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NUTS-3 BG423 · Bulgaria
Пазарджик
Population
223,4942025
GDP
€2,033M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.2%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
73%2025
Active firms· FR-only
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
Area
4,448.1 km²

Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores

Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
24.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
23.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
21.8
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
20.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
29.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
52.2

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita
€9,095
Population density
50 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only

All indicators · 69 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)

Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,773M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€116M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€526M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€441M
GVA — construction (F)
€55M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€372M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€6,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
14,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€9,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€2,738M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€682M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€5,794M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€208M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€14M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€276M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€429M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
96,380
Self-employed persons
26,230
Employment in manufacturing (C)
23,170
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
69.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
14.6%
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
10,031
Enterprise births
950
Enterprise deaths
1,383
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.8%
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
1
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
3 /M
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.2%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
29.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
36.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
6.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.5%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
92.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,100,960
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
457 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
0
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.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
136,320
Population aged 65+
55,455
Population aged under 15
31,719
Median age of population
48.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.7%
Crude rate of total population change
-7.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.7 /1k
Crude death rate
17.1 /1k
Live births
1,943
Deaths
3,846
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
63.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
2.01
Population density (persons per km²)
51 /km²
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
34.4%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
76.1 yrs
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
913 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
2,023 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
240 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
12.4 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
16.0 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
243 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
80 /M
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
327 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
29 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
57 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
8 days/yr