District Veliko Tarnovo

 
district: VELIKO TARNOVO (VTR)
Domains Indicators Years
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Demographic statistics Population as of 31.12. - Total (number) 232 568 229 718 225 674 204 033 202 232
Population as of 31.12. - Мale (number) 112 401 110 803 108 747 97 528 96 500
Population as of 31.12. - Female (number) 120 167 118 915 116 927 106 505 105 732
Natural increase rate (per 1 000 persons of the population) - ‰ -10.1 -12.3 -17.2 -13.5 -10.3
Infant mortality rate (per 1 000 live births) - ‰ 7.5 9.0 4.1 6.4 1.9
Mortality rate - Total (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 17.5 19.5 24.8 21.2 18.1
Mortality rate - Male (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 18.5 21.5 26.5 23.0 19.8
Mortality rate - Female (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 16.5 17.6 23.1 19.6 16.6
Labour market Average annual number of employees under labour contract (number) 66 087 62 535 62 436 63 148 63 149
Average annual wages and salaries of the employees under labour contract (levs) 11 619 13 008 14 545 16 105 18 473
Economic activity rate - 15 - 64 completed years (%) 80.4 77.9 75.2 73.7 75.8
Employment rate - 15 - 64 completed years (%) 78.7 75.9 72.4 71.5 73.1
Unemployment rate (%) (2.0) (2.6) 3.5 3.0 3.6
Unemployed persons registered at the labour offices as of 31.12. (number) 6 290 7 014 5 331 4 945 4 918
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with higher education (%) 29.6 29.7 28.2 27.8 30.0
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with secondary education (%) 61.5 60.1 65.0 65.0 62.0
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with primary or lower education (%) 8.9 10.1 6.8 7.1 8.1
Health services Hospital establishments as of 31.12. (number) 13 13 13 13 13
Hospital beds in the hospital establishments as of 31.12. (number) 1 564 1 576 1 576 1 569 1 541
Physicians in health establishments as of 31.12. per 10 000 population (number) 32.2 32.0 32.9 34.9 34.8
Education Schools (primary, lower and upper secondary educations stage) - number 83 83 83 83 84
Enrolments in all type of schools (primary, lower and upper secondary educations stage) - number 21 378 20 991 20 998 20 933 21 012
Group net enrolment rate of the children in kindergartens (%) 78.1 79.1 80.6 90.6 92.0
Investments Foreign direct investment in non-financial enterprises as of 31.12. (thousand euro) 127 449.7 92 723.8 74 090.3 283 182.8 351 169.0
Expenditure on acquisition of tangible fixed assets (thousand levs) 485 472 464 428 499 752 727 020 708 455
Non-financial enterprises Turnover (thousand levs) 5 493 479 5 703 208 6 540 270 8 522 293 8 763 934
Output (thousand levs) 3 679 310 3 708 871 4 247 587 5 871 431 5 704 013
Value added at factor cost (thousand levs) 1 291 169 1 385 913 1 413 975 1 806 821 1 728 650
Relative share of enterprises with up to 9 persons employed in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 91.9 92.4 92.2 92.8 92.9
Relative share of enterprises with 10-49 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 6.5 6.1 6.2 5.8 5.7
Relative share of enterprises with 50-249 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.2
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) - - - - -
Length of category I roads (km) 153 153 153 153 153
Length of category II roads (km) 141 141 141 141 140
Length of category III roads (km) 643 643 643 643 644
Length of railway lines (km) 236 236 236 236 235
R & D Expenditure on research and development
(R & D) - thousand levs		 4 500 4 892 4 294 5 723 5 861
Staff engaged in research and development (R & D) - number 569 569 787 879 906
Information Society Relative share of households with Internet access (%) 63.0 67.3 81.7 87.3 87.3
Relative share of individuals aged 16-74, regulary using internet (every day or at least once per week) - % 63.1 54.9 74.2 80.8 76.8
Housing fund Residential buildings (number) 89 490 89 567 89 631 84 534 84 622
Dwellings (number) 145 934 146 236 146 523 146 215 146 540
Tourism Accommodation establishments (number) 125 123 117 152 154
Nights spent - total (number) 386 596 224 109 279 694 317 103 329 257
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