{"id":23013,"date":"2020-03-03T23:44:20","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T21:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/?p=23013"},"modified":"2020-03-03T23:45:22","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T21:45:22","slug":"sofia-bulgaria-rankings-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/sofia-bulgaria-rankings-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Sofia and Bulgaria in the Rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"modal-ready\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22707 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/fDi-European-Cities-and-Regions-of-the-Future-2020-21-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"367\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/fDi-European-Cities-and-Regions-of-the-Future-2020-21-3.jpg 367w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/fDi-European-Cities-and-Regions-of-the-Future-2020-21-3-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/fDi-European-Cities-and-Regions-of-the-Future-2020-21-3-202x146.jpg 202w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/fDi-European-Cities-and-Regions-of-the-Future-2020-21-3-50x36.jpg 50w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/fDi-European-Cities-and-Regions-of-the-Future-2020-21-3-104x75.jpg 104w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/>Sofia is in the top 3 cities in the category<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fdiintelligence.com\/Locations\/Europe\/fDi-s-European-Cities-and-Regions-of-the-Future-2020-21-Winners\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">European Cities and Regions of the Future 2020\/2021<\/span><\/i><\/a> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for the strategy for attracting foreign investment <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in fDi intelligence\u2019s report <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">European cities and regions of the future 2020-2021<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The capital is in top positions in another 4 categories:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3rd in <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the category European City of the Future 2020\/21 \u2013 Cost Effectiveness<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6th in the category East-European Regions of the Future 2020\/21<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9th in the category East-European Regions of the Future 2020\/21\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sofia Region is ranked 9th in the category Small European Regions of the Future 2020\/21 \u2013 Cost Effectiveness<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At an official ceremony in the middle of March in Cannes Sofia will receive a certificate for its good positions in the ratings. You can read more on the topic and find a link to the full article <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/sofia-ranks-top-european-cities-regions-future-20202021-report-fdi-intelligence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">***<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Sofia remains the most economically developed region in the country<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with GDP per capita which is twice the average for the country (28 465 leva per capita compared to 13 206 per capita leva in the country). There is a drop in unemployment to 2,1%, and the employment rate reaches 74,6% which sets a record for both the capital and country. The data is taken from the latest survey \u201cRegional Profiles: Measurements for Development\u201d of the Institute for Market Economics.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The educational structure of the workforce has continued to improve in the last years. The share of people with higher education in the 25-64 age group is 51% (compared to 28% in the country).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The number of enterprises in <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the capital <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">continues to grow steadily for a fifth consecutive year and has reached 88 per thousand people. Sofia also remains the region with the highest volume of output per capita.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sofia attracts the highest number of FDI per capita. Foreign investments in the city are three times higher than in the country \u2013 9 226 euro per capita compared to 3 310 euro per capita. The industry is characterized by high quality, especially in terms of access to high-speed internet.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Compared to the rest of the country, the city maintains relatively high local taxes, especially in retail and taxi services. Due to the high workload of the Sofia Court (the busiest in the country), Sofia has a relatively slow administration of justice process but remains among the regions with the highest ratings of transparency of the local self-government, the study finds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sofia\u2019s full profile is available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.regionalprofiles.bg\/var\/docs\/2018P\/22_Sofia-_capital_.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and regional profiles and comparisons between <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">different regions<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> you can find <a href=\"https:\/\/www.regionalprofiles.bg\/bg\/regions\/sofia-grad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">***<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Bulgaria ranks 2nd in the EU in number of women in science and engineering: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">52% vs <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EU average of 41%, according to Eurostat. The leader is Lithuania with 57% female scientists and engineers, and Bulgaria is followed by Latvia (52%) and Denmark (51%).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2018<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> there were almost 15 million scientists and engineers in the EU &#8211; 59% were men, and\u00a0 41% were women. The complete data is accessible <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/eurostat\/web\/products-eurostat-news\/-\/EDN-20200210-2?inheritRedirect=true&amp;redirect=\/eurostat\/news\/whats-new\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Sofia is in the top 3 cities in the category European Cities and Regions of the Future 2020\/2021 for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":22706,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[169],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.14 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sofia and Bulgaria in the Rankings | Sofia Investment Agency<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&nbsp; Sofia is in the top 3 cities in the category European Cities and Regions of the Future 2020\/2021 for the strategy for attracting foreign investment\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/sofia-bulgaria-rankings-4\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sofia and Bulgaria in the Rankings | Sofia Investment Agency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; Sofia is in the top 3 cities in the category European Cities and Regions of the Future 2020\/2021 for the strategy for attracting foreign investment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/sofia-bulgaria-rankings-4\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sofia Investment Agency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SofiaInvestmentAgency\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-03-03T21:44:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-03-03T21:45:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/fDi-European-Cities-and-Regions-of-the-Future-2020-21-3.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"367\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"265\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Georgi Brezin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@InvestSofia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@InvestSofia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Georgi Brezin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/sofia-bulgaria-rankings-4\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/sofia-bulgaria-rankings-4\/\",\"name\":\"Sofia and Bulgaria in the Rankings | Sofia Investment Agency\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-03T21:44:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-03-03T21:45:22+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f3a4aa57eeb0d1c8a5c3d3221bad0fd0\"},\"description\":\"&nbsp; Sofia is in the top 3 cities in the category European Cities and Regions of the Future 2020\/2021 for the strategy for attracting foreign investment\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/sofia-bulgaria-rankings-4\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/sofia-bulgaria-rankings-4\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/sofia-bulgaria-rankings-4\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"\u041d\u0430\u0447\u0430\u043b\u043e\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sofia and Bulgaria in the Rankings\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/\",\"name\":\"Sofia Investment Agency\",\"description\":\"We support local and foreign companies in building their business in Sofia, Bulgaria. 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