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NUTS-3 BG344 · Bulgaria
Стара Загора
Population
288,7362025
GDP
€6,473M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.6%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
75%2025
Active firms· FR-only
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
Area
5,155 km²

Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores

Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
34.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
8.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
27.1
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
22.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
21.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
57.8

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita
€22,417
Population density
56 /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)
€5,647M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€97M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,699M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,343M
GVA — construction (F)
€151M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€636M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€6,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
36,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€22,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€1,872M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€382M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€4,209M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€272M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€28M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€450M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€614M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
148,540
Self-employed persons
34,720
Employment in manufacturing (C)
36,090
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
72.5%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
16.3%
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
14,865
Enterprise births
1,411
Enterprise deaths
2,119
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.9%
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
0
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
1 /M
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.3%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
2.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
30.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
33.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
4.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
6.4%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
91.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
657,087
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
450 /1k
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
69
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
174,874
Population aged 65+
71,604
Population aged under 15
42,258
Median age of population
47.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.9%
Crude rate of total population change
-5.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.8 /1k
Crude death rate
16.3 /1k
Live births
2,546
Deaths
4,719
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
65.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.94
Population density (persons per km²)
57 /km²
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
35.8%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
75.7 yrs
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
793 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
2,099 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
215 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
16.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
62.0 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
365 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
79 /M
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
386 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
34 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
63 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr