District Smolyan

 
district: SMOLYAN (SML)
Domains Indicators Years
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Demographic statistics Population as of 31.12. - Total (number) 103 532 101 887 99 318 93 354 92 107
Population as of 31.12. - Мale (number) 49 930 48 940 47 662 44 674 44 055
Population as of 31.12. - Female (number) 53 602 52 947 51 656 48 680 48 052
Natural increase rate (per 1 000 persons of the population) - ‰ -9.7 -14.4 -16.8 -14.6 -11.8
Infant mortality rate (per 1 000 live births) - ‰ 1.5 4.8 6.8 2.1 4.2
Mortality rate - Total (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 15.9 20.5 22.6 19.7 16.9
Mortality rate - Male (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 17.7 22.7 24.4 22.1 18.1
Mortality rate - Female (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 14.3 18.5 21.0 17.5 15.9
Labour market Average annual number of employees under labour contract (number) 31 982 30 489 31 136 31 529 31 180
Average annual wages and salaries of the employees under labour contract (levs) 11 106 12 037 13 379 14 633 16 682
Economic activity rate - 15 - 64 completed years (%) 73.0 74.0 70.6 71.9 75.1
Employment rate - 15 - 64 completed years (%) 66.5 65.2 64.3 67.7 70.8
Unemployment rate (%) 8.8 11.5 9.1 6.3 (5.7)
Unemployed persons registered at the labour offices as of 31.12. (number) 5 286 5 641 4 382 4 436 4 305
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with higher education (%) 23.5 23.5 23.9 23.8 24.9
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with secondary education (%) 62.2 62.5 62.9 62.9 62.1
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with primary or lower education (%) 14.3 14.0 13.2 13.3 13.0
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) 1 054 1 060 1 060 1 060 1 060
Physicians in health establishments as of 31.12. per 10 000 population (number) 31.1 30.5 30.7 32.5 33.1
Education Schools (primary, lower and upper secondary educations stage) - number 61 58 58 58 57
Enrolments in all type of schools (primary, lower and upper secondary educations stage) - number 9 510 9 205 8 957 8 767 8 687
Group net enrolment rate of the children in kindergartens (%) 87.2 84.9 85.3 95.0 96.8
Investments Foreign direct investment in non-financial enterprises as of 31.12. (thousand euro) 91 260.0 58 046.8 69 577.4 81 631.8 103 598.9
Expenditure on acquisition of tangible fixed assets (thousand levs) 266 158 223 862 273 015 290 899 348 048
Non-financial enterprises Turnover (thousand levs) 2 005 201 1 932 403 2 155 316 2 638 951 2 898 621
Output (thousand levs) 1 629 600 1 594 457 1 771 810 2 197 287 2 381 216
Value added at factor cost (thousand levs) 623 161 669 143 643 117 750 081 887 252
Relative share of enterprises with up to 9 persons employed in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 92.2 92.6 92.3 92.9 93.5
Relative share of enterprises with 10-49 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 6.3 6.1 6.2 5.9 5.5
Relative share of enterprises with 50-249 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.0 0.8
Relative share of enterprises with more than 250 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2
Transport Length of motorways (km) - - - - -
Length of category I roads (km) - - - - -
Length of category II roads (km) 110 110 110 110 110
Length of category III roads (km) 429 429 429 429 429
Length of railway lines (km) - - - - -
R & D Expenditure on research and development
(R & D) - thousand levs		 .. 708 2 171 3 427 3 447
Staff engaged in research and development (R & D) - number 218 214 180 225 228
Information Society Relative share of households with Internet access (%) 82.4 73.6 76.3 90.3 86.9
Relative share of individuals aged 16-74, regulary using internet (every day or at least once per week) - % 68.1 64.8 74.0 82.3 83.1
Housing fund Residential buildings (number) 36 148 36 172 36 202 38 755 38 772
Dwellings (number) 66 036 66 103 66 151 74 310 74 339
Tourism Accommodation establishments (number) 339 324 311 313 294
Nights spent - total (number) 802 026 627 142 608 175 753 356 813 518
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