| Domains | Indicators | Years | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||
| Demographic statistics | Population as of 31.12. - Total (number) | 6 916 548 | 6 838 937 | 6 447 710 | 6 445 481 | 6 437 360 |
| Population as of 31.12. - Мale (number) | 3 349 715 | 3 311 311 | 3 099 503 | 3 097 698 | 3 095 140 | |
| Population as of 31.12. - Female (number) | 3 566 833 | 3 527 626 | 3 348 207 | 3 347 783 | 3 342 220 | |
| Natural increase rate (per 1000 persons of the population) - ‰ | -9.5 | -13.2 | -9.6 | -6.8 | -7.3 | |
| Infant mortality rate (per 1000 live births) - ‰ | 5.1 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.5 | |
| Mortality rate - Total (per 1000 population) - ‰ | 18.0 | 21.7 | 18.4 | 15.7 | 15.6 | |
| Mortality rate - Male (per 1000 population) - ‰ | 19.6 | 23.2 | 19.8 | 16.9 | 16.8 | |
| Mortality rate - Female (per 1000 population) - ‰ | 16.4 | 20.2 | 17.0 | 14.5 | 14.6 | |
| Labour market | Average annual number of employees under labour contract (number) | 2 211 773 | 2 248 934 | 2 278 832 | 2 302 922 | 2 323 880 |
| Average annual wages and salaries of the employees under labour contract (levs) | 16 687 | 18 733 | 21 242 | 24 485 | 27 898 | |
| Economic activity rate - 15 - 64 completed years (%) | 72.2 | 72.3 | 73.7 | 73.9 | 74.0 | |
| Employment rate - 15 - 64 completed years (%) | 68.5 | 68.5 | 70.6 | 70.7 | 70.9 | |
| Unemployment rate (%) | 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.2 | |
| Unemployed persons registered at the labour offices as of 31.12. (number) | 220 292 | 157 283 | 153 944 | 158 205 | 148 248 | |
| Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with higher education (%) | 29.2 | 29.7 | 29.9 | 30.5 | 33.8 | |
| Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with secondary education (%) | 53.9 | 54.0 | 54.5 | 54.7 | 53.1 | |
| Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with primary or lower education (%) | 16.9 | 16.3 | 15.6 | 14.8 | 13.1 | |
| Health services | Hospital establishments as of 31.12. (number) | 342 | 341 | 341 | 341 | 341 |
| Hospital beds in the hospital establishments as of 31.12. (number) | 54 216 | 54 491 | 54 707 | 55 724 | 56 061 | |
| Physicians in health establishments as of 31.12. per 10 000 population (number) | 43.0 | 43.3 | 45.9 | 46.4 | 46.8 | |
| Education | Schools (primary, lower and upper secondary educations stage) - number | 2 355 | 2 352 | 2 347 | 2 341 | 2 329 |
| Enrolments in all type of schools (primary, lower and upper secondary educations stage) - number | 703 752 | 708 696 | 706 287 | 710 991 | 713 498 | |
| Group net enrolment rate of the children in kindergartens (%) | 78.1 | 79.1 | 87.3 | 87.9 | 88.6 | |
| Investments | Foreign direct investment in non-financial enterprises as of 31.12. (thousand euro) | 26 884 352 | 28 184 293 | 29 376 480 | 32 717 944 | 33 904 703 |
| Expenditure on acquisition of tangible fixed assets (thousand levs) | 23 157 131 | 23 035 610 | 27 522 260 | 33 503 298 | 37 290 032 | |
| Non-financial enterprises | Turnover (thousand levs) | 306 227 818 | 374 122 989 | 506 129 325 | 493 649 786 | 517 802 123 |
| Output (thousand levs) | 188 218 629 | 214 877 232 | 278 877 242 | 289 172 315 | 310 247 926 | |
| Value added at factor cost (thousand levs) | 72 472 590 | 75 018 117 | 93 330 266 | 100 799 393 | 112 969 300 | |
| Relative share of enterprises with up to 9 persons employed in total number of enterprises in the district (%) | 93.1 | 92.9 | 93.4 | 93.5 | 93.6 | |
| Relative share of enterprises with 10-49 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.2 | |
| Relative share of enterprises with 50-249 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 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 | 0.2 | |
| Transport | Length of motorways (km) | 806 | 806 | 825 | 840 | 845 |
| Length of category I roads (km) | 2 883 | 2 883 | 2 879 | 2 879 | 2 886 | |
| Length of category II roads (km) | 4 019 | 4 019 | 4 019 | 4 019 | 4 021 | |
| Length of category III roads (km) | 12 209 | 12 217 | 12 219 | 12 230 | 12 234 | |
| Length of railway lines (km) | 4 029 | 4 031 | 4 029 | 4 029 | 4 025 | |
| R & D | Expenditure on research and development (R & D) - thousand levs |
1 023 790 | 1 074 004 | 1 265 635 | 1 467 491 | 1 574 139 |
| Staff engaged in research and development (R & D) - number | 35 087 | 34 613 | 37 056 | 35 179 | 36 401 | |
| Information Society | Relative share of households with Internet access (%) | 78.9 | 83.5 | 87.3 | 88.5 | 92.1 |
| Relative share of individuals aged 16-74, regulary using internet (every day or at least once per week) - % | 69.2 | 73.9 | 79.0 | 79.8 | 81.9 | |
| Housing fund | Residential buildings (number) | 2 081 904 | 2 084 807 | 2 061 839 | 2 066 323 | 2 070 600 |
| Dwellings (number) | 3 985 172 | 4 001 873 | 4 282 656 | 4 304 231 | 4 324 193 | |
| Tourism | Accommodation establishments (number) | 3 317 | 3 335 | 4 031 | 4 019 | 4 049 |
| Nights spent - total (number) | 11 968 483 | 17 620 268 | 24 173 291 | 26 865 046 | 27 646 201 | |
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). |
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| 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) For the indicators ‘Schools (primary, lower and upper secondary education)’, ‘Enrolments in all type of schools (primary, lower and upper secondary education)’ and ‘Group net enrolment rate of the children in kindergartens’: the reference year refers to the year in which the respective school year begins; for example, reference year 2021 corresponds to the 2021/2022 school year. | ||||||
| 5) For the indicators ‘Enrolments in all type of schools (primary, lower and upper secondary education)’ and ‘Group net enrolment rate of the children in kindergartens’: break in the time series since 2021 (2021/2022 school year) due to a change of the data source. | ||||||
| 6) For the indicator ‘Group net enrolment rate of the children in kindergartens’: The rate is calculated as a percentage of the number of enrolments in pre-primary education in the age group 3-6 years to the number of the population in the same age group. Break in the time series since 2022 (2022/2023 school year) due to a new population estimate based on the data from the 2021 Census. | ||||||
| 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. | ||||||
| .. confidential data | ||||||
| - no case registered | ||||||
| () due to small sample figures in brackets are not reliable | ||||||
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