District Sofia (Stolitsa)

 
district: SOFIA (STOLITSA) (SOF)
Domains Indicators Years
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Demographic statistics Population as of 31.12. - Total (number) 1 328 790 1 308 412 1 307 439 1 280 334 1 286 965
Population as of 31.12. - Мale (number) 637 465 627 198 628 006 611 000 615 009
Population as of 31.12. - Female (number) 691 325 681 214 679 433 669 334 671 956
Natural increase rate (per 1 000 persons of the population) - ‰ -2.0 -3.5 -6.8 -3.4 -1.5
Infant mortality rate (per 1 000 live births) - ‰ 2.5 2.4 3.2 2.5 2.2
Mortality rate - Total (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 11.8 13.4 16.8 13.4 11.4
Mortality rate - Male (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 12.1 14.4 17.7 13.8 11.9
Mortality rate - Female (per 1 000 population) - ‰ 11.5 12.5 15.8 13.0 10.9
Labour market Average annual number of employees under labour contract (number) 768 471 747 440 761 304 768 766 782 593
Average annual wages and salaries of the employees under labour contract (levs) 21 040 22 950 25 724 29 698 34 262
Economic activity rate - 15 - 64 completed years (%) 77.7 76.6 77.1 80.0 78.7
Employment rate - 15 - 64 completed years (%) 76.4 74.4 75.1 78.0 76.5
Unemployment rate (%) 1.6 2.8 2.6 2.4 2.7
Unemployed persons registered at the labour offices as of 31.12. (number) 11 904 20 216 10 207 10 340 10 689
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with higher education (%) 52.8 56.8 12.5 57.3 54.1
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with secondary education (%) 42.3 39.3 73.6 38.7 41.2
Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with primary or lower education (%) 4.9 3.9 13.8 4.0 4.7
Health services Hospital establishments as of 31.12. (number) 65 66 67 67 67
Hospital beds in the hospital establishments as of 31.12. (number) 10 661 10 868 10 774 10 712 11 040
Physicians in health establishments as of 31.12. per 10 000 population (number) 51.2 55.5 54.5 55.9 56.9
Education Schools (primary, lower and upper secondary educations stage) - number 273 275 277 281 280
Enrolments in all type of schools (primary, lower and upper secondary educations stage) - number 133 907 135 983 139 472 142 354 145 096
Group net enrolment rate of the children in kindergartens (%) 80.3 79.3 81.6 87.6 87.5
Investments Foreign direct investment in non-financial enterprises as of 31.12. (thousand euro) 12 693 347.9 13 982 664.2 14 693 932.2 14 970 753.5 17 332 332.2
Expenditure on acquisition of tangible fixed assets (thousand levs) 9 423 505 12 055 512 10 145 985 11 236 317 13 979 385
Non-financial enterprises Turnover (thousand levs) 144 294 368 141 043 737 170 911 012 239 390 625 230 978 727
Output (thousand levs) 74 721 223 75 625 812 80 916 476 100 859 776 111 751 773
Value added at factor cost (thousand levs) 31 741 928 32 959 883 32 666 589 40 506 885 46 127 093
Relative share of enterprises with up to 9 persons employed in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 92.5 92.8 92.7 92.8 92.7
Relative share of enterprises with 10-49 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 6.1 5.8 5.9 5.8 5.8
Relative share of enterprises with 50-249 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2
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 0.3
Transport Length of motorways (km) - - -  - -
Length of category I roads (km) - - -  - -
Length of category II roads (km) - - -  - -
Length of category III roads (km) - - -  - -
Length of railway lines (km) 172 171 171 168 167
R & D Expenditure on research and development
(R & D) - thousand levs		 719 632 758 818 807 741 938 024 1 134 324
Staff engaged in research and development (R & D) - number 19 357 19 633 19 573 20 663 19 996
Information Society Relative share of households with Internet access (%) 83.0 90.8 90.3 94.7 95.8
Relative share of individuals aged 16-74, regulary using internet (every day or at least once per week) - % 79.8 83.9 84.4 90.9 92.0
Housing fund Residential buildings (number) 101 731 102 007 102 456 118 546 119 394
Dwellings (number) 611 391 615 197 620 528 762 008 768 046
Tourism Accommodation establishments (number) 129 131 120 155 155
Nights spent - total (number) 1 998 155 756 011 1 171 327 2 061 901 2 185 868
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