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Severozapaden Planning Region
Северозападен район за планиране
Planning region
Location of Severozapaden Planning Region
Country Bulgaria
SeatPleven
Area
[1]
 • Total19,070.3 km2 (7,363.1 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • TotalDecrease 728,157
GDP
[3]
 • Total€5.034 billion (2021)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
NUTS codeBG31
GDP per capita
  • €4,600 (2017)[4]
  • Increase 9,300 (PPS, 2017)[5]
HDI (2021)Increase 0.769[6]
high · 6th

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]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Total area and land area, by NUTS 2 regions — Eurostat
  2. ↑ "Population on 1 January by NUTS 2 region". ec.europa.eu/eurostat. Eurostat. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  3. ↑ "EU regions by GDP, Eurostat". Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Regional GDP in the European Union, 2017". ec.europa.eu/eurostat. Eurostat. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  5. ↑ "Regional gross domestic product (PPS per inhabitant) by NUTS 2 regions". ec.europa.eu/eurostat. Eurostat. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  6. ↑ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  7. ↑ "Regional GDP in the European Union, 2017". ec.europa.eu/eurostat. Eurostat. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  8. ↑ "2015 GDP per capita in 276 EU regions".
  9. ↑ "In Europe, life expectancy is lower in the east".


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