Severozapaden Planning Region

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Severozapaden Planning Region Северозападен район за планиране
Planning region
Country	Bulgaria
Seat	Pleven
Area [1]
• Total	19,070.3 km2 (7,363.1 sq mi)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	728,157
GDP [3]
• Total	€5.034 billion (2021)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
NUTS code	BG31
GDP per capita	€4,600 (2017)[4] 9,300 (PPS, 2017)[5]
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

• NUTS of Bulgaria

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".