Southwest and central Bulgaria - BG4

indicator	year
number of inhabitants	year 2009	3 653 184
area in square km	year 2007	42 672
Population density	year 2007	85,90
GDP per capita in PPS of EU average	year 2007	47,30
Unemployment rate	year 2008	3,80
unemployment rage, male	year 2008	3,70
unemployment rate, female	year 2008	3,90
Gender difference in unemployment	year 2006	0,20
Employment rate	year 2008	59,00
employment rate, male	year 2008	65,30
employment rate, female	year 2008	53,50
Gender gap in employment rate	year 2008	10,20
Life long learning participation	year 2008	2,00
Distance from Bratislava		882 km
Distance from Košice		767 km

Value added structure

value added in euro	year 2007	14 224	100%
value added in agriculture in euro	year 2007	608	4,27%
value added in industry in euro	year 2007	3 048	21,43%
value added in services in euro	year 2007	3 756	26,40%
value added in financial services in euro	year 2007	3 549	24,95%
value added in public services in euro	year 2007	2 125	14,94%

Structure of employed by sector

employed in sectors	year 2007	1 908	100%
employed in agriculture	year 2007	278	14,58%
employed in industry	year 2007	529	27,73%
employed in services	year 2007	507	26,59%
employed in financial services	year 2007	188	9,84%
employed in public services	year 2007	406	21,26%

GIF

Structure of employed by education

Employment by education	year 2008	1 561	100%
Employment, primary education	year 2008	204	13,04%
Employment, secondary education	year 2008	881	56,46%
Employment, tertiary education	year 2008	476	30,50%

Source: Eurostat

sub regions Southwest and central Bulgaria : Yugozapaden and Yuzhen tsentralen

other regions in Bulgaria : North and east Bulgaria and Southwest and central Bulgaria

Neighbouring regions: North and east Bulgaria, VOREIA ELLADA, Macedonia and BATI MARMARA