District Dobrich

 
district: DOBRICH (DOB)
Domains Indicators Years
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Demographic statistics Population as of 31.12. - Total (number) 171 809 170 298 167 314 147 208 146 635
Population as of 31.12. - Мale (number) 83 378 82 505 80 910 70 448 70 051
Population as of 31.12. - Female (number) 88 431 87 793 86 404 76 760 76 584
Natural increase rate (per 1 000 persons of the population) - ‰ -9.0 -11.9 -16.6 -13.9 -10.7
Infant mortality rate (per 1 000 live births) - ‰ 7.4 5.7 7.0 10.2 3.5
Mortality rate - Total (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 16.8 19.1 23.4 21.2 18.5
Mortality rate - Male (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 18.6 21.2 26.0 23.1 20.4
Mortality rate - Female (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 15.2 17.0 20.9 19.4 16.7
Labour market Average annual number of employees under labour contract (number) 39 031 35 797 35 823 36 955 36 855
Average annual wages and salaries of the employees under labour contract (levs) 11 440 12 548 14 099 15 837 18 200
Economic activity rate - 15 - 64 completed years (%) 72.0 69.9 68.9 72.1 69.7
Employment rate - 15 - 64 completed years (%) 66.9 63.2 62.9 66.5 63.9
Unemployment rate (%) 7.0 9.4 8.3 7.4 8.2
Unemployed persons registered at the labour offices as of 31.12. (number) 4 947 5 418 3 431 3 378 3 380
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with higher education (%) 21.1 22.3 20.6 18.3 18.7
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with secondary education (%) 54.1 52.2 54.3 56.2 53.0
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with primary or lower education (%) 24.8 25.6 25.1 25.4 28.4
Health services Hospital establishments as of 31.12. (number) 7 7 7 7 7
Hospital beds in the hospital establishments as of 31.12. (number) 755 755 756 826 785
Physicians in health establishments as of 31.12. per 10 000 population (number) 27.2 26.7 26.7 30.5 30.1
Education Schools (primary, lower and upper secondary educations stage) - number 69 67 67 67 67
Enrolments in all type of schools (primary, lower and upper secondary educations stage) - number 15 389 15 237 14 998 14 519 14 301
Group net enrolment rate of the children in kindergartens (%) 76.6 75.6 75.9 86.9 87.2
Investments Foreign direct investment in non-financial enterprises as of 31.12. (thousand euro) 291 939.3 369 227.0 306 582.3 336 156.7 344 547.5
Expenditure on acquisition of tangible fixed assets (thousand levs) 309 790 380 636 307 505 483 883 450 029
Non-financial enterprises Turnover (thousand levs) 3 862 227 3 491 655 4 609 897 5 929 104 5 842 854
Output (thousand levs) 2 488 669 2 178 931 3 025 417 4 144 580 3 490 917
Value added at factor cost (thousand levs) 961 340 873 715 1 059 956 1 483 822 1 122 163
Relative share of enterprises with up to 9 persons employed in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 93.5 94.2 93.9 94.7 94.8
Relative share of enterprises with 10-49 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 5.6 5.0 5.3 4.5 4.4
Relative share of enterprises with 50-249 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
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) - - - - -
Length of category I roads (km) 83 83 83 83 83
Length of category II roads (km) 242 242 242 242 242
Length of category III roads (km) 498 498 498 498 498
Length of railway lines (km) 60 60 60 60 60
R & D Expenditure on research and development
(R & D) - thousand levs		 4 794 5 649 .. 5 676 4 847
Staff engaged in research and development (R & D) - number .. 331 .. 344 297
Information Society Relative share of households with Internet access (%) 70.0 70.4 68.1 75.4 85.9
Relative share of individuals aged 16-74, regulary using internet (every day or at least once per week) - % 56.5 53.7 61.8 60.9 73.3
Housing fund Residential buildings (number) 60 580 60 671 60 808 59 874 59 987
Dwellings (number) 102 419 102 536 102 799 103 658 103 872
Tourism Accommodation establishments (number) 180 152 155 187 190
Nights spent - total (number) 2 223 237 853 193 1 216 325 1 399 375 1 600 030
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