District Kyustendil

 
district: KYUSTENDIL (KNL)
Domains Indicators Years
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Demographic statistics Population as of 31.12. - Total (number) 116 915 116 619 113 440 108 703 107 673
Population as of 31.12. - Мale (number) 56 922 56 699 55 037 52 220 51 739
Population as of 31.12. - Female (number) 59 993 59 920 58 403 56 483 55 934
Natural increase rate (per 1 000 persons of the population) - ‰ -13.2 -17.2 -22.0 -17.0 -13.8
Infant mortality rate (per 1 000 live births) - ‰ 5.7 3.8 1.3 2.5 1.3
Mortality rate - Total (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 20.6 24.0 28.6 24.4 20.9
Mortality rate - Male (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 23.2 26.2 30.5 26.7 22.5
Mortality rate - Female (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 18.2 21.9 26.9 22.3 19.3
Labour market Average annual number of employees under labour contract (number) 28 183 26 227 26 402 27 188 27 025
Average annual wages and salaries of the employees under labour contract (levs) 10 576 11 519 12 719 13 988 16 205
Economic activity rate - 15 - 64 completed years (%) 69.4 69.2 74.5 75.1 74.7
Employment rate - 15 - 64 completed years (%) 67.6 66.0 72.4 73.1 73.5
Unemployment rate (%) (2.6) (4.5) (2.7) (2.5) (1.6)
Unemployed persons registered at the labour offices as of 31.12. (number) 4 160 4 913 3 575 3 211 3 198
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with higher education (%) 21.5 24.0 23.6 22.8 26.0
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with secondary education (%) 72.9 68.9 69.9 73.1 70.1
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with primary or lower education (%) 5.6 7.1 6.4 4.1 (3.9)
Health services Hospital establishments as of 31.12. (number) 5 5 5 5 5
Hospital beds in the hospital establishments as of 31.12. (number) 1 004 1 004 1 004 988 988
Physicians in health establishments as of 31.12. per 10 000 population (number) 35.0 35.2 36.6 36.1 38.0
Education Schools (primary, lower and upper secondary educations stage) - number 41 36 37 37 37
Enrolments in all type of schools (primary, lower and upper secondary educations stage) - number 10 813 10 555 10 798 10 721 10 683
Group net enrolment rate of the children in kindergartens (%) 80.3 81.3 81.6 86.3 87.7
Investments Foreign direct investment in non-financial enterprises as of 31.12. (thousand euro) 43 398.1 40 859.1 40 428.2 46 274.9 58 513.9
Expenditure on acquisition of tangible fixed assets (thousand levs) 124 925 94 100 137 375 226 582 242 881
Non-financial enterprises Turnover (thousand levs) 1 971 997 1 896 358 2 289 302 2 835 176 3 203 486
Output (thousand levs) 1 498 260 1 454 577 1 595 248 2 101 809 2 394 401
Value added at factor cost (thousand levs) 495 133 504 880 460 125 583 180 707 266
Relative share of enterprises with up to 9 persons employed in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 94.0 94.3 94.2 95.1 95.2
Relative share of enterprises with 10-49 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 5.0 4.8 4.9 4.0 4.0
Relative share of enterprises with 50-249 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 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) 44 44 44 44 44
Length of category I roads (km) 85 85 85 84 84
Length of category II roads (km) 54 54 54 54 54
Length of category III roads (km) 446 438 438 439 439
Length of railway lines (km) 121 121 121 121 121
R & D Expenditure on research and development
(R & D) - thousand levs		 3 041 3 070 2 903 3 724 4 556
Staff engaged in research and development (R & D) - number 195 170 195 227 153
Information Society Relative share of households with Internet access (%) 62.5 78.6 77.3 87.4 83.2
Relative share of individuals aged 16-74, regulary using internet (every day or at least once per week) - % 46.7 74.9 59.3 61.3 71.7
Housing fund Residential buildings (number) 58 284 58 300 58 317 61 268 61 304
Dwellings (number) 86 926 86 954 86 995 91 963 92 021
Tourism Accommodation establishments (number) 92 88 94 117 114
Nights spent - total (number) 184 802 110 879 145 457 191 933 247 772
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