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Blagoevgrad has performed relatively well in terms of demographic indicators and is one of the districts with the highest rate of enrolment in 5th–8th grade. Healthcare suffers from a shortage of doctors – both GPs and specialist physicians – and of hospital beds. The crime rate remains relatively low and detection rates relatively high. Blagoevgrad still ranks among the districts with the lowest volumes of CO2 emissions. The intensity of the cultural life is traditionally not very high compared to that of other districts, and in 2020 it shrank even further due to the pandemic and the reduced number of visits to public places.
The demographic indicators place Burgas district among the top three in the country. The share of people with a medical insurance is one of the lowest in Bulgaria. Healthcare in the district also suffers from a shortage of doctors and hospital beds. Court workloads are relatively high and this impacts the speedy delivery of justice. Crime rates are falling. With its large share of urban population, there is a relatively high share that live in settlements with public sewerage systems. The pandemic and the limitation on visits to public places in 2020 have had a powerful negative impact on cultural life in the country, Burgas district making no exception.
In 2020 Varna retained its place among the districts with very good demographic development. With a significant share of the population living in urban areas, a large proportion of the households have access to public sewerage networks. Varna is among the districts with the best results in the field of education. The performance of students in 2021 was very good. Compared to the national average values , Varna district has more doctors but fewer hospital beds. Crime rates remain quite high, and detection rates among the lowest in the country. The reduction in the number of visits to cultural events in 2020 was more noticeable than in the country on average.
The general trend towards population ageing is particularly conspicuous in Veliko Tarnovo district. The indicators in the area of education give it a relatively good ranking. The number of university students is among the highest in the country. The number of specialist physicians, as well as of hospital beds, is considerably below the national average. Registered crimes against the person and property have been on the rise. The share of household waste handed over for recycling and treatment is close to 100%. The relatively low share of population living in urban areas reflects on the figures for connectivity to pubic sewer networks. Veliko Tarnovo district’s cultural life is quite intense.
In 2020, Vidin remained the district with the most unfavorable demographic trends in the country. The number of teachers in primary and secondary education increased in 2020 and for the first time in three years was higher than the national average. The number of GPs remains relatively high, but healthcare suffers from a shortage of specialist physicians and hospital beds. Despite the low and still decreasing workload of criminal judges, the speed of delivery of justice is low. The relatively low share of the population living in cities is a factor for the relatively limited share of households with a connection to a public sewerage network. The performance of Vidin district in the field of culture is good.
The age dependency ratios remain significantly less favorable than the national averages. The share of urban population remains low. The indicators in the field of primary and secondary education remain relatively good, but the students’ results are relatively poor. Healthcare suffers from a shortage of doctors (both GPs and specialist physicians) and hospital beds. The workloads of criminal judges in the district are decreasing and remain relatively low, which affects the speed of delivery of justice. The relatively small share of the population living in cities and its low density may explain the limited share of households in settlements with a public sewerage network. The cultural life in the district is of low intensity.
Gabrovo is one of the districts (along with Vidin) with the most unfavorable demographic conditions. Students’ results are relatively high, although in 2021 they were below the average levels for the country. In the past few years, there has been an increasing shortage of teachers in the district. The number of patients treated in the local hospitals remains relatively high. Although the workloads of the criminal judges are relatively low, this has little effect on the speed of delivery of justice. In 2020, Gabrovo was the country’s leader with 76% of detected crimes. The district’s performance as regards the environment indicators is very good. Despite the nationwide restrictions imposed in 2020 due to the pandemic, Gabrovo’s cultural life remained among the most intense ones in the country.
The net migration rate has gone up and for the first time in almost 15 years it is positive. Dobrich remains the district with the lowest population density in the country. Its performance in terms of the education indicators is poor. Student examination scores in 2021 remained relatively low. The shortage of specialist physicians and hospital beds can probably explain the relatively low number of patients treated in the local general hospitals. The workloads of criminal judges remained relatively low in 2020, which affected the speed of delivery of justice. Dobrich is among the districts with the lowest levels of carbon dioxide pollution of the atmosphere. Notable of its cultural life in 2020 was again its low intensity.
Kardzhali district continues to attract considerably more population than the country on average. The share of urban population remains the lowest in the country. The number of teachers remains high. The results of the students in the district are extremely poor. Healthcare suffers from a chronic shortage of doctors and hospital beds. The performance of Kardzhali in the field of security and justice is among the best, and it is in this district that the number of registered crimes is the lowest in the country. A relatively small proportion of municipal waste is handed over for treatment and recycling, and access to public sewerage networks is severely limited. Cultural life in the district is among the least active in the country.
Due to the extremely negative values of the natural population growth, Kyustendil is among the districts with the oldest population. The shares of repeaters and dropouts from primary and secondary school are relatively low. Students’ results remain unsatisfactory. Kyustendil is among the districts with the highest number of GPs, but there is a relative shortage of specialist physicians. Its performance in the field of justice is among the poorest in the country. The number of crimes and the share of detected crimes are close to the respective national averages. Kyustendil district is a leader as regards the environmental indicators, which is mainly due to the amounts of generated household waste and of those handed over for treatment and recycling. Cultural life is characterized by its low intensity.
Due to the strongly negative natural population growth rate, Lovech is among the districts with a high level of population ageing. The performance of the district in the field of education is unsatisfactory. The students’ results are relatively low. The number of GPs has been declining in recent years, but remains higher than the national average. The number of beds in the local general hospitals remains relatively low. The average workload of the judges in Lovech district is equal to the national average, but the delivery of justice is significantly faster. The amount of generated household waste is relatively low, but the share of waste handed over for treatment and recycling remains extremely small. Cultural life in Lovech district is not very active.
The continuing tendency towards population ageing in the whole of Bulgaria remains particularly conspicuous in Montana district. Students’ results were once again extremely low in 2021. The shares of repeaters and dropouts from primary and secondary education have declined. Access to doctors in the district is relatively good. The workloads of the local criminal judges are considerably lower than the country’s average, which has an impact on the speed of delivery of justice. In 2020 Montana recorded the highest number of registered crimes. The district stands well in terms of its environmental indicators, which is mainly due to the low volumes of carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere, as well as to the smaller amounts of household waste and its management. Cultural life is characterized by its low intensity.
Age dependency ratios in the district continue to worsen, but remain more favorable than the national average. Pazardzhik is among the districts with the lowest performance in the education indicators. Students’ results continue to lag behind the national averages. Access to GPs in the district is better than the country’s average. The number of patients admitted to the local general hospitals is extremely low. The workloads of the local criminal judges are close to the national average, but the delivery of justice is faster. The crime rate in the district is relatively low. The share of waste handed over for treatment and recycling remains extremely limited. Cultural life in Pazardzhik district is not very active.
Age dependency continues to worsen and is among the highest in the country. The results in the matriculation exam in Bulgarian language and literature, which in the district are traditionally lower than the national average, went even further down in 2021. Pernik has the lowest number of beds in the local general hospitals. Hospitalization numbers are also among the lowest. The workloads of criminal judges in Pernik district are relatively low, but this does not affect the speed of delivery of justice. The relatively high share of urban population entails a large share of population living in settlements with public sewerage. Pernik is the district with the least active cultural life in the country, which is probably related to its proximity to the capital.
The population of the district has been ageing rapidly. The performance of students remained poor in 2021. Pleven is a district with strong traditions in the field of healthcare and in 2020 it was the country’s leader in terms of the indicators in this category. The relative number of patients treated in the local general hospitals was high, which is probably due to the easy access to doctors and the availability of hospital beds. The workloads of the local criminal judges are relatively low, which has a positive effect on the speed of delivery of justice. The volumes of carbon dioxide emissions remain several times lower than the national average. The drop in attendance to cultural events caused by the pandemic and the restrictions imposed in 2020 have had an even greater impact on the district.
Despite the general trend towards population ageing in the country, Plovdiv performs relatively well. Higher education has well established traditions in the district. Students’ results in 2021 were high. Plovdiv is also among the districts with the largest numbers of doctors and hospital beds. These indicators may be the reason for the extremely high number of patients treated in the local hospitals. The number of crimes remains low and their detection rate is relatively high. The generated household waste in the district has decreased for the second consecutive year, but its volume remains relatively high. The pandemic and the countrywide restrictions on cultural events affected Plovdiv to a lesser extent than other districts.
The natural population growth rate has fallen considerably, but the net migration rate has increased. Razgrad is among the districts with the smallest share of urban population. The district’s performance in the field of education is unsatisfactory. Students’ results again remained relatively low in 2021. Razgrad is among the districts with the most acute shortageof doctors. The number of crimes in the district is relatively low and their detection rate is high. Razgrad ranks last among the districts in terms of the environmental indicators. The share of the population in settlements with a public sewerage network remains low. The pandemic and the countrywide restrictions on cultural events in 2020 have had a strong impact on cultural life in Razgrad district as well.
The rate of natural population growth continues to decline. Ruse is among the districts with the highest levels of urbanization. The performance of the students from the district is close to the average one in the country. The healthcare system continues to suffer from a shortage of doctors. In the past few years the number of hospital beds in the local general hospitals has increased but their general availability remains relatively limited. The workloads of the local criminal judges are among the heaviest in the country but this does not have a negative effect on the speed of delivery of justice. The share of household waste handed over for treatment and recycling remains extremely low. The pandemic of 2020 and the countrywide restrictions on cultural events have had a strongly negative effect on the district’s cultural life.
The natural population growth in Silistra district continues to deteriorate. In 2021, the average grade in the State matriculation exam in Bulgarian language and literature in the district was the lowest in the country. Healthcare in Silistra district suffers from a shortage of both doctors and hospital beds. The workloads of criminal judges have increased in recent years and are higher than the national average, but delivery of justice is relatively fast. Silistra is among the districts with the worst performance as regards the environment indicators. One of the main reasons for this is the extremely low share of waste submitted for treatment and recycling. The pandemic and the countrywide restrictions on cultural events in 2020 affected cultural life in the district.
The demographic condition of the district ranks it among the country’s leaders on this indicator. Sliven is the district with the lowest score on the indicators for education. The shares of repeaters and dropouts from primary and secondary school are the highest in Bulgaria. Sliven’s poor rating in the healthcare category is mainly due to the extremely high infant mortality rate. The workloads of the local criminal judges are relatively heavy, but this does not have a negative effect on the speed of delivery of justice. The share of municipal waste handed over for treatment and recycling remains high. In 2020 the pandemic and the countrywide restrictions on cultural events affected the district’s cultural life as well.
The population of the district is among the fastest ageing in the country. Smolyan continues to rank among the leaders in the education category. Its students are very high achievers, the number of teachers is high, and the share of dropouts is low. The share of people with health insurance is among the highest in the country. Access to GPs is also very good. Smolyan district ranks first in the whole of Bulgaria in the public order and security category. Delivery of justice isspeedy, the crime rate is low, and the detection rate is high. Against the district’s relatively low level of urbanization, the share of its population living in settlements with public sewerage networks is relatively high. The intensity of its cultural life is low.
While during the pandemic year 2020 the capital was losing population, Sofia district was the leader in attracting new residents. At the same time, however, the rate of natural population growth in Sofia district continued to fall, which was manifested in the deteriorating age dependency ratios. The performance of the students in the district is relatively poor. The district recorded the highest number of hospitalizations. Its performance in the category of public order and security remained poor in 2020, mainly due to the relatively slow delivery of justice, even though the workloads of the local judges have been going down and have fallen below the country’s average. The share of generated waste handed over for treatment and recycling is extremely small. The cultural life in the district preserves its low intensity.
The pandemic, the shutting down of entire sectors and the opportunities for working from home have affected Sofia’s population size. The capital is once again the leader in the field of education, with a high enrolment rate, a low share of repeaters and dropouts, good student performance and a high number of university students. The number of specialist physicians is the highest in the country. The capital’s poor result and its last place in the country in the public order and security category is a consequence of the heavy workloads of the local judges and the low detection rate. The district’s high level of urbanization accounts for the large share of population with access to public sewerage networks. Sofia remains the district with the most intensive cultural life.
In line with the trend on the national level, the natural population growth in Stara Zagora has been deteriorating in recent years. The shares of repeaters and dropouts from primary and secondary education remain almost twice as high as the national average. Access to doctors is relatively good. However, the number of beds in the local general hospitals is declining and lagging further behind the national average. The workloads of criminal judges in the district are relatively heavy, but this does not have a strong negative impact on the speed of delivery of justice. The poor assessment of Stara Zagora in the environment category is primarily due to the extremely high level of carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere. The pandemic is having a negative impact on the district’s cultural life.
The degree of urbanization in the district has not changed significantly in recent years, remaining among the lowest in the country. Targovishte is among the districts with the lowest coverage of the education system. Student performance continues to be unsatisfactory. Access to GPs in the district is very limited. Morbidity, measured by the number of people treated in the local general hospitals, is relatively high. Criminal judges in the district are among the least busy in the country, but this does not greatly benefit the speed of delivery of justice. The crime rate is relatively low and detection is high. Cinemas and museums in the area have been particularly hard hit by the pandemic-induced restrictions on cultural events.
2020 marked a deterioration in the natural population growth and the net migration rates. The district performs poorly in education. The results of the students in the district are low. Healthcare suffers from a shortage of doctors and hospital beds. Morbidity and infant mortality are relatively high. The workloads of the local criminal judges continue to decrease, but the delivery of justice is slow. The crime detection rate is high. The high assessment of Haskovo district in the environment category is mainly due to the relatively low volumes of generated household waste and its management. The pandemic and the countrywide restriction on cultural events in 2020 affected cultural life in the district as well.
Population ageing in Shumen district is accelerating relatively fast. Students’ performance is still poor. Healthcare suffers from a shortage of doctors and hospital beds. The number of hospitalizations is much below the country’s average. The workloads of the local criminal judges remain low and this has a favorable effect on the speed of delivery of justice. The crime rate in the district continues to fall, and the detection rate to rise. The high assessment of Shumen district in the environment category is due mostly to the low volumes of household waste and its management. The pandemic and the restrictions on cultural events in 2020 have had a negative impact on the district’s cultural life.
In 2020, there was a deterioration in the natural population growth and the rate of attracting new residents to the district. The performance of the students in the district is very poor. The share of repeaters is on the increase and is significantly above the national average. Although the number of GPs relative to the population in the district is close to the national average, the number of specialist physicians is among the lowest in the country. The workloads of the local criminal judges are lower than in the country, and the delivery of justice is speedier. The relatively good assessments of Yambol district in the environment category are mainly due to the small volumes of generated household waste and its management. The pandemic and the restriction on cultural events in 2020 have had a negative impact on cultural life in the district as well.
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