District Lovech

 
district: LOVECH (LOV)
Domains Indicators Years
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Demographic statistics Population as of 31.12. - Total (number) 122 546 122 490 119 780 113 356 112 225
Population as of 31.12. - Мale (number) 59 658 59 580 58 181 54 868 54 243
Population as of 31.12. - Female (number) 62 888 62 910 61 599 58 488 57 982
Natural increase rate (per 1 000 persons of the population) - ‰ -13.1 -14.5 -19.2 -14.6 -11.8
Infant mortality rate (per 1 000 live births) - ‰ 2.1 5.1 6.2 7.0 4.2
Mortality rate - Total (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 20.9 22.5 27.2 23.4 20.2
Mortality rate - Male (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 22.5 24.2 29.2 25.1 21.7
Mortality rate - Female (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 19.4 20.9 25.3 21.7 18.7
Labour market Average annual number of employees under labour contract (number) 31 915 30 310 30 955 31 353 30 600
Average annual wages and salaries of the employees under labour contract (levs) 11 365 12 594 14 244 15 704 17 963
Economic activity rate - 15 - 64 completed years (%) 71.8 67.3 69.4 71.9 65.8
Employment rate - 15 - 64 completed years (%) 67.0 64.1 65.5 69.6 63.7
Unemployment rate (%) 6.5 (4.8) (5.6) (3.2) (3.0)
Unemployed persons registered at the labour offices as of 31.12. (number) 5 559 5 503 4 143 3 972 4 044
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with higher education (%) 19.1 20.5 17.5 13.9 17.6
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with secondary education (%) 67.4 64.6 67.5 73.4 68.8
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with primary or lower education (%) 13.5 14.9 14.9 12.7 13.7
Health services Hospital establishments as of 31.12. (number) 8 8 8 8 8
Hospital beds in the hospital establishments as of 31.12. (number) 1 066 1 003 1 011 1 011 1 011
Physicians in health establishments as of 31.12. per 10 000 population (number) 38.6 37.9 38.4 38.5 37.8
Education Schools (primary, lower and upper secondary educations stage) - number 55 55 55 55 55
Enrolments in all type of schools (primary, lower and upper secondary educations stage) - number 12 890 12 494 12 540 12 470 12 265
Group net enrolment rate of the children in kindergartens (%) 78.6 77.4 79.6 85.0 86.4
Investments Foreign direct investment in non-financial enterprises as of 31.12. (thousand euro) 147 116.9 139 125.1 129 999.5 142 300.3 149 824.7
Expenditure on acquisition of tangible fixed assets (thousand levs) 169 521 141 033 170 479 244 907 412 783
Non-financial enterprises Turnover (thousand levs) 2 468 269 2 380 628 2 835 368 3 430 546 3 610 306
Output (thousand levs) 1 814 387 1 753 124 2 056 331 2 574 808 2 678 349
Value added at factor cost (thousand levs) 594 659 635 411 639 821 751 076 830 170
Relative share of enterprises with up to 9 persons employed in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 92.4 93.0 92.6 93.5 93.3
Relative share of enterprises with 10-49 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 6.1 5.8 6.1 5.3 5.6
Relative share of enterprises with 50-249 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.9
Relative share of enterprises with more than 250 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2
Transport Length of motorways (km) 18 17 17 17 16
Length of category I roads (km) 105 105 105 105 105
Length of category II roads (km) 77 78 78 78 78
Length of category III roads (km) 555 555 555 555 556
Length of railway lines (km) 108 108 108 108 108
R & D Expenditure on research and development
(R & D) - thousand levs		 9 047 7 026 7 983 8 433 8 374
Staff engaged in research and development (R & D) - number 399 317 293 277 210
Information Society Relative share of households with Internet access (%) 66.8 77.2 78.1 87.5 77.4
Relative share of individuals aged 16-74, regulary using internet (every day or at least once per week) - % 60.8 73.6 69.5 78.6 69.3
Housing fund Residential buildings (number) 75 387 75 419 75 453 68 238 68 298
Dwellings (number) 94 934 94 973 95 014 92 348 92 438
Tourism Accommodation establishments (number) 78 78 72 102 121
Nights spent - total (number) 272 184 197 397 257 080 297 588 306 785
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