Severozapaden Planning Region

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

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]

References

^ 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".