Severozapaden Planning Region Explained

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Official Name:Severozapaden Planning Region
Native Name:Bulgarian: Северозападен район за планиране
Area Total Km2:19070.3
Area Footnotes:[1]
Population As Of:2020
Population Total: 728,157
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:GDP
Demographics1 Footnotes:[3]
Demographics1 Title1:Total
Demographics1 Info1:€5.034 billion (2021)
Utc Offset:+2
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Blank Name Sec1:NUTS code
Blank Info Sec1:BG31
Blank2 Info:
  • €4,600 (2017)[4]
  • 9,300 (PPS, 2017)[5]
Blank Name Sec2:HDI (2021)
Blank Info Sec2: 0.769[6]
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Severozapaden (Northwest Planning Region), is a region of Bulgaria. The capital is the city of Pleven. The region has the lowest-ranked economy in Bulgaria and the European Union, with a GDP per capita (PPS) of €9,300 or 31% of EU28 average (2017).[7] It includes five administrative divisions or oblasts: Vidin Province, Vratsa Province, Montana Province, Lovech Province and Pleven Province.

According to Eurostat, Severozapaden is the poorest region in the EU.[8] It is also ranked as one of the European regions with the lowest life expectancy since Bulgarians from the region of Severozapaden are predicted to live just past their 73rd birthday.[9] It additionally is the least developed planning region of Bulgaria.

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Notes and References

  1. http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/tgm/table.do?tab=table&init=1&language=en&pcode=tgs00002&plugin=1 Total area and land area, by NUTS 2 regions
  2. Web site: Population on 1 January by NUTS 2 region . . ec.europa.eu/eurostat . 19 February 2022.
  3. Web site: EU regions by GDP, Eurostat. 18 September 2023.
  4. Web site: Regional GDP in the European Union, 2017 . . ec.europa.eu/eurostat . 26 August 2019.
  5. Web site: Regional gross domestic product (PPS per inhabitant) by NUTS 2 regions . . ec.europa.eu/eurostat . 26 August 2019.
  6. Web site: Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab. hdi.globaldatalab.org. en. 26 August 2019.
  7. Web site: Regional GDP in the European Union, 2017 . . ec.europa.eu/eurostat . 26 August 2019.
  8. Web site: 2015 GDP per capita in 276 EU regions.
  9. Web site: In Europe, life expectancy is lower in the east.