District Shumen

 
district: SHUMEN (SHU)
Domains Indicators Years
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Demographic statistics Population as of 31.12. - Total (number) 172 262 171 781 169 423 149 628 149 699
Population as of 31.12. - Мale (number) 83 922 83 696 82 477 72 514 72 582
Population as of 31.12. - Female (number) 88 340 88 085 86 946 77 114 77 117
Natural increase rate (per 1 000 persons of the population) - ‰ -7.4 -11.0 -15.1 -11.7 -9.1
Infant mortality rate (per 1 000 live births) - ‰ 3.5 8.2 8.2 2.5 4.9
Mortality rate - Total (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 15.6 18.1 22.3 19.8 17.4
Mortality rate - Male (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 17.3 19.2 23.4 21.1 18.6
Mortality rate - Female (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 14.0 17.1 21.2 18.5 16.3
Labour market Average annual number of employees under labour contract (number) 42 900 41 818 42 383 42 548 42 544
Average annual wages and salaries of the employees under labour contract (levs) 12 124 13 345 15 105 16 702 19 168
Economic activity rate - 15 - 64 completed years (%) 74.2 75.0 75.0 76.5 77.5
Employment rate - 15 - 64 completed years (%) 66.6 66.5 64.4 66.4 70.1
Unemployment rate (%) 10.1 11.1 13.7 13.0 9.4
Unemployed persons registered at the labour offices as of 31.12. (number) 7 344 7 843 6 068 6 306 6 769
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with higher education (%) 23.7 24.6 24.5 25.7 29.2
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with secondary education (%) 46.7 48.4 48.2 48.9 47.3
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with primary or lower education (%) 29.5 27.1 27.8 25.3 23.5
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) 933 891 890 850 860
Physicians in health establishments as of 31.12. per 10 000 population (number) 30.0 29.6 29.6 33.7 34.2
Education Schools (primary, lower and upper secondary educations stage) - number 65 65 64 64 64
Enrolments in all type of schools (primary, lower and upper secondary educations stage) - number 17 205 16 703 16 510 16 041 15 927
Group net enrolment rate of the children in kindergartens (%) 77.9 78.2 75.9 88.7 90.8
Investments Foreign direct investment in non-financial enterprises as of 31.12. (thousand euro) 114 319.0 118 034.1 120 838.8 204 421.9 209 328.5
Expenditure on acquisition of tangible fixed assets (thousand levs) 310 288 305 285 323 614 419 122 467 089
Non-financial enterprises Turnover (thousand levs) 3 987 438 4 033 010 5 042 303 6 631 636 6 478 407
Output (thousand levs) 2 876 488 2 853 772 3 607 381 4 773 945 4 675 242
Value added at factor cost (thousand levs) 900 048 907 542 895 070 1 175 184 1 303 630
Relative share of enterprises with up to 9 persons employed in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 92.8 92.8 92.7 93.8 94.0
Relative share of enterprises with 10-49 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 5.8 5.8 5.9 5.1 5.0
Relative share of enterprises with 50-249 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.8 0.8
Relative share of enterprises with more than 250 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2
Transport Length of motorways (km) 37 37 37 47 47
Length of category I roads (km) 188 188 188 187 187
Length of category II roads (km) 77 77 77 77 78
Length of category III roads (km) 316 316 316 318 317
Length of railway lines (km) 155 155 155 155 155
R & D Expenditure on research and development
(R & D) - thousand levs		 16 274 13 294 12 947 15 826 19 479
Staff engaged in research and development (R & D) - number 769 735 722 720 724
Information Society Relative share of households with Internet access (%) 77.3 82.5 84.6 86.8 87.6
Relative share of individuals aged 16-74, regulary using internet (every day or at least once per week) - % 65.5 71.7 74.6 84.7 86.0
Housing fund Residential buildings (number) 53 337 53 380 53 427 52 291 52 361
Dwellings (number) 89 043 89 268 89 460 89 519 89 787
Tourism Accommodation establishments (number) 70 70 75 86 83
Nights spent - total (number) 92 768 61 282 63 473 75 908 77 034
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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18.02.2025