Severozapaden Planning Region
43°15′N 24°0′E / 43.250°N 24.000°E
Severozapaden Planning Region
Северозападен район за планиране | |
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| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Seat | Pleven |
| Area | |
| • Total | 19,070.3 km2 (7,363.1 sq mi) |
| Population (2020)[2] | |
| • Total |  728,157 |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €5.034 billion (2021) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| NUTS code | BG31 |
| GDP per capita | |
| HDI (2021) |  0.769[6]high · 6th of 6 |
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.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Total area and land area, by NUTS 2 regions — Eurostat
- ^ "Population on 1 January by NUTS 2 region". ec.europa.eu/eurostat. Eurostat. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ^ "EU regions by GDP, Eurostat". Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ^ "Regional GDP in the European Union, 2017". ec.europa.eu/eurostat. Eurostat. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ "Regional gross domestic product (PPS per inhabitant) by NUTS 2 regions". ec.europa.eu/eurostat. Eurostat. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ "Regional GDP in the European Union, 2017". ec.europa.eu/eurostat. Eurostat. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ "2015 GDP per capita in 276 EU regions".
- ^ "In Europe, life expectancy is lower in the east".
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