706 | 153 264 | 151 611 | 150 524 | 148 455 | |
| Population as of 31.12. - Female (number) | 164 361 | 163 092 | 161 785 | 160 876 | 158 685 | |
| Natural increase rate (per 1 000 persons of the population) - ‰ | -7.0 | -7.3 | -7.6 | -10.1 | -14.1 | |
| Infant mortality rate (per 1 000 live births) - ‰ | 9.5 | 6.5 | 10.4 | 5.0 | 9.9 | |
| Mortality rate - Total (per 1 000 population) - ‰ | 16.6 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 19.0 | 22.9 | |
| Mortality rate - Male (per 1 000 population) - ‰ | 17.8 | 17.6 | 17.7 | 20.7 | 24.2 | |
| Mortality rate - Female (per 1 000 population) - ‰ | 15.6 | 15.5 | 15.4 | 17.4 | 21.7 | |
| Labour market | Average annual number of employees under labour contract (number) | 105 851 | 105 668 | 103 029 | 98 735 | 98 270 |
| Average annual wages and salaries of the employees under labour contract (levs) | 12 248 | 13 190 | 13 914 | 15 010 | 16 673 | |
| Economic activity rate - 15 - 64 completed years (%) | 72.3 | 72.7 | 75.7 | 74.9 | 74.5 | |
| Employment rate - 15 - 64 completed years (%) | 70.1 | 71.0 | 74.7 | 73.3 | 72.2 | |
| Unemployment rate (%) | 3.0 | (2.3) | (1.4) | (2.1) | 3.2 | |
| Unemployed persons registered at the labour offices as of 31.12. (number) | 7 436 | 6 134 | 6 354 | 7 907 | 5 754 | |
| Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with higher education (%) | 17.8 | 19 | 20.7 | 21.6 | 22.0 | |
| Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with secondary education (%) | 67.3 | 63.0 | 60.6 | 62.0 | 62.2 | |
| Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with primary or lower education (%) | 15 | 18 | 18.7 | 16.4 | 15.8 | |
| Health services | Hospital establishments as of 31.12. (number) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 |
| Hospital beds in the hospital establishments as of 31.12. (number) | 2 532 | 2 421 | 2 464 | 2 386 | 2 333 | |
| Physicians in health establishments as of 31.12. per 10 000 population (number) | 43.4 | 41.5 | 40.7 | 42.4 | 43.0 | |
| Education | Schools (primary, lower and upper secondary educations stage) - number | 121 | 121 | 121 | 121 | 120 |
| Enrolments in all type of schools (primary, lower and upper secondary educations stage) - number | 35 766 | 34 678 | 34 057 | 33 382 | 33 701 | |
| Group net enrolment rate of the children in kindergartens (%) | 76.9 | 76.9 | 78.7 | 78.3 | 79.0 | |
| Investments | Foreign direct investment in non-financial enterprises as of 31.12. (thousand euro) | 905 945.8 | 929 285.0 | 971 972.4 | 971 733.8 | 1 101 944.6 |
| Expenditure on acquisition of tangible fixed assets (thousand levs) | 779 391 | 829 012 | 890 117 | 778 566 | 852 617 | |
| Non-financial enterprises | Turnover (thousand levs) | 10 050 793 | 10 403 312 | 10 921 239 | 10 540 008 | 13 903 737 |
| Output (thousand levs) | 7 650 784 | 7 974 252 | 8 412 482 | 7 914 132 | 10 527 393 | |
| Value added at factor cost (thousand levs) | 3 345 395 | 3 283 560 | 3 547 453 | 3 494 841 | 4 213 515 | |
| Relative share of enterprises with up to 9 persons employed in total number of enterprises in the district (%) | 91.8 | 92.1 | 92.3 | 92.8 | 92.7 | |
| Relative share of enterprises with 10-49 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 6.0 | 6.1 | |
| Relative share of enterprises with 50-249 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Relative share of enterprises with more than 250 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| Transport | Length of motorways (km) | 92 | 93 | 93 | 93 | 93 |
| Length of category I roads (km) | 167 | 167 | 167 | 167 | 167 | |
| Length of category II roads (km) | 215 | 215 | 215 | 215 | 215 | |
| Length of category III roads (km) | 433 | 429 | 429 | 432 | 432 | |
| Length of railway lines (km) | 261 | 261 | 261 | 261 | 261 | |
| R & D | Expenditure on research and development (R & D) - thousand levs |
18 704 | 24 686 | 27 449 | 25 480 | 25 130 |
| Staff engaged in research and development (R & D) - number | 1 370 | 1 633 | 1 610 | 1 635 | 1 609 | |
| Information Society | Relative share of households with Internet access (%) | 66.8 | 71.4 | 77.9 | 76.0 | 78.8 |
| Relative share of individuals aged 16-74, regulary using internet (every day or at least once per week) - % | 65.8 | 63.5 | 64.0 | 61.7 | 63.0 | |
| Housing fund | Residential buildings (number) | 89 504 | 89 558 | 89 640 | 89 684 | 89 744 |
| Dwellings (number) | 175 788 | 175 969 | 176 421 | 176 750 | 177 477 | |
| Tourism | Accommodation establishments (number) | 58 | 55 | 58 | 66 | 65 |
| Nights spent - total (number) | 369 639 | 343 667 | 356 454 | 225 594 | 319 157 | |
1) The indicator "Unemployment" rate is calculated from Labour force survey data. |
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| 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. | ||||||
| .. confidential data | ||||||
| - no case registered | ||||||
| () due to small sample figures in brackets are not reliable | ||||||
29.12.2022
