NUTS 3

Gabrovo

Region of Bulgaria · NUTS code BG322

Among 28 NUTS 3 regions of Bulgaria, Gabrovo ranks best in gdp per capita (7th).

Over time

The dashed line is the value for the whole country. Where Eurostat does not publish it, only the region line is shown.

Gabrovo vs national value

Economy

GDP per capita
12,700 €/inh.
+300 vs 2023
7th of 28 in the country
Bulgaria 18,060 €/inh. · -30%
2024 · NUTS 3 ranking

Population

Population density
46.7 /km²
−0.6 vs 2023
11th of 28 in the country
Bulgaria 58.6 /km² · -20%
2024 · NUTS 3 ranking
Population change
-11.1 ‰
+0.4 vs 2023
20th of 28 in the country
Bulgaria -2.2 ‰ · +405%
2024 · NUTS 3 ranking
Net migration
3.4 ‰
−0.2 vs 2023
9th of 28 in the country
Bulgaria 5.5 ‰ · -38%
2024 · NUTS 3 ranking
Median age
52.5 years
+0.4 vs 2024
3rd of 28 in the country
Bulgaria 47.2 years · +11%
2025 · NUTS 3 ranking
Aged 65+
30.5 %
+0.2 vs 2024
2nd of 28 in the country
Bulgaria 24.0 % · +27%
2025 · NUTS 3 ranking

Map

NUTS 3

 

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Society

Tourist nights
2,071 per 1,000
12th of 28 in the country
Bulgaria 4,476 per 1,000 · -54%
2025 · NUTS 3 ranking

For Severen tsentralen

Profile

Eurostat does not publish these indicators for NUTS 3 regions, only for the larger region Gabrovo belongs to.

Population
673,331
−7,028 vs 2024
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
Life expectancy
74.9 years
−0.2 vs 2023
2024 · NUTS 2 ranking
Unemployment
4.0 %
−1.3 vs 2024
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
Income per capita
6,500 €/inh.
+800 vs 2022
2023 · NUTS 2 ranking
Employment
75.0 %
−0.4 vs 2024
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
Road deaths
76 per mn
−31 vs 2023
2024 · NUTS 2 ranking
Tertiary educated
31.2 %
+0.4 vs 2024
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
Fertility
1.62
−0.17 vs 2023
2024 · NUTS 2 ranking
High-tech jobs
2.7 %
−0.3 vs 2024
2025 · NUTS 2 ranking
GDP growth
8.4 %
+2.6 vs 2023
2024 · NUTS 2 ranking
Doctors
329 per 100k
−4 vs 2019
2020 · NUTS 2 ranking

Other regions in Severen tsentralen

Ranks are among regions of the same NUTS level within the same country. The NUTS levels are defined by Eurostat: NUTS 1 are the largest regions, NUTS 3 the smallest.

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