| Domains | Indicators | Years | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | ||
| Demographic statistics | Population as of 31.12. - Total (number) | 192 644 | 191 185 | 189 788 | 188 433 | 186 495 |
| Population as of 31.12. - Мale (number) | 93 917 | 93 087 | 92 361 | 91 614 | 90 636 | |
| Population as of 31.12. - Female (number) | 98 727 | 98 098 | 97 427 | 96 819 | 95 859 | |
| Natural increase rate (per 1 000 persons of the population) - ‰ | -2.5 | -2.7 | -2.4 | -2.8 | -3.6 | |
| Infant mortality rate (per 1 000 live births) - ‰ | 15.4 | 12.8 | 8.6 | 12.6 | 8.4 | |
| Mortality rate - Total (per 1 000 population) - ‰ | 14.9 | 15.3 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 15.6 | |
| Mortality rate - Male (per 1 000 population) - ‰ | 15.7 | 16.2 | 15.9 | 16.7 | 17.1 | |
| Mortality rate - Female (per 1 000 population) - ‰ | 14.1 | 14.4 | 13.3 | 14.0 | 14.1 | |
| Labour market | Average annual number of employees under labour contract (number) | 36 975 | 37 425 | 37 336 | 39 212 | 38 673 |
| Average annual wages and salaries of the employees under labour contract (levs) | 7 265 | 7 830 | 8 438 | 9 113 | 10 005 | |
| Economic activity rate - 15 - 64 completed years (%) | 60.7 | 62.9 | 64.8 | 65.8 | 68.0 | |
| Employment rate - 15 - 64 completed years (%) | 52.4 | 55.9 | 58.9 | 58.9 | 61.2 | |
| Unemployment rate (%) | 13.6 | 10.9 | 9.0 | 10.4 | 9.7 | |
| Unemployed persons registered at the labour offices as of 31.12. (number) | 13 978 | 12 890 | 10 450 | 8 907 | 7 550 | |
| Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with higher education (%) | 22.5 | 21.8 | 21.4 | 21.2 | 21.1 | |
| Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with secondary education (%) | 47.4 | 49.4 | 49.3 | 49.6 | 45.5 | |
| Relative share of the population aged between 25 and 64 years with primary or lower education (%) | 30.1 | 28.8 | 29.3 | 29.2 | 33.4 | |
| 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) | 1 022 | 1 025 | 1 021 | 1 064 | 1 064 | |
| Physicians in health establishments as of 31.12. per 10 000 population (number) | 29.8 | 29.8 | 32.5 | 30.5 | 30.2 | |
| Education | Schools (primary, lower and upper secondary educations stage) - number | 74 | 74 | 73 | 69 | 69 |
| Enrolments in all type of schools (primary, lower and upper secondary educations stage) - number | 23 115 | 22 937 | 22 777 | 22 172 | 21 532 | |
| Group net enrolment rate of the children in kindergartens (%) | 70.4 | 68.2 | 65.8 | 63.6 | 64.8 | |
| Investments | Foreign direct investment in non-financial enterprises as of 31.12. (thousand euro) | 92 702.1 | 90 251.5 | 124 198.5 | 139 288.5 | 161 504.5 |
| Expenditure on acquisition of tangible fixed assets (thousand levs) | 222 619 | 228 991 | 203 392 | 200 523 | 216 381 | |
| Non-financial enterprises | Turnover (thousand levs) | 2 401 964 | 2 552 424 | 2 642 652 | 2 904 786 | 3 056 056 |
| Output (thousand levs) | 1 705 471 | 1 800 110 | 1 864 397 | 2 059 655 | 2 201 288 | |
| Value added at factor cost (thousand levs) | 577 421 | 590 521 | 676 726 | 741 772 | 755 460 | |
| Relative share of enterprises with up to 9 persons employed in total number of enterprises in the district (%) | 92.6 | 92.6 | 92.8 | 92.6 | 92.9 | |
| Relative share of enterprises with 10-49 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 6.3 | 6.0 | |
| Relative share of enterprises with 50-249 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Relative share of enterprises with more than 250 employees in total number of enterprises in the district (%) | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
| Transport | Length of motorways (km) | 44 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 44 |
| Length of category I roads (km) | 85 | 85 | 85 | 85 | 85 | |
| Length of category II roads (km) | 201 | 202 | 202 | 202 | 202 | |
| Length of category III roads (km) | 256 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 255 | |
| Length of railway lines (km) | 129 | 129 | 129 | 134 | 134 | |
| R & D | Expenditure on research and development (R & D) - thousand levs |
506 | 4 323 | 3 497 | .. | 4 782 |
| Staff engaged in research and development (R & D) - number | .. | 183 | 177 | 222 | 313 | |
| Information Society | Relative share of households with Internet access (%) | 55.4 | 44.6 | 54.1 | 58.5 | 75.2 |
| Relative share of individuals aged 16-74, regulary using internet (every day or at least once per week) - % | 47.8 | 34.2 | 30.2 | 51.6 | 64.1 | |
| Housing fund | Residential buildings (number) | 58 822 | 58 879 | 58 936 | 59 005 | 59 065 |
| Dwellings (number) | 92 440 | 92 562 | 92 708 | 92 852 | 92 975 | |
| Tourism | Accommodation establishments (number) | 82 | 82 | 69 | 65 | 67 |
| Nights spent - total (number) | 104 897 | 100 965 | 84 259 | 88 978 | 86 777 | |
1) The indicator "Unemployment" rate is calculated from Labour force survey data. |
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| 2) 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. | ||||||
| 3) 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. | ||||||
| 4) 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. | ||||||
| 5) 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. | ||||||
| 6) Since 2007 the data for indicator "Foreign direct investment in non-financial enterprises" is in thousand EUR. | ||||||
| 7) Data on the indicator "Expenditure on acquisition of tangible fixed assets" also includes the cost for purchasing land. | ||||||
| 8) 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. | ||||||
| 9) Roads from the republican road network do not cross the territory of the district Sofia (stolitsa). | ||||||
| 10) For 2018 data on the indicators "Relative share of households with Internet access" and "Relative share of individuals aged 16-74, regulary using internet (every day or at least once per week)" are preliminary. | ||||||
| 11) Data on indicators in the topic "Tourism" include categorized accommodation establishments with 10 and more bed-places in use during the reference year. | ||||||
| .. confidential data | ||||||
| - no case registered | ||||||
| () due to small sample figures in brackets are not reliable | ||||||
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