District Varna

 
district: VARNA (VAR)
Domains Indicators Years
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Demographic statistics Population as of 31.12. - Total (number) 469 885 470 124 468 614 430 847 434 191
Population as of 31.12. - Мale (number) 228 712 228 625 227 990 207 158 208 422
Population as of 31.12. - Female (number) 241 173 241 499 240 624 223 689 225 769
Natural increase rate (per 1 000 persons of the population) - ‰ -3.6 -5.7 -9.2 -6.9 -4.7
Infant mortality rate (per 1 000 live births) - ‰ 4.4 3.6 4.3 2.5 4.4
Mortality rate - Total (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 12.7 14.7 18.1 16.1 13.6
Mortality rate - Male (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 13.8 15.9 19.2 17.8 14.5
Mortality rate - Female (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 11.7 13.6 17.1 14.6 12.7
Labour market Average annual number of employees under labour contract (number) 153 399 141 656 145 492 148 029 150 730
Average annual wages and salaries of the employees under labour contract (levs) 14 282 15 299 17 201 19 448 22 587
Economic activity rate - 15 - 64 completed years (%) 71.7 71.8 75.3 78.1 77.1
Employment rate - 15 - 64 completed years (%) 69.6 70.2 74.1 77.4 77.0
Unemployment rate (%) 3.0 2.1 1.7 0.9 (0.2)
Unemployed persons registered at the labour offices as of 31.12. (number) 9 425 12 494 7 112 7 217 7 136
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with higher education (%) 25.3 24.8 30.2 34.6 36.6
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with secondary education (%) 55.9 60.7 54.1 49.6 48.2
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with primary or lower education (%) 18.8 14.4 15.7 15.8 15.2
Health services Hospital establishments as of 31.12. (number) 16 16 16 16 16
Hospital beds in the hospital establishments as of 31.12. (number) 2 666 2 665 2 572 2 732 2 778
Physicians in health establishments as of 31.12. per 10 000 population (number) 50.7 50.9 50.7 54.6 54.5
Education Schools (primary, lower and upper secondary educations stage) - number 125 125 125 124 123
Enrolments in all type of schools (primary, lower and upper secondary educations stage) - number 49 037 48 927 49 508 49 898 50 682
Group net enrolment rate of the children in kindergartens (%) 80.1 80.4 81.2 90.3 90.5
Investments Foreign direct investment in non-financial enterprises as of 31.12. (thousand euro) 1 748 716.0 1 487 864.7 1 548 314.6 1 714 859.7 1 853 647.2
Expenditure on acquisition of tangible fixed assets (thousand levs) 1 284 025 1 056 602 1 263 589 1 535 414 1 538 429
Non-financial enterprises Turnover (thousand levs) 18 743 965 17 693 257 23 053 445 28 970 162 27 436 937
Output (thousand levs) 10 939 422 10 059 383 12 519 136 16 060 570 15 889 620
Value added at factor cost (thousand levs) 4 400 250 4 257 382 4 688 638 5 773 161 5 869 303
Relative share of enterprises with up to 9 persons employed in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 92.9 93.2 93.0 93.2 93.2
Relative share of enterprises with 10-49 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 5.9 5.7 5.9 5.7 5.7
Relative share of enterprises with 50-249 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Relative share of enterprises with more than 250 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Transport Length of motorways (km) 58 58 58 58 58
Length of category I roads (km) 139 139 139 139 140
Length of category II roads (km) 43 43 43 43 42
Length of category III roads (km) 478 478 478 478 475
Length of railway lines (km) 197 197 199 199 199
R & D Expenditure on research and development
(R & D) - thousand levs		 42 560 26 459 29 979 44 527 46 652
Staff engaged in research and development (R & D) - number 2 601 2 383 2 386 2 531 2 415
Information Society Relative share of households with Internet access (%) 73.5 77.5 91.1 87.7 87.0
Relative share of individuals aged 16-74, regulary using internet (every day or at least once per week) - % 67.9 72.5 81.2 83.1 78.3
Housing fund Residential buildings (number) 100 730 101 078 101 470 105 333 105 794
Dwellings (number) 263 333 266 328 269 748 283 617 286 816
Tourism Accommodation establishments (number) 468 391 401 405 411
Nights spent - total (number) 5 526 625 1 927 181 3 335 420 4 073 641 4 565 334
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