District Gabrovo

 
district: GABROVO (GAB)
Domains Indicators Years
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Demographic statistics Population as of 31.12. - Total (number) 106 598 105 788 103 404 95 957 94 862
Population as of 31.12. - Мale (number) 51 298 50 874 49 703 45 500 44 996
Population as of 31.12. - Female (number) 55 300 54 914 53 701 50 457 49 866
Natural increase rate (per 1 000 persons of the population) - ‰ -12.7 -18.1 -22.1 -17.8 -15.1
Infant mortality rate (per 1 000 live births) - ‰ 0.0 6.4 6.6 1.5 1.5
Mortality rate - Total (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 19.7 24.0 27.9 24.9 21.9
Mortality rate - Male (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 20.8 25.5 28.2 26.1 23.1
Mortality rate - Female (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 18.6 22.5 27.5 23.9 20.8
Labour market Average annual number of employees under labour contract (number) 38 470 36 919 38 051 38 346 37 788
Average annual wages and salaries of the employees under labour contract (levs) 12 895 13 902 15 771 17 118 19 377
Economic activity rate - 15 - 64 completed years (%) 73.4 72.8 72.7 77.1 77.6
Employment rate - 15 - 64 completed years (%) 70.1 67.7 67.7 71.2 70.5
Unemployment rate (%) (4.5) (6.8) (6.7) 7.4 9.0
Unemployed persons registered at the labour offices as of 31.12. (number) 1 946 2 891 1 710 1 763 1 743
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with higher education (%) 29.0 23.1 24.6 23.2 23.4
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with secondary education (%) 58.4 66.3 63.7 63.2 60.5
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with primary or lower education (%) 12.6 10.6 11.7 13.6 16.1
Health services Hospital establishments as of 31.12. (number) 6 7 7 7 7
Hospital beds in the hospital establishments as of 31.12. (number) 858 905 905 905 915
Physicians in health establishments as of 31.12. per 10 000 population (number) 39.2 37.7 37.6 40.4 41.1
Education Schools (primary, lower and upper secondary educations stage) - number 31 30 30 30 30
Enrolments in all type of schools (primary, lower and upper secondary educations stage) - number 9 743 10 947 9 607 9 503 9 378
Group net enrolment rate of the children in kindergartens (%) 85.0 85.1 85.7 89.7 91.3
Investments Foreign direct investment in non-financial enterprises as of 31.12. (thousand euro) 340 908.7 347 581.9 353 712.1 425 746.2 459 360.9
Expenditure on acquisition of tangible fixed assets (thousand levs) 238 310 200 180 257 278 357 887 403 962
Non-financial enterprises Turnover (thousand levs) 3 723 356 3 736 861 4 499 952 5 607 425 5 971 105
Output (thousand levs) 2 644 935 2 633 124 3 161 472 3 973 047 4 137 724
Value added at factor cost (thousand levs) 911 407 960 592 1 023 505 1 224 151 1 431 605
Relative share of enterprises with up to 9 persons employed in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 91.9 92.6 92.4 92.6 92.7
Relative share of enterprises with 10-49 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 6.4 5.8 6.0 5.7 5.7
Relative share of enterprises with 50-249 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4
Relative share of enterprises with more than 250 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2
Transport Length of motorways (km) - - - - -
Length of category I roads (km) 86 85 86 86 86
Length of category II roads (km) 31 31 30 30 30
Length of category III roads (km) 387 402 402 402 402
Length of railway lines (km) 74 74 74 74 74
R & D Expenditure on research and development
(R & D) - thousand levs		 8 078 8 937 9 438 9 536 12 767
Staff engaged in research and development (R & D) - number 527 335 387 513 636
Information Society Relative share of households with Internet access (%) 74.9 77.5 83.7 88.8 91.0
Relative share of individuals aged 16-74, regulary using internet (every day or at least once per week) - % 70.9 73.9 74.6 75.1 77.7
Housing fund Residential buildings (number) 44 095 44 155 44 235 42 737 42 782
Dwellings (number) 79 892 79 995 80 110 78 440 78 490
Tourism Accommodation establishments (number) 67 62 62 81 79
Nights spent - total (number) 221 780 110 852 147 029 208 057 209 144
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