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NUTS-3 BG413 · Bulgaria
Благоевград
Population
286,3332025
GDP
€2,640M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
1.9%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
81.5%2025
Active firms· FR-only
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
Area
6,444.1 km²

Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores

Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
32.7
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
42.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
38.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
9.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
65.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
67.2

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita
€9,221
Population density
44 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only

All indicators · 71 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)

Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,304M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€129M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€341M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€280M
GVA — construction (F)
€200M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€660M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€11,300
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
14,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€9,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€9,359M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€686M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€21,611M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€277M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€34M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€378M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€596M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
145,320
Self-employed persons
45,420
Employment in manufacturing (C)
30,050
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.5%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.6%
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
20,457
Enterprise births
2,199
Enterprise deaths
3,109
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.0%
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
0
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
1 /M
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.3%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
10.2%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
44.5%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
48.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
5.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
32.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.7%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
95.9%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,786,125
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
525 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
106
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
180,474
Population aged 65+
65,146
Population aged under 15
40,713
Median age of population
46.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.1%
Crude rate of total population change
-2.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.5 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.0 /1k
Crude death rate
13.1 /1k
Live births
2,303
Deaths
3,759
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.65
Population density (persons per km²)
45 /km²
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
19.8%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
77.0 yrs
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
789 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
2,069 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
194 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
5.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
10.8 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
224 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
40 /M
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
2,623 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
225 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
15 days/yr