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NUTS-3 BG415 · Bulgaria
Кюстендил
Population
106,1312025
GDP
€893M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
1.9%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
81.5%2025
Active firms· FR-only
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
Area
3,042.1 km²

Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores

Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
32.2
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
38.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
49.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
30.5
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
65.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
62.6

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita
€8,413
Population density
35 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only

All indicators · 67 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)

Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€779M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€49M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€160M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€131M
GVA — construction (F)
€36M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€161M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€11,300
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
13,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€8,400
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)
€130M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€3M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€169M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€204M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
46,550
Self-employed persons
14,520
Employment in manufacturing (C)
10,940
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)
6,060
Enterprise births
612
Enterprise deaths
806
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.4%
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
2
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
15 /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)
241,171
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
525 /1k
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
59
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
62,828
Population aged 65+
30,497
Population aged under 15
12,806
Median age of population
51.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
48.5%
Crude rate of total population change
-14.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.0 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.9 /1k
Crude death rate
21.3 /1k
Live births
735
Deaths
2,277
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
68.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.78
Population density (persons per km²)
35 /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
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
6.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
35.3 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
267 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
40 /M
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
1,224 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
153 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr