District Ruse

 
district: RUSE (RSE)
Domains Indicators Years
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Demographic statistics Population as of 31.12. - Total (number) 215 477 212 729 209 084 189 623 187 830
Population as of 31.12. - Мale (number) 105 026 103 521 101 745 90 591 89 757
Population as of 31.12. - Female (number) 110 451 109 208 107 339 99 032 98 073
Natural increase rate (per 1 000 persons of the population) - ‰ -10.2 -13.5 -17.6 -15.1 -10.7
Infant mortality rate (per 1 000 live births) - ‰ 6.0 2.0 5.8 8.2 3.6
Mortality rate - Total (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 17.1 20.5 24.9 22.1 18.0
Mortality rate - Male (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 18.3 22.7 26.1 23.7 19.4
Mortality rate - Female (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 15.9 18.4 23.8 20.6 16.8
Labour market Average annual number of employees under labour contract (number) 66 908 62 815 63 365 65 096 64 978
Average annual wages and salaries of the employees under labour contract (levs) 12 329 13 591 15 443 17 154 19 662
Economic activity rate - 15 - 64 completed years (%) 71.9 73.3 75.0 75.2 75.0
Employment rate - 15 - 64 completed years (%) 69.6 71.4 71.6 72.5 73.3
Unemployment rate (%) 3.1 (2.6) 4.4 3.4 (2.2)
Unemployed persons registered at the labour offices as of 31.12. (number) 5 905 6 975 4 878 4 663 4 840
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with higher education (%) 30.9 31.2 30.7 28.9 28.9
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with secondary education (%) 57.7 57.1 57.7 60.2 60.1
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with primary or lower education (%) 11.4 11.7 11.7 10.9 11.0
Health services Hospital establishments as of 31.12. (number) 9 9 9 9 9
Hospital beds in the hospital establishments as of 31.12. (number) 1 786 1 850 1 966 1 966 1 960
Physicians in health establishments as of 31.12. per 10 000 population (number) 37.4 37.3 38.4 43.0 44.7
Education Schools (primary, lower and upper secondary educations stage) - number 70 68 68 67 67
Enrolments in all type of schools (primary, lower and upper secondary educations stage) - number 19 501 19 336 18 988 18 856 18 637
Group net enrolment rate of the children in kindergartens (%) 78.4 77.9 78.0 90.9 90.8
Investments Foreign direct investment in non-financial enterprises as of 31.12. (thousand euro) 426 453.9 445 185.5 473 044.1 531 601.6 570 064.0
Expenditure on acquisition of tangible fixed assets (thousand levs) 439 551 446 845 574 224 700 743 737 214
Non-financial enterprises Turnover (thousand levs) 10 087 598 9 288 591 12 933 389 20 417 799 15 996 683
Output (thousand levs) 5 376 395 5 225 061 6 766 750 8 785 386 8 083 111
Value added at factor cost (thousand levs) 1 744 904 1 756 868 1 944 909 1 905 981 1 910 377
Relative share of enterprises with up to 9 persons employed in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 92.0 92.3 92.3 92.8 92.7
Relative share of enterprises with 10-49 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 6.5 6.3 6.3 5.9 6.0
Relative share of enterprises with 50-249 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1
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) 110 110 110 110 110
Length of category II roads (km) 155 155 155 155 155
Length of category III roads (km) 244 244 244 244 244
Length of railway lines (km) 155 155 155 155 155
R & D Expenditure on research and development
(R & D) - thousand levs		 13 761 14 390 15 720 18 903 23 936
Staff engaged in research and development (R & D) - number 1 141 1 144 1 110 1 130 1 066
Information Society Relative share of households with Internet access (%) 84.4 80.0 87.9 88.8 82.2
Relative share of individuals aged 16-74, regulary using internet (every day or at least once per week) - % 74.7 68.9 81.0 84.9 79.2
Housing fund Residential buildings (number) 65 025 65 077 65 123 60 864 60 939
Dwellings (number) 126 184 126 599 126 782 123 795 124 042
Tourism Accommodation establishments (number) 57 57 56 68 68
Nights spent - total (number) 180 482 90 357 131 207 173 587 200 543
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